March 05, 2005

to Blog or not...

A noticed a friend who started out blogging on a regular basis has stopped, or was in the midst of not posting something new for quite a few days. She said that she started to lose interest as she knew not many people were reading her blogs, mostly by the number of responses she got. I set up a tracking software on mine, and know if I get outside readers and how long they stay to read, if anything. I can see most people that come to my blog just hit that button to move on and don't stay to read anything. Often I see that they don't stay for even a few seconds, unless that is a glitch in the software I am using... But I think I am writing, and often many days go by where I don't post either, not so much for others to read, but maybe for myself to re-read what I have written about in say a year or 2, to get a perspective on things. I tried writing paper and ink, but I just find it easier to click on this page and start writing. I know what I write here may be often censored, but this is working for me right now. I've gone back all ready to early posts and know that I've moved from a point where I was stuck from and this helps my psyche. A reference point if you will... I've moved on to v.2.0 and it is documented.

10 comments:

Tammy said...

I guess we should always think about our motivations for doing something. Was the idea behind blogging for me or for others. I think it started out for me but turned into being for others. That needs to change...

Erio said...

Well there you go, bay bay!

Tammy said...

okay. thanks to my 6-year-old, I've been inspired...check it out. I'm sure you'll find it very humorous!

Erio said...

Hey man, check what out???

Jim Donahue said...

Erio, SiteMeter (which I also have) can't tell you how long someone is on your site if that person stays on just the opening page. I can only tell you how long someone's around if he/she clicks around your site. So, if someone spent a half hour on your main page, it would still show up as "O" seconds on your SiteMeter report.

Jim Donahue said...

Erio, SiteMeter (which I also have) can't tell you how long someone is on your site if that person stays on just the opening page. I can only tell you how long someone's around if he/she clicks around your site. So, if someone spent a half hour on your main page, it would still show up as "O" seconds on your SiteMeter report.

Jim Donahue said...

Erio, SiteMeter (which I also have) can't tell you how long someone is on your site if that person stays on just the opening page. I can only tell you how long someone's around if he/she clicks around your site. So, if someone spent a half hour on your main page, it would still show up as "O" seconds on your SiteMeter report.

Jim Donahue said...

Erio, SiteMeter (which I also have) can't tell you how long someone is on your site if that person stays on just the opening page. I can only tell you how long someone's around if he/she clicks around your site. So, if someone spent a half hour on your main page, it would still show up as "O" seconds on your SiteMeter report.

Jim Donahue said...

Erio, SiteMeter (which I also have) can't tell you how long someone is on your site if that person stays on just the opening page. I can only tell you how long someone's around if he/she clicks around your site. So, if someone spent a half hour on your main page, it would still show up as "O" seconds on your SiteMeter report.

Jim Donahue said...

Erio, SiteMeter (which I also have) can't tell you how long someone is on your site if that person stays on just the opening page. I can only tell you how long someone's around if he/she clicks around your site. So, if someone spent a half hour on your main page, it would still show up as "O" seconds on your SiteMeter report.

 
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