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Blogging: A Demanding Task with Few Rewards?
Published on - January 22nd, 2011 (Modified on - January 26th, 2011) (by J.D. Roth)
Last week, a reader named Matt sent me an article from Chicago Business about how bloggers are quitting what they call a demanding task with few rewards. It's a fascinating story that explores some of the problems with blogging as a money-making enterprise.
The article suggests several reasons that blogs and bloggers fail:
- Blogging isn't as lucrative as people imagine.
- Blogging takes too much time.
- Bloggers aren't willing to share their personal lives.
- Bloggers run out of material.
- It's easier to reach people via Facebook or Twitter.
Leaving aside Twitter and Facebook, all of these are valid concerns.
As part of my job, I talk to bloggers all the time. I speak to groups of bloggers at conferences, and I meet them one-on-one for lunch all year round.
From my experience, novice bloggers have no idea how much time and effort it takes to build and maintain a successful site. Yes, you can start a blog in just an hour or two. Yes, you can run a blog as a hobby, and you can even make a little money at it. But for a blog to be a full-time business it has to be, well, a full-time business. Blogging is no easy path to riches.
Based on conversations with hundreds of bloggers, my best guess is that the average blog makes maybe $50-$100 per month. (Well, the average blog makes nothing. The average blog that's trying to make money earns about $50 to $100 per month.) A very successful blog might make $1000 per month. And some, like Get Rich Slowly, make enough for folks to earn a full-time living.
Blogging can be lucrative if you're willing to invest the time and effort needed to make a go of it. But successful bloggers don't just sit on the beach sipping piña coladas and eating mangoes. The full-time bloggers I know treat this just like work. Because it is work. (To be honest, the best bloggers I know are obsessive workaholics. They spend too much time on their blogs.)
One reader wrote recently for advice on starting a blog. To paraphrase:
One of my 2011 Resolutions was to start a blog. The blog is up and running, but it's quite discouraging that people aren't visiting it. Do you have any ideas on how to get people to visit the blog?
My reply? "Building an audience for a blog takes years, not days." Blogs don't just spring fully-formed into existence, like Athena from Zeus' head. Building a successful blog takes hundreds or thousands of hours of work.
Even then, many things have to happen right in order for a blog to grow to the size of Get Rich Slowly.
- You need to work hard.
- You need to write well.
- You need to cover a subject that interests people.
- You need to spread the word.
- You need to get lucky.
And, if you want to make money at it, you have to have a subject that can be monetized. (That is, a topic for which advertisers are willing to spend, or from which you can otherwise earn an income, like with e-books.)
All of this takes time — and lots of it.
But time isn't enough. Your blog has to be interesting, and one of the best ways to make it so is to be sure it tells a compelling story. Most blogs fail to find an audience because they're just too generic. They're bland. They could be written by anyone.
The blogs I like have personality. Why do I love Mimi Smartypants? Because she's so damn funny. What sets Progressive Ruin apart from other comic-book blogs? Mike makes the site personal. (He loves Swamp Thing, for goodness sake.) And what am I always telling the staff writers here at GRS? Write with personality — share your life.
A blog on any subject can be compelling if there's a story behind it. Sure, readers come to a blog for information. But they also come to be entertained. They come to be part of a community. For these things to happen, they have to feel like they're sharing your story. If you're not telling a story, what is there to keep a reader around?
Last July, I spoke to a group of deal-bloggers. I was dismayed at how lifeless their sites were. "To set yourself apart, you have to let your readers identify with you," I told them. But a lot of people are scared to share too much on the internet. That makes it tough for a blog to succeed.
One final challenge bloggers face is a lack of material. If you're writing a personal blog, this isn't an issue. I mean, I can write about cats and comic books for a hundred years and never run out of stories. But there are only so many people who want to read about how much weight I lifted at the gym this morning or look at the latest video I found on YouTube.
If you want to keep an audience, you have to write about a specific topic. And once you've narrowed your focus to just one topic, you've limited your pool of potential posts. Unless you only write once a week or don't mind repeating yourself, this is a problem.
To maintain a successful blog, you need to provide a constant flow of new and interesting material. This is much more difficult than you might think. In fact, I'd argue that it's the fundamental problem that bloggers have to solve. How do you keep covering your subject's core material without sounding like a broken record?
Solving the Problem
You know what? I've faced all of the problems outlined in the Chicago Business article. But instead of quitting, whenever I've faced a challenge, I've looked for a way to solve the problem. As a result, Get Rich Slowly is not the same blog it was when it started nearly five years ago. This site has evolved, and will continue to do so.
Some of the changes have been obvious. Get Rich Slowly is now a multi-author blog, for example. Plus, there's a team of social-media elves who take care of Twitter and Facebook so I can focus on my strength — which is writing.
Other changes are less obvious because they're behind the scenes. (I've taken steps to smooth the business side of things, for example. And I switched offices. And GRS may switch publishing platforms. And so on.)
Not every change at Get Rich Slowly pleases every reader. That's fine. But the bottom line is I have to look out for myself, too. I have to strike a balance between providing what readers want and getting what I need. It's only by achieving this balance that Get Rich Slowly will survive going forward.
When this balance is achieved, something magical happens. Blogging remains a demanding task, it's true, but you know what? It's a demanding task with abundant rewards for everyone.
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Great advice! Too many start blogs and quit within weeks as it really is demanding and time consuming to get any results. People should read a post like this one before starting just to realise that it is not an easy job. Might make less people start blogging but those who start will be better prepared to put in the effort.
…you can write about blogging as much as you want if you ask me
Blogging really is tough. I started a blog at the end of August and it is inching very slowly to success. It's honestly very difficult to stick with it at this point, but I know that if I quit, I'll certainly make no money. Plus, my site earned me a staff writer position with another! I never would have gotten that without a site of my own.
I am a new blogger, writing about my experiences trying to develop streams of passive income by building monetized niche websites. This topic is covered to death but I am hoping that my writing style and transparency will help me out stand out in the crowd.
It's very discouraging to write for an audience of one, but JD, you are right, an audience doesn't come out of the woodwork overnight, and I do have only 3 posts under my belt. But, because I do work full-time, finding the energy to spend an hour or two on my blog after a day of work, spending time with my family, etc, is, well, really challenging.
I imagine this is the same for most new bloggers. They think they will throw up a blog and will be quitting their day job a week later. Then when it turns out it actually takes work, fall back on excuses and quit.
