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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Suggestions, Anyone?
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I don't follow blogs, in fact, I chose not to even include followers gadget in my blog template design. Why? The follow option is kind of like using Reader - it gives you easy access to the blogs you read most frequently from your blogger dashboard. It's not very useful and quite redundant when you already subscribe via a Reader.ReplyDelete
I also found that it "bothered" me when I lost a follower and I started being to fanatical with "Oh my God! What did I do??" and then trying to figure out who left me.
I figured it was better to just write and let the blog be the blog!
But then I don't do the Stat Counter thing either for the very same reasons!
I will say that I'm really bad about following blogs. Even blogs that I read every day! I guess I'm too focused on the content of the post to even pay attention to the side bar? I don't know...ReplyDelete
But I'm reading! That's the important part, right? ;)
I've also found that you have to comment a lot to get comments. I'm not saying that you don't, but that's just what I've noticed personally.
You are also going to have tons of people that read your blog that will never EVER leave a comment. It's just how it goes.
Chin up!
I use reader, so there is no point in me following blogs. It's all there in my reader. I love comments too, but first and foremost I blog as an outlet. Not to get more followers. If I did, I would probably be upset all the time and wonder why people didn't like me. It's like high school all over again. lol. If you have a stat counter and are happy with that number, then why focus so much on the following/commenting part?ReplyDelete
Dana- Good stuff, That clears up a lot for me. And yes you are right if someone left I would probably go insane trying to figure out who it was that dumped me. The Stat Counter thing I actually learned of by reading one of your blogs. You mentioned it in a blog about Blogger Etiquette so I looked it up to see what you were referring to and boy did I learn a lot.ReplyDelete
Candice- I try not to comment if I do not have something relevant to say, which is often. I sometimes feel like people comment just to comment where I try to comment only if it is relevant to me. But I have learned that bloggers really love comments so I plan to work on that.
Carolyn-Do not get me wrong, I do blog as an outlet but I guess the more I visited other blogs and saw mass followings I began to wonder why not me?? You are correct...like high school.
Thanks you ladies for your feedback. It certainly clears up some things and it is much appreciated.
Not sure if this helps but I don't "follow" blogs either. I'm not really sure how it would benefit me or the blogger and don't understand it so I just leave it alone.ReplyDelete
However, on MY blog I only add the blogs I check regularly onto my blog roll so really being on that list is much better than me just following you.
When it comes to commenting I always worry about OVER commenting for some reason. So I tend to comment sparingly and maybe it will have more impact, or something lol
Hope that helps!
I have found this most enlightening. I always wondered the same things as Raquel.ReplyDelete
I just learned a boat load of how bloggers feel other than myself from your comments.
Thanks Raquel and all your commenters!
I DO follow a lot of blogs because it's easier for me to keep up from the Blogger Dashboard. I never remembered to check my reader, but I always check on my dashboard and know when someone posts something new. :-)ReplyDelete
All Click--Exactly how I feel about commenting, and when I do comment I find it hard not to carry on as if I chose the topic to begin with. I'm not really up on "reader" and the "blog roll" that is referenced here in the comments but my job is quite boring currently so I guess thats my next lesson.ReplyDelete
Peg- I swear we must have been seperated at birth...You rant about my issues, I ask your questions etc. etc. lol I too have learned a lot form these comments.
ETW- I follow the same path as you, except for the "reader part". Thanks again everyone for the comments
I don't follow either, and don't elicit others to follow me. And I don't go blog to blog in hopes of a return comment. I read maybe 6-10 blogs a day, a few more on my days off.ReplyDelete
I don't use reader. I have a link list on my sidebar of people I read, and I just click from there. I don't add to it any longer.
Any new blogs that I come across and read, I simply add to my browser on the Favorites tab. (Like yours)
Just be yourself and write what what you feel. People will either like you or not. DO NOT fall into a quid pro quo blogging/comment habit.
And Candice is right...you have more readers than you think because many people for many reasons, never comment on blogs.
I've been doing this over 4 years. I have fewer comments than I did when I did the blog to blog to comment for comment thing, but...
