So, Monday morning I posted and said I was taking a hiatus from my blog to just play for a week and see how I felt about blogging.
Monday afternoon my internet went out. Comcast came on Wednesday and said it would be another 1-3 days. Then on Friday they said it would be 7-10 days before they make it back (what with the permits and line-marking necessary). It's the sort of thing that makes you want to switch to DSL/FIOS -- except that it looks like it was Verizon that cut the cable line -- ironically when they were installing fiber-optic lines for FIOS, which also isn't available right now.
So this will be the longest I've been without internet at home since I've really had internet at home. Eight years maybe? Anyway, I'm going insane. I'm at the library right now since my work blocks this blog (it falls into that famous work-unfriendly category : "Uncategorized").
When my internet comes back I'm going to keep blogging but not every day. I started blogging every day when I realized that's the only way to really get decent traffic.
Screw traffic : I want to play the bloody game. I'm just going to shoot for ten blogs a month. If only there were a way to only write ten blogs a month but still have a bunch of people read them...
Anyway, this will also give me time to write good things occasionally, instead of being stuck with topics that I can shovel out the door in a single night. Yeeha.
So if there are any CoW's reading, don't kick me from the guild, I'll be back in six-to-nine days.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
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Hey, I'll still gladly read. I'm not a huge commenter per se... But I'll keep ya subscribed.
Quantity doesn't matter..
I really like reading the stuff you are writing ;)
Write about the things that matter to you and don't care about a schedule for how often you should be writing.
Screw traffic indeed. I don't know how that is calculated anyway, and I read 90% of blog entries through my reader, as I imagine most everyone else does too.
But seriously, blogging for traffic is just a little tooooooo needy as far as I can tell. Maybe I just don't care enough about fame. ;)
Enjoy (?) the hiatus. We'll hold your chair.
I think that a constantly updated blog doesn't get you higher traffic, but rather it gets you new readers who see an active blog. Once someone sees it's active, then they keep coming back. This is all from personal experience though, so it might not be true. So the fact that you had a period of constant updates means you should still get a decent amount of traffic.
Just keep writing good stuff. :)
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