So I guess you have to be a bit of a masochist if you really want to perservere.J.D.'s note: I don't know that you have to be a masochist, but you do have to love what you're doing — or believe in it, anyhow. And you're right: Finding a way to balance blogging with Real Life is challenging.
I agree — this is great advice and a wake-up call for a lot of would-be bloggers. It's a nice change from other PF blogs that repeatedly recommend blogging as a great way to earn money on the side. Unfortunately, many people don't have the talent, passion and drive to sustain a successful blog — and there's nothing wrong with that. If people want to earn some extra cash, finding a good fit is crucial. Blogging isn't for everyone.
Thanks for your honesty, J.D.!
I love your stories and advice about blogging! Just because a couple people don't is no reason to make this kind of feature a one time only thing.
We're blogging as a hobby. We will stop when it stops being fun or we run out of things to say.
As a novice blogger myself, I really appreciate you sharing this advice. Personally, I'd be thrilled with 50.00 a month from a blog, as its just a hobby at this point, and one that I've found I really enjoy.
I'm excited when I get new unique visitors, and am just hopeful that I'm not writing content that no one wants to read. Concerns, I'm sure, that are typical for a new blogger.
Thanks for sharing, your post was very encouraging.
I have been blogging on and off since about May 2007. This week I crested the $100 mark on Adsense for the first time. If I did this for any other reason than the love of sharing (even to a minuscule group), I would have quit long ago.
Readership is clearly akin to compound growth in your bank account. The more content you deposit, the larger your readership grows over time (assuming it's good content).
Thanks for a great article!J.D.'s note: I love the compound interest analogy!
When I read that Chicago Business article, all I could think was that it was a bunch of stories from people who hoped to earn income from their blogs, but had no business model with which to do it. No surprise that they failed. It was almost as if they'd used the classic "profits" meme as their playbook:
Step 1: Blog
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit!!!
Blogging and just hoping to make money doesn't work unless you get extremely lucky.
I think everyone jumps in all excited and then realizes that everything's pretty much already been said. There have been a plethora of money blogs that have popped up since I started mine over three years ago. I think pretty much every money saving tip has already been discussed.
It does take a lot of time and little monetary reward, but I have earned many friendships through blogging.
I agree that blogging is not like sipping drinks on the beach. It does take hard work to succeed, but if you enjoy the process than it really doesn't feel much like work.
"But instead of quitting, whenever I've faced a challenge, I've looked for a way to solve the problem." –That's a great point. It's easy to give up when things don't work out immediately, but if you do you'll never succeed at anything.
Thanks for posting, J.D.!
Like you said, to make money you have to treat this like a business. Most businesses fail, so it's easy to say most blogs will fail.
I'm a Realtor, and have been selling real estate for 3 years. I see people come and go. They say the turn over rate for the first year is 80%. The 20% of people who make it the first year, 90% of them don't make it the second year.
I just started my blog January 1, and it's definitely time consuming.
It's all about hard work and a little luck!
I do not blog, but I follow several blogs. I cannot begin to tell you how many blogs I've visited that are poorly written. If I read a post with lots of grammatical and spelling errors, I stop reading and never return.J.D.'s note: I agree with you. Not to be immodest, but I feel like I write well. And I'm *always* trying to become better at it. Still, I make mistakes. You've all seen my stupid typos (especially homonyms), and I hate them. I've tried to encourage some of my fellow bloggers, like Adam Baker, to take writing classes, because I think it would help them jump to the next level. But nobody ever takes me seriously. They think it's a waste of time. It's not a waste of time. If Baker would improve his writing ability, his blog would kick even more ass than it already does.
Oh blogging is hard work and very time-demanding. But it is possible to make an income out of it. Thanks for this post on blogging; yes it seems a departure from what you usually write but really, it isnt. It's still about money. Somehow.
I started my blog to post about my son Daniel's time in Mongolia. So it was aimed at family and friends. Having a personal blog to begin with is great for learning about blogging.
Daniel has returned from Mongolia but I still blog. I even started putting a few ads on it to see how that works. Interestingly, two of my most popular posts are about Mongolia but not about Daniel's time there, just about Mongolia.
Your post matches what I have learned with my limited experience. I have noticed that financial ads, when clicked on, generate the most money. Maybe that is why there are so many financial blogs.
Thank you for your post.
Would you add networking with other bloggers who have built or are building an audience as an element to a successful blog?J.D.'s note: Great question, Chett. Networking can and does play an important role, especially in certain niches. But all the networking in the world won't help if you don't have good content.
Thanks for sharing JD. I am finding out that blogging on the side is hard work. It's taking up all my computer game time. I guess that's for the best really.
I just put up a post today – Blogging is more fun than napping!
Come by for a laugh, it'll only take 10 seconds.
ps. You can delete the link if it's not relevant. thx.J.D.'s note: About links in comments — I don't delete them if they're on-topic and/or they're not chronic. Plus, I'm more lax if I know you've been reading GRS for a while. For example, I deleted a link from one commenter above because he *always* posts the same link to his signature, and he's only been around a couple of weeks. Nobody likes that. But I'm not going to delete this link because you've been commenting for a long time, and I can't recall you posting a link before.
Totally agree with you, J.D. For most people, it takes a lot of time to build up a decent readership. I blogged for over a year without making any money, and it was fine with me because that wasn't my main goal.
My blog makes a decent amount of money now (not a full-time income, though!), but I think the reason I've been able to earn money is that I didn't start out with that as my purpose. Most people I see who start blogs for the main purpose of making money don't do too well. You have to have a passion for your subject, not just a yearning for money.
Although I'm relatively new to blogging, I couldn't agree more that blogging must be treated like a business if you intend to make money off of it. Like most businesses that you could start in the non-Internet world, it requires a ton of work. There's a lot of (awful) information out there about generating passive income from the web, and I think many people assume blogging is a way to make a quick and easy buck.
I would love if you wrote more about blogging actually. You have done it for so much longer than so many others that just love to give blogging advice. It is great to get that reminder that a blog will not have instant success.
My blog is a hobby, but I think it has become too big of a hobby. I enjoy it so darn much, but I also work part time and have a few kids. I love learning and when I learn something new, I want to take a day and implement it. But, life does not allow that.
