One of the fun things about blogging is meeting other bloggers by reading their blogs and their comments on your blog posts. I’ve made a lot of friends that way. We some times bounce off of each other’s blogs, reading something that sparks our own post. That’s how blogs work. There’s a reciprocity among bloggers. At least there used to be. I’ve been gone from blogging for a year and now that I’m trying to get back into it, it’s frustrating because, although I’ve read about fifty different blogs and left comments on most of them, not one of those bloggers has even visited my blog let alone left a comment. I’ve even followed blogs (subscribed). On one blog, I’ve commented on six posts. On another my comments have appeared on five posts. Others not as many but still. Not one has bothered to visit even one of my posts. That’s not very nice.
What is happening to the blogging world? Did it change that quickly? Can it change back? I guess I’ll find out.
I’m sorry that your experience hasn’t been going so well since you returned to the blogging world. If you aren’t taking advantage of tags in your posts, that may be a way to get viewers who are interested in your content to stop on by. Also, I was highly impressed that you have nearly 32 THOUSAND views on your blog. I’m just shy of 4k and am really excited about that. Really, though, 32k… Wow. That’s impressive!
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That’s a lot of page views, yes but that’s since 2007 when I started this particular blog. Thanks for stopping by! Maybe you’ll stop in again.
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Hey , like someone said, expectations can be a bish š jk. Well its kind of common now. Taking things for granted. “Oh you are commenting, nice , keep doing” and they don’t bother to check back. Maybe they will check back but leave without leaving any marks!
Well hey, expect the unexpected! A comment like this one š
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I’m afraid you’re doing better than I am! Hardly anyone comments on my blog, but for some reason I have over 200 people signed up for email alerts, and I know from the traffic that they are visiting. I think only the “big names” have a lot of comments. Plus, I’m probably pretty boring to most people. š So I wouldn’t feel too badly.
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I think it’s just like that, Corina. There are so many bloggers now, and some people just bounce from blog to blog hitting the Like button without reading. Some, I’ve noticed, even comment without reading (which always astounds me because I think, “why bother?” and then I remind myself to be nice).
It’s also incredibly time consuming (as you know). I’m guilty of not always responding right away to people who are commenting for the first time. I want to, but sometimes life gets so hectic that I can’t keep up. I eventually get around to it because it would be rude not to. I try to visit the folks who click the Like button, too. Again, sometimes it takes me a while to get there.
I do miss the little community we had way back in 2007. It wasn’t so difficult to keep up, and we had all sorts of conversations going on between us in the comments and our blog posts.
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Wow! You’ve been getting a lot of hits! The worldwideweb is such a bottomless pit so with tens and thousands of blog sites being put up by the minute, I think your numbers are pretty good š
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Robin has it right from my experience – there are just too many good blogs out there now! Even though I’ve kept my Feedly subscriptions at what I feel is a manageable level, I still find it very difficult thoroughly read, like & respond to each one. However, FWIW as someone else who has taken long breaks from updating, it is very nice to hear from you again! š
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Hey Christina! It’s good to see you stop by! I wish I had exported my feed on Google Reader before it ceased to exist! I didn’t so now I’m having to go back through my old posts to see if any of the old gang is still blogging. Slowly, I’m going through those bloggers to find that so many aren’t blogging any more. I’m glad you stopped by.
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I just started blogging back in September 2013. I started because friends and family not in FB were concerned about us after the sudden death of our adult son. He died with four friends in a car wreck. As I wrote updates, I found myself also sharing good things happening in our family and ways others can help those grieving. Perhaps This subject does not invite many comments. But one post (what bereaved friends may want you to know) got 800 hits! I wrote it to simply get my thought out of my head, but it got shared all over FB! That was great! It felt wonderful to impact others.
My point? I write for me. I write what I want to write. Not to please others or to get “likes”. I pray that my words honor my family and glorify God. It’s nice when others comment or like them. But that’s not why I write.
I do comment on posts often. And I’m quick to hit “like” on posts I enjoy, that may me smile or think. I’ll check out your other posts. And maybe even comment a time it two. š
And if you want to comment on my posts, I’ll be sure to answer.
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I did see the post about the day your son died. I wanted to let you know I had read it and that it had touched me and that you and your family are in my thoughts but it’s so difficult to recover even from reading the pain, sadness, shock, and disbelief that I couldn’t comment. I’m glad you commented here because it gave me the opportunity to let you know. Welcome to my blog. I’ve followed yours too so I’m sure our paths will cross some more.
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Corina,
That day was filled with pain, sadness, shock and disbelief. But in the past year we have experienced healing, joy, and comfort. Even in the hard things, our faith carries us through.
Thanks for the follow.
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