Also; some LJs are serious; not sure you actually need a disclaimer for comments, then your ead everything, I tend to only come back for replies &c.
TBH these days, unless you have a specific niche, building up a personal blog is a PITA that's possibly not worth doing.
Much better to join/setup a group blog for people of similar inclination and topic areas, then you get a pooled share of link, shared readership and if one of you is unable/unwilling/not int he mood to post for a bit, you don't necessarily lose readers.
You're right about RSS takeup; most readers will come via a bookmark, the addressbar, searching directly or a link. Ergo, if you're offline for two weeks, people stop coming back and the blog loses a lot of traffic, etc.
I keep meaning to write a "how to blog for serious attention" post or 5, but, y'know, me and posting are occasional friends currently. The group blog model is useful though; I can post to LibCon whenever I like, so if I need something to get said, I have a massive audience (including half the BBC political team). And I got asked this morning to post something to Politicalbetting.
There's a definite market out there for a blog doing the sort of stuff you mostly do, but to really impact, I reckon you'd need more than just you doing it.
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TBH these days, unless you have a specific niche, building up a personal blog is a PITA that's possibly not worth doing.
Much better to join/setup a group blog for people of similar inclination and topic areas, then you get a pooled share of link, shared readership and if one of you is unable/unwilling/not int he mood to post for a bit, you don't necessarily lose readers.
You're right about RSS takeup; most readers will come via a bookmark, the addressbar, searching directly or a link. Ergo, if you're offline for two weeks, people stop coming back and the blog loses a lot of traffic, etc.
I keep meaning to write a "how to blog for serious attention" post or 5, but, y'know, me and posting are occasional friends currently. The group blog model is useful though; I can post to LibCon whenever I like, so if I need something to get said, I have a massive audience (including half the BBC political team). And I got asked this morning to post something to Politicalbetting.
There's a definite market out there for a blog doing the sort of stuff you mostly do, but to really impact, I reckon you'd need more than just you doing it.