I post daily and I often contemplate if I need to cut back. But then I am afraid of traffic plummeting and giving back what I have worked so hard to get. (Traffic!) Finding balance can be hard.J.D.'s note: I used to be afraid to cut back, too. In fact, I was scared to make a lot of the changes I mention here, like bringing on staff writers. And a couple of years ago, I reduced my posting rate from ~12 times per week to ~8 times per week. I was scared then, too. But you *do* have to look for balance.
A business of one's own, blogging or any other is extremely demanding. Most people are not cut to have their own business and face the longer, harder and less that accompanies most startups the first few years. Particularly these days when everything that's deemed "successful" has to spring almost fully formed within the first year or it's deemed a failure. Add that to the writing itself which is a particular talent and the other skills needed to do that on an internet platform, and no surprise. As someone (Fran Leibowitz?) said, there may be a book inside everyone, but it doesn't mean everyone should write a book. Nuff said.
I've been running my movie review and film criticism website CinemaFunk (www.cinemafunk.com) since September 2009. I've made enough to pay for hosting, and thats it.
The truly rewarding part of my blog is that I'm getting better at writing reviews and properly constructed (and annotated) film criticism, and the relationships that I've accumulated with other bloggers and twitter followers. I doesn't make me financially rich, but I'm enjoying and providing a far richer experience with others.
Big thank you for sharing mimi smartypants. Her blog made me chuckle several times and is now on my reader to humor me every time she writes!
J.D.: One of the advantages that you have: you are doing what you love. When you do what you love, you put your heart and soul into it. That makes a big difference in the effort you put in and raises the chances for a successful outcome. Many people who are blogging do it because they want to make money, not becuase they really love to write or have a passion about something.
I just started a blog in October of 2010. It is a lot of work, but I love to write (I have been writing short stories since I was four years old) and I have always had an imaginative mind. I welcomethe creative outlet. If I make some money on it in the future, that's okay. In the meantime, my other creative outlet is my home based baking business, which is doing rather well.
I am doing what I love.
To add to my previous comment… just because I have a ginormous walk-in closet and don't need to organize it doesn't mean you should stop April from posting about closet organization. Or just because Tyler K makes a lot of money each month doesn't mean you should stop Donna Freedman from writing about starting baby emergency funds. Just because some folks aren't interested in blogging…
I've been blogging since 2005 but I still don't earn enough from blogging to do it for a living. It did provide me with a nice side income last year though. I think this year I might make enough to earn a modest full-time living.
It's interesting to read about people who've made money from blogs. I've blogged a few times. The first time, was a personal blog about my first year in University – and was mainly for my family to know what was going on.
This year (Jan 1st), I started a blog on grad school. Not for money, but because I think I need another outlet for all of my thoughts on the subject. Also, I was trying to come up with a topic, and this was one I could quickly generate a lot of topic ideas for.
Are people visiting? The odd person according to the stats, but it doesn't matter. There's not tons of content yet, but, if all goes well, by the end of the year there will be.
We too just started a blog to try to find another source of income. We are in a super niche, it would appear, transcription which you might imagine would have an even more limited amount of topics than finance.
We update our blog three times weekly which is different from other transcription "blogs" which are really just informational and have only static content. We try to include fun and/or comic posts on Fridays, like our latest on the weather rock. And our first podcast with a transcription company owner/transcriber will be posting on Monday and we hope it will become a regular feature, trying to make the blog more interactive. But there's no doubt that it takes time, hard work and creativity to write a blog. The jury is still out on whether we have creativity or not
And having people commenting is very important. Ann, we missed your comment this week, wherever you are. It's always something to look forward to. To us, having people post their comments are kind of like dollars, not dollar dollars, but kind of like spiritual dollars or intellectual dollars. Our piggy bank is a little light.
P.S. We'd like to get in touch with those who posted responses to our comment for Sierra Black's post on January 6 regarding her hands. #30 Marly, #31 Stephanie F, #32 Lyn; #33 PB; #37 Tammy, #60 Karen and #68 Barb. We're going to do a series on wrist health and potential problems and now to avoid them and would like to hear about your experiences on a podcast, if you might be so kind as to share them with us and our readers.
We have a habit of sometimes getting a little zany and a little wild with the jokes and kidding and the fooling around. We hope that's a good thing. We don't know what we're doing on our blog yet but we're trying to learn from other people, we're trying to teach ourselves and at the end of the day we're just trying to have a good time and if some other people can benefit from that then we're happy campers.
I really do think this article would have been enhanced if you would have included a pic of you sitting on the beach, sipping a piña colada and eating a mango.
Great article! Really gets to the heart of what it's all about. I've been doing my alternative media blog for years and it's hard, hard work with very involved hours. Yet, due to the semi-obscure subject matter I write about, it doesn't make enough to be a full-time gig, although I can work on it full-time hours.
At the same time, it's well respected among the audience I'm writing for and very emotionally satisfying. So, it's worth all the time I put into it.J.D.'s note: Great point, Mike. I think that in order for a blog to be successful, it has to be satisfying to write on some level. If you're not getting anything out of it, why are you doing it?
Re. comment on #12:
I totally agree with your recommendation that most bloggers should take writing classes and work harder to establish a "voice". That's one of my goals this year. Most blogs are completely interchangeable and could be written by anyone.
Blogs which are memorable – like mimismartypants, Penelope Trunk or hyperboleandahalf just stand out in a sea of mediocrity. It seems to take several years to get your voice down (unless you're like me and experiment with many voices in a schizo way, doing none of them very well).
Hi JD… a lurker who eagerly waits new posts at GRS
I've wanted to start a blog for a long time as a means to improve my writing. Finding the right topic is the challenge….one that I can develop an expertise in and one that resonates with a community… privacy is also a concern.
I guess all bloggers must have an end goal when they start–to make money or just share and the focus of the blog will change based on this…
Thx. for this post.
"I am … trying to develop streams of passive income by building monetized niche websites."
This is exactly what I don't like about the "blogging about blogging" phenomenon that J.D. says he's trying to avoid doing too much. There are a lot of people like this that aren't really particularly interested in sharing, or community, or discussion, but just want to turn readers into advertising dollars. It's like an online version of the reality show — you just keep making more and more of them because you know they'll make money, even if they're not very good and nobody really loves them.
But blogging the way J.D. does it, where the real priorities are sharing information, entertaining readers, and having useful discussion, really *is* hard. I've started several blogs, and they never go anywhere, for a variety of the reasons J.D. mentioned, and I was never tying to make money off them, and I would have been happy with a readership of 50 or 100. It's hard to invest time into writing that nobody but yourself will read. It also *is* easier to share most things on Facebook. If you're writing a personal blog, most days, nothing interesting enough happens to warrant writing several paragraphs for a blog post about it, and things like "man, I'm so tired, I just ran seven miles!" tend to fit in with Facebook better than a blog. And you know your friends at least will actually see them, and might even care.
