Joni there is a crazy phenomenon about blogging. Even as many comments as I get they fall off immediately if I dont blog for 24 hours. They also stop abruptly when I dont have time to visit and comment on peoples blogs. Studies and surveys show that most people comment on your blog to receive comments on theirs. No matter how much you feel like you have made blog friends they are fickle. Bloggers are only bloggers friends when the blogger comments on their blog. Sad but true. Out of the hundreds and hundreds of people that have come through my blog in 6 years there is only a handful that I know would wonder where I was if I suddenly quit blogging.
It always irritates me a little to hear bloggers talk of bloggy love. Ive grown old and skeptical.
To keep readers you need to blog every day.
To get comments you need to comment prolifically on other blogs.
If you miss a couple days of blogging you undo all the time and effort you spent above and you have to build up readership all over again.
Don't you dare be lonley my friend, I'm always here. I don't always get around to my favorite blogs like I'd like to....but you are not forsaken!! You have made a good point though...we should all take a moment to leave our friend at least a "hi" on their blogs..just to let them know we've been by. I love the picture by the way!!
Thanks for the love and support, Mrs. Darling and Pat. I know how it is to get bored waiting for someone to add a new post. However, having said that, I still try to visit on a regular basis, "just in case" there's a new post.
With working part-time and still being a full-time Mom, posting on my blog has had to go by the wayside very often. I'll be off work for the summer, so look out!
And besides, I was just feeling sorry for myself and craving a little sympathy! :o)
I haven't checked out your blogs for a while, so I've been remiss in being on here too......but the e-mails take care of that, right? :-) Sadly, I've even been remiss in doing that regularly!
And sadly, I know blogs that can go for weeks without new posts. But as soon as the blogger adds a new one, they quickly have 10-20 comments. Even when I can't post, I do try to read and comment on others' blogs. I guess it's all a bit fickle either way. Oh, well!
Feeling a bit sorry for myself today. I finally get the chance to post a couple of times lately, and how many responses did I get??? Poor little me.
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Joni there is a crazy phenomenon about blogging. Even as many comments as I get they fall off immediately if I dont blog for 24 hours. They also stop abruptly when I dont have time to visit and comment on peoples blogs. Studies and surveys show that most people comment on your blog to receive comments on theirs. No matter how much you feel like you have made blog friends they are fickle. Bloggers are only bloggers friends when the blogger comments on their blog. Sad but true. Out of the hundreds and hundreds of people that have come through my blog in 6 years there is only a handful that I know would wonder where I was if I suddenly quit blogging.
It always irritates me a little to hear bloggers talk of bloggy love. Ive grown old and skeptical.
To keep readers you need to blog every day.
To get comments you need to comment prolifically on other blogs.
If you miss a couple days of blogging you undo all the time and effort you spent above and you have to build up readership all over again.
Havng said that, Im always here for you! :)
Don't you dare be lonley my friend, I'm always here. I don't always get around to my favorite blogs like I'd like to....but you are not forsaken!!
You have made a good point though...we should all take a moment to leave our friend at least a "hi" on their blogs..just to let them know we've been by.
I love the picture by the way!!
Thanks for the love and support, Mrs. Darling and Pat. I know how it is to get bored waiting for someone to add a new post. However, having said that, I still try to visit on a regular basis, "just in case" there's a new post.
With working part-time and still being a full-time Mom, posting on my blog has had to go by the wayside very often. I'll be off work for the summer, so look out!
And besides, I was just feeling sorry for myself and craving a little sympathy! :o)
I haven't checked out your blogs for a while, so I've been remiss in being on here too......but the e-mails take care of that, right? :-)
Sadly, I've even been remiss in doing that regularly!
And sadly, I know blogs that can go for weeks without new posts. But as soon as the blogger adds a new one, they quickly have 10-20 comments. Even when I can't post, I do try to read and comment on others' blogs. I guess it's all a bit fickle either way. Oh, well!
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