And now for something completely different…..
This will be number 9 in my thoughts on blogging……just my thoughts on why we are all here writing about what we have on our minds….my little series I have tried to cover all the aspects of this medium…..please I do not consider myself an expert by any stretch of the imagination…..just totting down the things that I gave from time to time…..
I believe that my readers deserve quality posts….I could write incessantly on all sorts of things but that would not be me…..I have pain issues and some days I do not feel that I can concentrate enough for good posts so when I feel good write a lot and store them in “drafts” so I have a supply of quality posts to choose from n those days.
The amount of visitors is important to all of us……I would love to have 1000+ visitors per day……but I am a realist I will never get that many in a day because I am basically a word of mouth blog……I follow most people that follow me and from time to time I will re-blog something from another blog…..that is if I think my readers will appreciate the content.
And when you get a comment like this one from a reader in the UK…it makes you feel like you are doing something right……
Woah! I’m really digging the template/theme of this blog.
It’s simple, yet effective. A lot of times it’s difficult to get that “perfect balance” between user friendliness and appearance.
I must say that you’ve done a superb job with this.
In addition, the blog loads extremely fast for me on Internet explorer.Exceptional Blog!
Always nice to have your ego massaged a bit, HUH?
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It is visitors like these that make me feel I am doing something right.
But to some of my fellow bloggers the amount is the most important aspect of writing a blog…..and too many times they will forego substance to get that quantity. They will change location several times in the search for that “magic” spot that will draw all the people that they desire……for me it is counter-productive because I believe that if prospective visitors have to hunt for me then they will just move on….then there are those that join all these blogging sites that promise you the world to get your cash…..and the visitors come but do they stay…..for me a visit is not as important as someone who takes the time to check the site out and even possibly a comment or two…..these people seem to be more concerned with finding people that will agree with their every word not trying to help people understand this complex world we live in……
There are my thoughts on quantity…..
Now let’s talk about quality…..this is what is most important to me……people that are not afraid to voice an opinion or the exchange of ideas…..matters not if we agree only that we are exchanging thoughts…..
Many visitors read a post to reply…..not to try and understand the concept presented. But some read the title and make an assumption and reply which in most cases misses the point or just a try to propagate some misguided belief.
My greatest success in blogging is that I am regularly visited by my 13 yr old granddaughter and we discuss the stuff I write….we do not always agree but she is always open to new ideas and situations…..that my friends is how you spell………S-U-C-C-E-S-S!
Let me say here that none of this applies to everybody…..only my thoughts on what I have experienced in my years of writing a blog…..this is my 10th year…..
Like I have said these are just a few observations I have made over the years….I am by NO means an expert….If I were I would be making money off my writings but I am smarter than that….LOL
Let the weekend begin!
Let The Weekend begin?
Thank f**k….
I am sick of people snivelling around me coz they lost the vote…
Still, on the brighter side..lots of amazin’ tweets from The E.U. (especially Greece)
saying Thank You Britain for stickin’ up your middle finger to the Kleptocraps of the E.U.
Bya chuqy….have a cool weekend…glad you have an admirer…my nose is out of joint!
Dang Me….
Mega sulk…
;(
Go have some fun……we will be better by Monday….
No,I doubt it…I have just listened to Obama…he is sounding worse than Trump!
Oleaginous…comes to mind….yuk puke chunder…..heeeellllpppppp…
I liked Trump’s speech in Scotland…..it was all about him and not about the condition of the country….I agree puke, fart and wink…..
I thought you might like to see this article……http://worldaffairsjournal.org/content/brexit-new-beginning-eu-or-beginning-end?utm_source=World+Affairs+Newsletter&utm_campaign=7ab18dbb14-June_24th_2016_WNN6_24_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f83b38c5c7-7ab18dbb14-294642521
and I thought you mite like to see this..
Trumpism! 😉 Very good and my thoughts entirely…short but to the point!
Mark Blyth on the Brexit vote https://youtu.be/nwK0jeJ8wxg via @YouTube…I’ll check out your link..
Merkel is already backtracking re: nation states…..and she would not have if we had no Brexit….my argument all along….we will see what happen..
I am watching it…especially Greece…..that is who should have run for the door first….
Yes,you are right….did not happen…a real, real shame…here is a return to reason…..: http://wp.me/p7d7BK-iy
thanx chuq excellent video as well….1975…oh, with hindsight….*sigh*
Thanx for the link…read it….nothing surprising there…the parties that voted brexit have not a clue what the real issues are! Neither the media…sad state of affairs.