The only blog I started that actually seemed to get people reading it was on restoring an old sailboat, but that was even *more* work, because in addition to writing about it, you had to do all the restoration work, take pictures, etc. It was expensive, too, because sailboat parts aren't cheap. Eventually I ended up moving and selling the boat, and the blog ended with it (though it's still online).
Thank you! I've been blogging for a year and a half now and still don't have many readers. People think that all you have to do is write and the masses will come, but it's simply not true.
I'd like to build my site up and maybe start making a bit of money off of it, but it IS really time consuming. People have no idea!
This is a great article and I've been following for over a year now. I finally invested my time and money starting my own website and blog over winter break and I've only written one article. (I was so proud!)
You've mentioned all the things I felt discouraged about. Starting a blog is a very demanding task and I lack the motivation to build up my audience, especially since I should really be focusing on school and studying.
This article just inspired me to try to start out my blog again. I just have to budget my time with school and my website.
Ah, this is a timely post for me, JD. I've been mulling over the idea of starting a blog, and it's all because of YOU (see, you never know how you might affect other people's lives).
It all started with the post you wrote on The Third Stage of finance, which is where I'm presently teetering in my own life. The response was so strong, and people so eager to know more, it made me wonder if that was an opportunity to be seized. I even saved the-third-stage name on Blogspot (no posts yet, though). I don't need the blog to be a financial success, but there's not much point in taking a whack of precious time to work on it if there's no audience. I suppose the plan would be to blather on about the connection between money, happiness, and life purpose as I work it out for myself. Y'know, the Bono vs Charlie Sheen conundrum. :0P
Anyway, thanks for the insight, as always. Sorry about the stream of consciousness comment – I always seem to have one more thing to say!
Great article! It takes consistent action over a long period of time. And your content needs to compel people to keep listening, and to share it with others.
@Tyler – if you read what I posted in my blog, "My Income Lab" was started so I can hold myself accountable and create a venue for myself and readers to talk about online marketing. "My Income Lab" is not monetized (not to say that in the future it won't be, but for now, I am interested in creating content and building an audience). My goal is to create a humorous, relevant, and information rich blog focusing on passive/online income generation.
I don't mention my monetized site by name or domain, so it's not like I am using one blog to make money off of another.
I invite you to follow my blog and am very open to feedback.
JD, I do not mean to highjack the comments, but I felt like I needed to respond.
Thank you
38I used to blog big time. http://www.techtipsforparents.org.
I had google ads. I had guest posts, interviews from big names in that realm. I linked to products that I got a percentage of if someone bought them… after 2 years… I earned $70.
The big reward came when my boss offered a $500 a year raise as a result of my blog. I worked for a school and the school linked its news letter to my site. I had at LEAST 1200 eyes on my site weekly…
One of my best friends focused 10 years of his life (days and nights,very little sleep) completely focused on intrernet marketing. Littering the web with articles and generic blogs. He now doesnt have to work and is worth several million. But I saw how hard he worked and would never want to have to sacrifice so much.
To me, bottom line, if you want to make a lot of money on a blog, you better have a niche and you better be willing to work harder at it than a 9-5 job. Otherwise, expect to make enough for a nice dinner each year.
J.D.'s note: For those who are unaware, JB (Jamison) won the "website" category for the GRS video contest last spring. As part of the prize, he was set to receive a profile of his site on GRS. He turned it down. He said he was ready to move on from Tech Tips for Parents. (That site is now parked, Jamison — it doesn't even have your blog! I sure hope you have a backup.)
I've been writing The Non-Consumer Advocate since May of 2008, and it's only since November that I'm no longer posting daily. This is helping me to provide more interesting content. Oddly, my stats have stayed about the same.
I know there are ways that I could make the blog more profitable, but I'm not trying to make a living from it. (I have a well paying and satisfying job as a high risk labor and delivery nurse)
I think what makes my blog successful is that I really am obsessed with personal finance and frugality. I've also allowed myself to expand to write about simple living, decluttering, thrift shops and happiness.
If it were all about the money I would have quit ages ago. As it is, I park my blog income in a savings account and then use it for fun stuff like family vacations or some such thing.
The money is a bonus, but not my motivation.
Katy Wolk-Stanley
"Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without"
P.S. Good to see that I at least make more than the average blogger!
P.S. J.D., I'm always happy to see when Get Rich Slowly is actually written by you!
Great post, JD. I'm one of those lifeless deal bloggers that were at the conference you spoke at.
I agree a lot of deal blogs are "lifeless", and many don't have a personal connection to their readers.
However, one thing I'd like to add: how much of yourself you pour into your blog depends on whether you want to be a business owner, or self-employed.
I've been blogging about deals in Colorado Springs for over two years, and expanded to Denver in December. At the current rate of anywhere from 5 to 10 posts per day on each site, I knew I couldn't keep up with being "THE personality" on both sites. I've intentionally developed the new site with a more varied personality (I have two employees writing for me) so that it's not all on me. Obviously, you're doing that with GRS, too – but I think our audiences are reading us for different purposes.
To me, it's the difference between being self-employed: always having to be the one to do everything because *you* are the business – and a business owner: being able to delegate certain tasks and responsibilities because the business does not 100% revolve around your personality.
I do try to put myself out there on both of my sites, but simply from a time standpoint, I can't expand my business and have it be all me, all the time.J.D.'s note: Clarification: I didn't find the dealbloggers themselves lifeless — they were universally charming and intelligent women — but many of their sites lacked personality, which I thought was a shame. But you make a good point. When you're posting several times a day, and when you're not writing every post, it's tough to keep that personality. But I think a site can still have a story and a voice, even in this case. And I think that story and voice helps build an audience.
I appreciate that I can count on an article a day at GRS. It's my habit to come to the site daily. Other bloggers would benefit by doing this. That way it becomes a habit of your readers. I quit going to blogs that can't entertain me daily.
Finally, a honest look at blogging.
Blogging really is a huge amount of work and the people who are making it big seem to be the ones selling books on how easy it is to get rich blogging.
There are huge rewards from blogging, like connecting with like minded people, clarifying your thoughts, organic search engine traffic etc. but it is definitely not a way to get rich quick.
