Comments on: Forever in blue jeans

By: Carol Anne

Carol Anne — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:14:08 +0000

This is the fifth blog I’ve read in the last week that has mentioned their readership dropping off. I ask, “so what?” It’s not a popularity contest. It’s you, writing. I think I have two people reading my blog (when I get a minute to write), and one of them is my cousin. ;^)

Write for you. The rest will either come along or not.

I want to know your secret for getting something written every day!

By: Lisa C

Lisa C — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:19:53 +0000

I find partial feeds frustrating. I put all of them in one category on my google reader so that at least I know that I’ll have to take time to click through in order to read them. I read them last and I often wait until there are several posts waiting before I click through, and then only if the “teaser” is interesting. :::shrug::: Your mileage may vary.

By: Blog Antagonist

Blog Antagonist — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:08:25 +0000

I use bloglines. It’s convenient, but yes, if a post is available in whole, I might just be too lazy to click over and comment.

Then again, if it’s only partially present, and the first few lines don’t grab me, I might decide not to. I think it’s really a crap shoot either way.

But readership is down. I’m not an A-lister by any means, and I’m not even one of the more popular bloggers, but I used to get between 20 and 30 comments regularly. Now I’m down to half that, usually.

Granted, I’ve been really busy and haven’t really been able to create the kind of content that I think brings readers in as much as I used to, but still, I think it’s a blogosphere wide phenomenon. Sometimes I wonder if the blog thing has just run it’s course. I did predict that, with my inaugural post. ;?)

That said, I’ll try to comment more often. Everybody likes comments and there’s nothing shameful about that. It just sucks to feel like nobody is listening.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:20:23 +0000

Hehe, I really enjoyed this post. I don’t mind if you switch to click-through at all. If it helps with the ads, all the better. It’s the least we as readers can do when you’re providing us with your writing. And I really like the fact that you update so frequently, so I don’t mind at all.

By: Z

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:15:11 +0000

I must admit to being one of those people reading you through a reader and not clicking over… Sorry! Usually I try to come over for people to get hits, but the past little while (aka the summer) has been crazy and I haven’t had the time. So perhaps it IS a seasonal thing? I don’t know…

By: Karyn

Karyn — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:51:27 +0000

Thanks for the eye-opener about the click-through; I’m sometimes too lazy to leave google reader. I’ll try to click-through now to help with stats.

I’m interested to hear about the results of the great-Alaskan-jean-search….finding pants is a nightmare and has always been one.

By: Katie B.

Katie B. — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:14:23 +0000

I had no idea readers got upset about a click through; at least half, if not more, of the blogs I read do that and it’s never bothered me. I think of it as kind of a trailer to get you sucked in since you just see the first couple of sentences.

By: noreen

noreen — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:57:30 +0000

I’m the person who thinks you should be writing a column for a main stream publication, so, I’ll keep reading anywhere, anyway. And,I don’t understand any of that computer stuff you were talking about anyway. As long as you don’t disappear from my list of favorites, I’ll be here. And, even if you do disappear, I’ve gotten really good at finding sites,even though I’m computer illiterate.