July 15, 2004

Crawling up the blogolutionary ladder

Harvey posted a pretty article detailing how a lowly blogger like him such as myself can increase his/her traffic. I used to check my hits via Sitemeter daily to see how things were working out for me. At about 6 months, my traffic averaged over 100 hits/day. Then Google decided to stop searching sites with the word "blog" in the its title. Granted, Google-whoring wasn't really at the top of my list for traffic, but it seemed better than nothing. I haven't given in to the temptation to mention P@ris H!lton or n@ked Olsen Tw!ns in my posts because I don't really need or want that kind of traffic. I occassionally ping other sites; I leave comments when the mood strikes me, especially if it's someone with whom I've developed a bloggy relationship. Some of the linkfests bore me, though. I don't think many of my posts are Carnival worthy and I have way too many sucky posts to bother submitting to the Bonfire. I do try and keep up with my Alliance homework. Life does come first, though, and the upcoming blessed event #2 in my household is likely to put a bigger crimp into my blogging. So be it.

You're probably asking yourself, "Does this guy actually not want traffic?" Of course I do. If I posted and I was the only one ever reading my stuff, well, there's a word for that sort of thing: masturbation. So I post what I want, linking to odd news bits that I stumble onto, creating massive linky love posts when I have time to cruise around the blogiverse and posting horrid old jokes that were rotting and smelly when Rome fell. Mainly, I post what I like. Sometimes, other people like it, too. Hopefully over time, more people will read my stuff. I have enough of an ego that I want to attract readers, but enough humility to realize that my audience is destined to be limited. And I'm okay with that. The readers I have are appreciated greatly.

One final note: Harvey makes a good point about surfing via your blogroll. Do it. That is all.

Posted by: Physics Geek at 02:38 AM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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1 Glad you liked the piece :-) I think I know what you mean about "enough humility to realize that my audience is destined to be limited". I'm pretty much tapped myself with how high I'm going to get. The quality of my posts isn't consistent or original enough to get me much further than I am now. Right now, I'm pretty comfortable with how I'm doing things. If I were to focus on improving posting quality, I'd have less time for reader interaction, and that's something I don't want to give up. I've settled into my niche and I'm happy.

Posted by: Harvey at July 15, 2004 06:28 PM (tJfh1)

2 Ditto. If I moved way up the ladder, my blog would become troll infested like Michele's. And that is something I don't need.

Posted by: physics geek at July 15, 2004 10:44 PM (Xvrs7)

3 I wrote an article about site traffic the other day. In it I mentioned that I visit 20-30 blogs a day from my Alliance blog roll. I have the entire Alliance listed, so I like to see who else lists the Alliance members. I have personally found that posting comments helps bring in the traffic. I want it, and have no fear of trolls...they are yummy.

Posted by: S Michael Moore at July 18, 2004 04:47 AM (8OqrX)

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