44A good way to test whether you should keep blogging or not: Post for a year without monetizing your site. Write consistently, feel out the interest in your topic, get to know similar blogs and bloggers, and enter the occasional festival. If you stick with it and gain a small audience, keep going. If you tail off, focus your energies elsewhere.
Why: You don't make much in the first year anyway, so any potential income is offset by valuable experience, plus the happy and hard-earned knowledge that you can/can't legitimately make a go at blogging.
(Um, this is totally moot if you're like Hyperbole and a Half, and become an instant internet superstar because your content is phenomenal. In that case, monetize immediately.)
Thanks for the great article! I really enjoyed the section where you talked about how your blog needs to tell your story. If you need help on this I would strongly recommend the book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, by Donald Miller. If you want to have a good story you need to make sure you have interesting characters, interesting scenes, and a conflict you can eventually overcome. When JD writes, this blog has it all.
Thank you for sharing all this information, J. D.
I recently started a personal finance blog in spanish and have been devoting long hours to it. I think the key is knowing what you're in for. If money is what drives you, you might find several obstacles to achieving your goals and see a slow results.
I'm in because it makes me feel good. I love writting and I'm convinced that sharing knowledge can make a difference. Personal finance is quite an unexplored topic in spanish literature and driving people to it is a permanent challenge. But since I'm not looking for fast returns, or for a replacement for my regular income, the challenge is really interesting.
I'm uploading one post a week and have been working on finding traffic. I'm expecting to close January with over 300 visits to the site, which is an interesting number for me, but I'm commited to the 1,000 mark.
Thanks to information such as the one you shared here, I'm finding inspiration and best practices that will allow me to continue growing.
Keep up the good work!!! And thanks again!
Great article. Most blogs aren't great because most people don't put the effort they need. I don't think you need to divulge everything about your personal life but I think readers want to see bloggers share once in a while.
Oh and I also like it when a blogger posts a photo of themselves, that means there's a real person writing, not some advertising company, not some anonymous person that's going to up and disappear. A lot of anonymous blogs disappear too quickly.
I love it when you write about blogging, because it reminds me to get off my butt and add some content to my own blog! I don't plan to make any money from mine and I keep it ad-free (this may change in the future if I feel I can make some pocket money). For me, blogging is a way to keep up my writing skills. I am at university, but I'm studying a very hands on subject and rarely do any writing. Hacking out a post once every few weeks keeps my writing skills in check so when I do have to write an essay it isn't as daunting.
Inspired by your blog, I first started one on happiness (the happiness bank), to post about things that made me happy, as well as musings on the science and philosophy of happiness. But I decided that I would be even happier writing about food – so abandoned that to work on a food blog (the indolent cook) instead.
Food blogging really is an over-saturated market, but it doesn't matter because I enjoy it. I did have illusions about making money through blogging, but I have since realized how difficult this would be, and now I just see it as a hobby. It still has the potential to bring in some extra cash or career opportunities if I put in enough effort and am blessed with a little luck – but even if that doesn't happen, I will continue to do it as long as it brings me fulfillment.
I think the hardest kind of blog would be one like this. I'm assuming most people come to sites like this to be educated about finances.
A lot of schools never really touch personal finance. So if you aren't that great of a writer it would be more difficult to cover this subject because you also have to educate the readers as well as entertain.
Personally for me I couldn't sit still for more than an hour let alone write a blog. So thank you to all who do it


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For anyone who is interested in art history gender studies. Male vs female nudes is a pretty fascinating comparison to investigate, especially concerning contemporary reactions to nudes in popular culture.
I will say about this article what I just said on Facebook:
"Oh well the female body is more viewer-friendly because it acknowledges the gaze of the viewer"
"well you see the female body is associated throughout history with beauty and sexiness and shit"
"the male body on the other hand is always symbolizing aggression/dominance/showing your dick to people to insult them. Also men have exterior genitalia so that's, like, more offensive"
Basically the biggest problem I have with this poor excuse for a discussion of art is that the meanings which straight white men have assigned to everyone's bodies are not in fact universal. The female body does not itself represent attractiveness - a bunch of privileged gynephiles think that the female body is attractive. Acknowledging the very truly equal sexiness of the male body is dangerous, not simply because that perspective is new or different, but because it directly challenges the kyriarchy.
Of course I don't expect the BBC to go around using cuh-razy words like "kyriarchy", but an article that doesn't even consider questioning history's powerful people reinforces their oppressive ideas. We're asked to consider accepting the male nude, and making room for it in art, but only because it has non-sexual artistic value, as per historical precedent.
The article doesn't offer its readers anything insightful. She states obvious facts instead of actually attempting to answer the question she's put forth. Why is the male nude shocking to us? The author's response is, "the male nude is shocking to us and has been for a long time". Well.
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Hmmm kinda weird this decision since it's not completely fair. They say that it 'interferes' with the game world by displaying stuff in it, but so do other addons. DBM marks players or mobs for example. There are addons that display the locations of nodes on the map. AVR does not actually do stuff like cast stuff or whatsoever, so I cannot see any reason for this particular addon to get broken over several others. Then just shutdown all addon functionality. I have used AVR for a bit and basically it's just an enhanced version of stuff that's already out there. DBM has a range meter too, AVR just shows you a circle.
Positioning use to be done with flares, AVR showed you circles etc.
Been using it only for a short while but I will miss it, it was fun, even used it to do some fun stuff in the guild, for group dancing or following a path in a convoy of Elekks, so everyone knew which path to go.
Too bad Blizzard, bad decision, then again in the end you decide. Still my opinion is that it did not interact with the game world more than other addons. Sure it did stuff, but it's not interaction, just like DBM.


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Grooming your rabbit can be quite a task. The little, rascally rabbits often run the other way and hide when you come toward them with nail trimmers and a brush. But, with a little practice and patience, grooming your rabbit can turn into quality time for both of you.
Clean That Habitat Rabbits are very clean animals and don't like to be dirty. A rabbit grooms itself many times a day. But sometimes it can be hard for a rabbit to keep clean if the area it lives in is not kept clean.
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City of Bones at LeakyCon
So I at the Portland LeakyCon this weekend, and today they showed us a scene from the City of Bones movie. Let me just say… I was not expecting it to be so long.
So imagine this:
Clary, Jace and Simon crossing the street to a tattered looking gate.
Simon says, "What is this dump?"
Clary, looking up, replies, "This isn't a dump."