I meant to include the Remain gang as well….Brexit was the only way to get Merkel to climb down….now she is only..only …now and why? because she is scared of the ‘domino’ effect…and I do not know why the USA had no clue that there would be a Brexit…..idiots as usual…and now playing the ‘our ally’ card per usual..Bah!
Even when doing something stupid, Trump has great timing.
Ironically, the British “Trump voters” were the only “winners” of last night’s clusterfuck. And to give the speech in Scotland makes it even more ironic. After last night, Scotland is almost certainly going to be it’s own nation…maybe an EU nation…assuming the EU still exists by the time Scotland leaves (Once) Great Britain. And boy would Scotland get a sweet deal to join in the wake of Britain’s departure!
Trump is a great con man…his sense of timing is essential…
Furthermore…the so called Green Party linked with the Labour Remain campaign….headed by the illustrious Caroline Lucas….and Jermy Corbyn….are all half wits!
The Labour (traditional camp) Leave linked with Green Sleeves….are at least educated!
As for the 48% Remain…truth is…. they ain’t done their homework….driven my puke making ideology and not hard facts..
The Greens seem to always be better educated….no matter which nation….
Willy deVille – Across The Borderline
https://youtu.be/3AC8XONKoGQ via @YouTube
I know this is TOTAL heresy in the volume driven era of China-Mart, the Web-pipes & the 500 channel universe…but quality is always more important than quantity.
But inside “quantity” there is a quality division between “length” & “sheer volume”. Thanks to technology, any monkey can spew a few hundred one-liners of complete bullshit a day that..for some damn reason…gets noticed more than anything of decent quality. (See Trump)
However, as you say, finding the sweet spot is very hard. You’re close. (If interested, I got a couple mildly “constructive criticisms” in the quantity dept.)
Sedate Me,,,check out the above link..re:Trumpism and Brexit….concise…
Of course, this thread is (and most comments in this topic) completely irrelevant to the topic and belongs in a “Britain Leaving The EU” topic.
One of the best rules for blogging is “A place for every topic and every topic in it’s place.”
I stand corrected…grin
For further clarification….
https://investigatingimperialism.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/exiting-the-eu-by-william-bowles/ via @barbrovsky
Thanx I think? Haha
You said, “Trump is a great con man…his sense of timing is essential…” to which I am compelled to reply: “But not as great as the one now squatting in the office and not as great as the two-headed presidentiagonifferoid now trying to unseat him.”
Sorry but ALL politicians are con men just some are much better than others….
Oh I agree with that but I am alluding to degrees of “Con.” Some are better at conning than others.
Vote counts proves your point….
As to the blogging issues: I hve decided to just blog and throw it out there and not worry about it. If people are smart enough to read our stuff then more power to them and if they are not well no sweat off my nose. I think the attitude shown by a blogger named “The Rude Pundit” is about the best example of how I should do things that I can find. As you may have noticed I have removed the “Follow This Blog” widget from mine because I really don’t give a damned anymore. I believe in the concept of “If you build it somebody will come.” I didn’t used to think that way but after 5 years of struggling here, I have gotten to that point. The blogosphere is vast and there are millions of people out there and sooner or later somebody will like me and will come and hook up for updates and that will take care of itself. In the meantime I am so damned grateful for the kind-hearted faithful folks who have stuck with me through thick and thin and I consider each and every reader to be worth their weight in diamonds, platinum and gold. I don’t even look at the number of followers anymore because like you say, they come and they go.
A good philosophy…I write what I know and a few other things thrown in to make it interesting….eventually they will find us…it is their lose if they do not….
Agreed!
Meanwhile chuq….I am sad to say…we oldies are getting the blame for the OUT vote….they have even put a petition together for a second referendum with more than a million signatures ….these kids certainly have no respect for the older generation….ageism is on the rise….I can hardly believe the shit that all of them are coming out with….it is back to gigoids bell curve again……*sigh* so badly educated or is it the gene pool again…?
It’s the water…LOL
While usually its a safe bet, (aside from not voting) I’m not sure if you can blame this one on the worthless youngsters.
That’s the thing about separatist referendums. Once one piece breaks off, every other piece wants it’s referendum. Not only that, other groups want counter-referendums. It’s extremely messy stuff.
If this wasn’t totally off-topic, I’d tell you about the Canuckistan experience.
The universe is composed of:
> 13% Electrons
> 13% Protons
> 14% Neutrons
> 60% Morons
So say’s Smart Bee….
😉
Very funny!
Bastard.
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