Comments on: How Blog Readers Are Like Cookies

by: How to Blog

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:29:17 +0000

That’s a great point Nick. I’ve been finding myself getting so frustrated with traffic, when if doesn’t give as much as I wanted to, and in the mean time I’m losing the readers I already have. But not replying to comments and emails… nobody will want to read your blog. Thanks for the reminder.

Jonathan Muller

by: MLRebecca

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:33:16 +0000

I definitely see our logic. The larger the blog grows, the more difficult it becomes for the blogger to keep tabs on each and every visitor. As SEO improves for certain posts, you could wind up with visitors commenting on several different posts on the same day. Maintaining a blog with many readers is probably a lot of trial and error. Great post!

by: Nick

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:21:07 +0000

I think we are on a similar page here, what I was kinda thinking of there was this: How many times have you gone to a site that was in no way geared towards the reader? How likely are you to voluntarily go back to that site?

The other thing I was thinking of was if you go to a site and use the contact form to ask the author or site owner a question, or ask a question in the comments and the question never gets answered and you never get responded to. This again makes you less likely to come back.

by: Damien

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:26:30 +0000

Nick, you got my point 100%. I would adjust just one thing, and you may disagree here but, you mentioned

“a reader that does not get attended to is not as likely to come back.”

That may be a true statement but I think if we as writers are not focusing on numbers, our writing and focus will simply be more attractive. So, the irony is that if we take our eyes off the need for growth, we will have a better chance at growth. I don’t believe that we have to put a cap on the number of people we entertain. We should however not seek that as it is a moving target.

I really liked this article thank you so much for referencing my post.