I watched delightedly as the Institute unfolded before me, exactly how I imagined it. They walk inside, and the door closes behind them, a series of intricate locks sealing their entry point. The interior is very open with lots of.. Just beautiful detail.
Clary, taking in the institute, falls back into Simon's arms as he guides her gently to the ground. Jace leans over her and rips her sleeve open, revealing a demon bite. After saying as much, he pulls Clary into his lap.
"Is this the part where you rip part of your shirt and tie it around my arm?" Clary teases.
"If you wanted me to take my clothes off, you should have just asked," Jace smirks down at her.
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Even When Muslims Fight Among Themselves In Toronto The Jews Get It: Salafist=Zionist!
This is a protest being organized by David Duke's buddies from CASMO & the Islamic Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaat of Toronto. It is scheduled for the 14th outside the Pakistan Consulate.
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A large part of what has launched the Occupy protests onto the national scene has been the aggressive behavior of some New York City police officers. Now, NYPD has taken action on one incident of police abuse. NYPD has reassigned the officer made infamous by pepper-spraying nonviolent Occupy Wall Street protesters in September. The cop, Anthony Bologna, was caught on tape macing a female protester who was fenced in by police and appeared to be defenseless. Bologna — a department veteran of 29 years — will work on Staten Island and perform administrative work.
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I feel like the Twilight on the left. The one just staring, motionless. I feel she has the best emotion.
Seriously, I feel like that is the best facial expression that I've ever draw ever. Just the silent stare. "Oh crap!"
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Movie: Jodhaa Akbar (2008)
Music: A R Rahman
Singer: Bela Shinde
This is a bhajan based on rag Bhairavi (sindhu Bhairavi) sung soulfully by Bela Shende. Interludes drag a little bit but I like this song and the overall score.
My really humble attempt at this song. The track I used is a vocal cut one, also no mixing done since I feel it tampers the small harkats and the purity of the song.
Please feel free to give good suggestions, or help :-)
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Meera Manohar said
Very beautiful voice you got there. A little off @1.10/11, other than that, very nice vocals
The thing I noticed is that, your initial Man Mohana is panned to the left ear while the rest of the song is center channeled. Unsure if this was intentional.
Your voice has a good tone to it, and is crystal clear. So, guess you just need to get to mix it. And if mixed well, a voice and what it does can only be enhanced, and not mar the clarity and/or beauty of it :-)
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Smitha Passanha said
Beautifully sung Sudha! Lovely voice and great vocals. Good mixing will enhance the listening experience. 5/5 for the singing!
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Ramya Harish said
Very nice Sudha. Great Job. I like this song vry much. Thanks for sharing.
Srividya Kasturi said
Slightly off towards the end of the mukhda and also towards the end of the last antara, Great vocals! Ur voice sounds very good even without mixing:) Keep singing!
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Anup said
very nicely done Sudha….would have been nice if you had used some kind of delay for the intro rather than the pan….nevertheless excellent rendition….thoroughly enjoyed it
Radhika Nair (away) said
Sudha – lovely voice and very nicely sung too.
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N.gopinath said
Very nice singing. Enjoyed the song in your beautiful voice.Why didn't u sung fully!
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Deepak Nayak said
Hey Sudha,
Nicely done… Great effort… Here is what I think…
- Didn't understand the reason behind panning the initial part to left
- Clear and strong voice…
- Some timing issues… A little late… Just by a few mili seconds… Could be adjusted while sequencing though
- Mixing could have been much better and the song would be at a different level with better mixing…
- "Tarasu tumhi ko din rein" at 4:42 was done a little differently I guess and sounded like it went a little off…
- Overall a great effort… Keep it up… Cheers…
Nithya Bayya (www.facebook.com/nithyabayya) said
lovely rendition sudha… really enjoyed listening to this. Nithya
Neha ........ said
Wow you are very very good Sudha…. wonder how I missed out on your posts earlier… Enjoyed this thoroughly…!
Sushane Shankar said
Wow…. brilliant…. loved it…. :-)
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Adithi said
Wow! What a beautiful voice you have, Sudha! A little bit of practice and good mixing should make it sound divine! Thanks for sharing this with us. Please do keep posting more songs.
Dr. nitin Acharya said
hi sudha…
i always wonder how a composer who composes a "khwaja mere khwaja" can compose a "man mohanaa" in the same breath .,in the same film!!!!!
tats y i just adore rahman!!!
and look at the way u have done justice to the song!!
i loved the expressiveness in ur voice…thoroughly sureela attempt!!!
Gowri Gopal said
really loved ur voice… very confident singing… gud expressions… overall gud singing and gus mixing also… :)
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Angela Paduraru said
very nice interpretation, I love it
Harshan Nambiar (away for a month india vacation) said
Pretty late Sudha ….what a rendition ….great great singing. I dont care too much about effects and mixing …as long as the vocals are clearly audible …I am fine.
Lovely expressive singing ….5/5 from me.
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Uthra said
Sudha: Saw your comment in Vidhya's post and listening to it now. Lovely singing.
Pradeep Barre said
Very nice Sudha!
Thanks & Regards,
Shaniruh said
Beautifully rendered Sudha…liked it a lot :)
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The X1224 or Mars Bike. It all started with a set of sketches that can be traced back to the original TCD NASA bike idea from 2004, with the unhinged notion of a bike that would look at home in an off-world landscape. It may well be argued that this type of sci-fi thinking was already somewhat of a mission accomplished for us here at TCD, with designs such as the V-Rex already rolling down the street.
The X1224 design is a blend of sportsbike, motard and adventure bike elements, wrapped up in bodywork with plenty of cranked lines and angles and a splash of implied advanced technology through the use of hexagons and polygons in many details along with blue-anodised fittings, all in a layout which could well house something aside from a conventional petrol engine, most likely a compact diesel-electric or hydrogen-electric hybrid drivetrain. Power is transmitted to the alien terrain through a two-wheel drive, electric motor-based transmission.
feels pretty good to get back amongst the pixels,
and we hope you enjoy this one as much as we did
coming up with it. Theres a few more in the
works, and now were back at it, well
let you know when theyre cooked. Print res
renders for this one are available, along with any
further details you would like.
scheme still being worked on
Well finally it happened. I came face to face with the 'dream'. Attending the Australian Motorcycle Expo at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on Feb 18th and 19th, I was able to meet with Steve Leach, owner of the only V-Rex in Oz, rebadged as the 'Beond Bike'. I got to chat with Steve, sit on his beloved machine - which he told me proudly he commutes on everyday - and later I even managed a generously offered spin through downtown Surfers Paradise complete with rolling wave of 'holy crap-WTFs- whaaatz thaaat?' type comments audible from both sides of the street. Yes, a truly great day, many thanks to Steve who by his obvious enthusiasm for the machine has made me very proud as a designer. Here's a couple of slightly excitement-blurred snaps from the big day:
We have hit the ground running with some great expansion into the fields of product design and toy design. Pages showing these works are being readied as we speak and will be put up as completed. There is also a flood of new works coming to the motorcycle portfolio and a filling out and reorganise of the whole auto/truck portfolio.
have also added a new page called 'sketches'
to show some of the early drafts of some of the designs.