I have more readers and hits today than I have ever had. I think it's because I am just writing what I feel and saying what I think.
Sorry to be so damn long winded. Have a wunnerful day.
Cheers Roc!!
Matt-Man- Great Tips! I think you have more readers b/c of the Wild Irish Thing. Lol...That's what caught my attention.ReplyDelete
I followed :)ReplyDelete
I just noticed your following me. That's how much attention I pay. Here's the deal. Go to my blog post 1219. If you can get yourself between picture one and picture two I'll sign up too. Post a picture!!ReplyDelete
And comment on other people's blogs.
I forgot to mention. You want to really get depressed about followers and comments? Go see Jay's last post http://cynicalbstd.blogspot.com/ .ReplyDelete
OK I signed up although I'm not sure from where. I hit 'follow' (already logged onto blogger) and it asked me to log on. I used the google link which is somehow different than blogger but I can't remember why. I've got so many logon's I can't remember them all.ReplyDelete
Mike- Thanks either way. I will visit Jay's and also try to figure out what it is exactly you are asking me to do with the pic part :)ReplyDelete
I was asking you to see if you could get your waist down to between 17" and 14". You could do it if you really really wanted to, really. Show us pictures too.ReplyDelete
Mike- No, I really couldn't unless you want me to pass out. I have an idea you do it first and then I'll try:)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 27, 2011 at 7:54 AM
Haha...I read this now! I hope you have more followers than when you posted this! Just a note, although I'm sure this is passed for you, but I don't use any sort of reader, and I don't follow bloggers, I'm kinda old-school and I just bookmark and check daily for my favorite blogs. There. A run on sentence for you!ReplyDelete


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Donnie from New Blessing Everyday had The Versatile Blogger Award waiting for me.
I really like this award because I think my little blog is very versatile; not by choice of course but by accident. Let me explain.
I started out with the thought in mind that this would be a journal type of blog. I wanted to write about my feelings and thoughts and perceptions of the world. I had enough feelings, thoughts and perceptions for about 3 months then I was all out!
So then I thought, I'll be a Foodie Blog and write these wonderfully witty and funny posts filled with gorgeous foodie porn pictures of souffles, quiches and various Mexican dishes. Then I realized you actually have to cook the food in order to photograph it. And once you cook the food, you gotta eat it. I'm not even mentioning the fact that I'm not a cook...but you can see where this idea wasn't going to work out so well. So that was out.
Then I decided I would be a blog about Yardsaling. I did that for
That's about the time the brilliant idea came to me to become a Thrifting blog. You know...go out to thrift stores and buy treasures to photograph and then display on the blog. That worked out great. I love, love, love thrifting, so does my partner in crime...my mom. I did that for quite a while again, but now I have no more room in my house for all my treasures...so I think I'm about to become a Hoarders blog...lol. Until I have a yard sale I've put off buying any more treasures...my home is filled with treasure, so much that there's barely room for me!
But one thing I can say about my blog is that it is definitely versatile! Thanks Donnie, I appreciate the award and gratefully accept it. Now I'm supposed to write 7 things about myself but I think I've covered that above so let me just summarize. . .
1. I'm versatile
2. I have trouble making up my mind
3. I like awards
4. I'm not a chef or even a foodie.
5. I love thrift stores.
6. I love shopping with my mom.
7. I love blogging and all my blogging buddies like dear Donnie from New Blessing Everyday!
I'm supposed to pass the award on to 15 other blogs I love...and trust me that would not be hard because I love so many. But because I haven't had dinner yet and a new episode of House comes on at 8pm and because I still want to ride my bike for a little while I'm just gonna award 5 blogs, then I'm getting off my hiney and getting some stuff done before i sit my hiney back down again to watch House.
I hereby bestow The Versatile Blogger Award to: (and whether you choose to accept it or not, know that I love your blog to bits!)
1. DUTA at Places with Character
2. SUMMUR at Braley Mama
3. DELLA at Della Grace's Life
4. KATHRYN at From the Inside...Out
5. The Wonderfully Funny Blogger at ClimbToNowhere