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Re: Questions at WordCamp: Is it Hard for You to Keep Blogging?

Hey, Don! — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:13:02 -0000

I'm trying to learn what search engines are looking for . . . you're right . . . trying to produce high quality content and then being disappointed with 12 - 15 visitors a day can get frustrating . . . that's why having a long term view is necessary, too.

Re: Questions at WordCamp: Is it Hard for You to Keep Blogging?

Karthik Kastury — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:32:45 -0000

Interesting question.. It is not that hard to keep blogging as long as you have an aim or a motivation to do.. so..

Re: Questions at WordCamp: Is it Hard for You to Keep Blogging?

Patrick Havens — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:04:57 -0000

I was posting away (http://wordcamp.info), but I did find my other blogs (http://www.litwc.com) where somewhat neglected. I ended up doing a couple blogs via cell phone... that where lighter in content then usual.

That said, I think one of the reasons I'm still posting somewhat strong on my main blog, but again as I'll always say. I post about nothing specific. A person may love the topic he writes about, but hits a dry spot. I write a wine review blog. I noticed I had a bit over a month break in posts (usually posts about weekly). The reason? I had been drinking more beer. I couldn't of filled the dead point with meaningless posts and expected my readers (what few there are) to go ok... I don't mind. In the same way... I can go all over on my main blog, and I get replies back saying they love the variety.

My point? If you find a dry spell, fill it with relevant content. Revisit and old idea/post. Does it still work, do you need to correct yourself. Do a follow up post. Or mention a parallel topic, that may still interest your readers, but it may not be exactly locked in on your main topic (but make sure you mention how it is similar unless you are doing a Lorelle).

Re: Questions at WordCamp: Is it Hard for You to Keep Blogging?

Michael Hampton — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 06:41:49 -0000

I'm surprised you didn't mention fellow b5media blogger Darren Rowse's series this week, Rediscovering Your Blogging Groove.

Re: Questions at WordCamp: Is it Hard for You to Keep Blogging?

Curious SEO; Blogsearch penalt — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:35:27 -0000

Hi Aaron,

I was doing a little summary of the blogsearch ranking factors for my site's SEO FAQ section (including links to the article on it at Problogger and to Bill Slawski's analysis at SEO by the Sea). One of the things the patent says is that it might penalize sites for having different RSS than what's on their blog content. This because the indexing of blogs for blogsearch goes through RSS and thus you could cloak your spammy blog by just showing different stuff in the RSS. The point being that there can be penalties for having a different feed and blog content

Now, while I doubt as trustworthy and well SEO-ed (nice redesign and text navigation by the way) a site as Technosailor could get hit for that, do you think it's advidable for smaller, lesser known blogs to do that? On a related note, could you try and pass the question on to Matt Cutts? I figure someone as well known as you has an in or two...

Regards,
Gabriel Goldenberg
p.s. Let me know what you think of my blogsearch ranking factors summary and analysis.