Hopefully this gives you an idea of the very seed of an idea
that is taken all the way to complete design. Let me know if
you like it or if it is pretentious bullshit!
Man! What a year... I am planning on wrapping up a huge backlog of designs very soon. Will post a note when they are up. Also updates and additions to the 3D gallery.
a new design to the motorcycle gallery in the form of the
VR-3. You can see the whole page HERE
news is in the form of 'finally we can talk about it'...
back when the V-Rex first came out, an approach was made
Travertson Inc. to have the V-Rex appear in the second Transformers movie as a part of the 'motocycle gang sequence'.
Unfortunately a couple of months later, those in charge evidently had a changed of mind. Now in perfect hindsight I say
'Thank God' as I have tried to make it through 'TF 2' and find it pretty much UNWATCHABLE!
recently I found a link to the website
belonging to Steve Jung, a very talented artist responsible
for a whole bunch
of concept artwork for Transformers 2, and found this image, reproduced here with Steve's OK. Ah to think what might
have been. Thousands? millions? of little kiddies playing with their transforming V-Rex toy with electric zapping whip!
Sigh. It was not to be!
Other news involves serious progress being made on the Skeletor bike. Will update the Skeletor page when I get the chance.
are currently engaged in a general makeover of the website.
We're adding a lot of background details, concept
and other bits and pieces from the archives. Work will be ongoing for the next couple of months, so feel free to stop
by week to week as new items are added.
The V-Rex received an Honourable Mention for 'Best Eccentric' in motorcycle.com's 'Best of 2009' Awards!
My focus as a designer was packaging all this technology in a fairly 'standard' looking design rather than anything as outlandish as the current crop of hybrid concept bikes. I chose the British cafe racer as a source of some lines (you can see a little Norton Commando in the ducktail) and I thought it would be fun to blend some older lines with brand new technology. There is a page for it in the gallery HERE, and you can contact me for a press release and high res print-ready images as well, via email
There are TWO V-Rexes (Rexii?) currently to be seen at the massive SEMA show in Las Vegas, one on the K&N stand and the other with the gents at Prospray.
Other V-Rex highlights include confirmation of where and when the V-Rex makes its movie debut in 2009!
On slightly disrelated other news, 'Wired' featuring my 'space fighter' design in their on-line gallery.
Siggraph! Who's that up on the screen?
Hollywood star Paul Walker looking mighty cool on a V-Rex.
bike is also making an appearance in LA at the massive and
awesome Siggraph conference. Newtek, the makers of the
software I used to design and build the original 3D concept,
will have a 'real ' V-Rex on their stand for the week, as
well as a video interview with yours truly explaining the
finer points of the design process.
I have finally gotten round to rendering a short 'demo reel' featuring some of my designs in quicktime format. You can download it HERE.
Also there is a series of articles appearing in 3D World magazine which trace the development in diary form of the V-Rex from my original idea and sketch all the way to rolling down the streets of the U.S.
I am also working on some car designs which will be added to the gallery shortly.
There are more new designs on the way, including our first hybrid.
vids vids! Clips of the V-Rex are all over the web. It looks
GOOD in motion!
Click on these images below to see some of them.
If Angelina Jolie strolled down Main Street naked, perhaps with her hair on fire, she might come close to attracting the amount of attention the Travertson V-REX does. - Kevin Duke
I'll add links to the various other stories as they appear.
Huge media launch here in Sydney for a major design project I have been working on for about a year, in conjunction with Sydney-based research organisation, the IAG Technical Research Centre. This organisation has been looking closely into ways to make motorcycles safer as well as cheaper to repair in the event of a simple tip over, and asked me for some input, which lead to the 'Swann Insurance Motorcycle of the Future' design coming about.
The media launch was kicked off by our very own Aussie motorcycle racing star Casey Stoner, currently leading the pack in the MotoGP series, who unveiled large images of the design, which features a virtual 'wish list' of items designed to make motorcycles both safer and cheaper to insure.
A HUGE story has just appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald sparked by this launch, featuring nice big images of the design. The story is up online currently here
In early August there is going to be a major media launch involving a motorcycle design I have penned in conjunction with the IAG Research Laboratory here in Sydney. This motorcycle is being used to highlight some deficiencies in current motorcycle design as regards ease of damageability and cost of repair. More details will be added as the launch grows closer.
starting to become a topic is something I have been working
on in liaison with staff from the IAG Research Laboratory
here in Sydney, Australia. Serious in-depth research is
currently underway into ways that motorcycle design can be
improved as regards the expense of damage ocurring after a
simple 'drop'.
horror stories of bikes being 'written off' by insurance
companies after simply rolling off the sidestand, there's
plenty to be done. I believe this problem can be
successfully tackled at the design stage without affecting
the 'looks' of the bike very much, if at all. It would be no
fun if your bike looked like a battleship just so that you
could insure it!
I will be setting up an entire page on this website to go into this subject much more in-depth. For now , here is a link to IAG's website on the topic, complete with QuickTime movies.
Oh and I started building Skeletor, my original thumper design from a few years ago. See here for more info.
Some stories are starting to appear about the bike. This week Ozbike magazine in Australia features the bike on the cover and in an 8 page centrefold pictorial. A french magazine called "maximoto' has also done a rather nice feature as well.
Bit of a roundup from Daytona. First off the bike won its class at the Daytona Beach Boardwalk Bike Show and Christian has a HUGE trophy for the mantlepiece! The bike was also entered in the world famous 'Rat's Hole Bike Show' somewhat reluctantly as Christian explained that the V-Rex is NOT a one-off custom bike, it's a PRODUCTION bike, but, according to Christian, they wouldn't take 'no' for an answer, and so for possibly the first time in history, a production bike placed in the TOP TEN out of 150 entries at this prestigeous show!


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As the heat rises this weekend, so will the humidity. Now, the humidity won't be extreme, but will nudge the heat indices to the mid-upper 90s, a few degrees higher than the actual temperature. Take a look at the heat index tracker below, its going to be rather steamy outside, especially from around 1 - 7pm. Check out how we calculate the heat index below.
So, obviously, the heat index is a function of heat and humidity. You can calculate the heat index by inputting the actually humidity or dew point. We normally use dew points. So, how do you find the dew point? Look at the screen shot below. This is the Local Aviation MOS program, or short range numerical forecast. Don't worry too much about all the different numbers, but look at the 3rd line down (DPT), those are the dew points. The time of day is the 1st line (UTC), which is Zulu time, to make it simple, 12z is 8am, 16z is noon, 18z is 2pm, 20z is 4pm, 00z is 8pm. What we'll do is find the time of day, look for the matching dew point, then put that number with the temperature forecast (2nd line = TMP = temperature) and calculate the heat index. Use the heat index calculator link here to make the calculation.


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Maria Sharapova routs Daniela Hantuchova in Paris
Paris, France (4E Sports) – Top seed Maria Sharapova put her fourth-round loss at the Australian Open behind, dropping just one game in a 6-0, 6-1 win over Daniela Hantuchova in her Open GDF SUEZ opener Wednesday.
Sharapova won the first eight games of the match and hit 10 aces en route to victory that booked her a spot in the third round.
"I had a tough first opponent who can play extremely good tennis," Sharapova said. "I wanted to start the match off well. It was extremely important to put that pressure on her from the beginning."
Sharapova's performance was a far cry from her showing in her fourth-round loss in Melbourne to Dominika Cibulkova.
"It's quite an adjustment coming here," Sharapova said. "I lost quite early in Australia, so it gave me a little bit more time to get ready for this event, to catch up on jet lag and get through that. I've had some good practices on center court here as well."
Sharapova will face the winner between eighth seed Kirsten Flipkens and Yvonne Meusburger of Austria. Flipkens earlier defeated Mona Barthel, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 while Meusberger downed Anna-Lena Friedsam, 7-5, 6-1.
In other matches, Elina Svitolina eliminated Roberta Vinci 6-3, 0-6, 7-5; Galina Voskoboeva edged Stefanie Voegele, 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (3) ; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat seventh seed Carla Suarez-Navarro, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
Fourth seed Angelique Kerber eliminated Klara Zakopalova, 6-2, 7-5 while fifth seed Simona Halep defeated Kristina Mladenovic, 7-6 (1), 6-4.
In Pattaya, Thailand, fourth seed Ekaterina Makarova booked a spot in the quarterfinal of the PTT Pattaya Open with a 6-0, 6-2 win over fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva. Marakova will take on the winner of the Kimiko Date-Krumm-Tadeka Majeric showdown.
Sorana Cirstea joined Marakova in the next round with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Alison Riske. Cirstea will take on Karolina Pliskova, who rallied from 3-0 down in the third set for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Russian qualifier Alla Kudryavtseva.
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This week, two beautiful games are going on sale together. Journey and The Unfinished Swan are both moving, deeply personal experiences. They evoke wonder and mystery, and chart new territory in the world of games. Together, they are amazing examples of what makes the PlayStation experience so special, and starting this week, you'll be able to play them both for yourselves for one great price.
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Mod of the year: The Dark Mod
Welcome to the PC Gamer Game of the Year Awards 2013. For an explanation of how the awards were decided, a round-up of all the awards and the list of judges, check here.
Great mods let us get so much more out of our games, the best mods are games unto themselves, as interesting and worthy as any commercial release. This year we celebrate the mod that revived and reinvigorated a PC gaming classic: The Dark Mod.
CHRIS The first version might have come out in 2009, but this year saw the release of The Dark Mod as a complete, standalone package. It's a tremendous achievement – a detailed tribute to the Thief series that adds advanced object manipulation to the already broad range of tools at the player's disposal. When I first played Amnesia: The Dark Descent, I wanted a Thief game made with its sense of physicality. The Dark Mod is pretty much that: the way you can reach out and grab objects in the world is a fantastic augmentation of the fantasy of being a thief in a murky, dangerous, candle-lit world.
I love the way the team encourage players to download, share, and build their own missions. That sense of creativity and community is a great match for the enthusiastic stealth game fanbase, and it's something that we'd never see from a major publisher. The future of Thief might look uncertain at the moment, but the series' spirit has a very good home here.
PHIL Agreed: the community is the heart of The Dark Mod. What I love about it is that, as a Thief-inspired project originally created as a Doom 3 mod, it's different enough from the Looking Glass-era Thief games to give that community a sense of ownership. The lore, setting and systems have been tweaked just enough to provide a framework for its creators' imaginations.
As a standalone download, The Dark Mod is just a stealth tutorial and single mission, so imagination is the key to its success. Its download page contains over 70 alternative missions, each of which respects, and in some cases adds to, an expanding crowdsourced universe full of rich detail, richer treasures, and cunning taffers who want to enjoy and steal both.
Unlike other tributes to older games, the mod's makers also weren't precious about reinventing Thief's systems to make them better. Every developer with an interest in creating professional pilferers should look to The Dark Mod's lockpicking system and, well, steal it. It's not tied to a minigame, but it's also not a canned animation you have to endure. Instead, you wait while your master thief does the job, and use sound cues to identify and mark the end of the sequence. The result makes you feel like part of the process, but also keeps you detached enough to listen out for approaching guards. It's a perfect balance of interaction and situational awareness, creating tension and rewarding advanced planning.
The result is an improved and constantly expanding version of a game that's still notable for how enjoyable its stealth is. I don't often agree with the idea that the old ways were better, but the series remains uniquely unmatched in its free-form, open ended thievery. More of that is a fine thing.
CHRIS It makes for an interesting case study of the point where triple-A, indie and modding converge. I like the idea that fangenerated games can act as a kind of practical criticism, a way of broadcasting the desires of 'hardcore' fans to publishers. I've heard a lot of major game developers claim that they covet the attention of those core audiences, but it's a stance that warrants scepticism. Projects like The Dark Mod are a way for those fans to say "if you won't make it, we will" – to deftly lift what was good and meaningful about the games that inspired us years ago and run away with it.