Rambling Brand: Whoa, this is weird

Rambling Brand

Monday, December 27, 2004

Whoa, this is weird

Okay, so I've been away for a bit. What with Christmas, and the textbook, and stuff, the only substative entry I've made so far was the dog stuff. So naturally, I expected readership and interest to wane.

But here's the weird thing. Every possible indicator says that my blog is doing gangbusters in my absence. I've had lots of hits this week. I've had more people blogmark my site in the last week than I did in any previous month. I've even been making money on the Google AdSense ads!! Get this, in the first three months of operation, I made about a buck fifty on AdSense. In the last week, I've made three bucks!!! That may not sound like much to you guys (it doesn't even really sound like much to me), but if it's an indication of acceleration rather than speed, this blog could take off!!

So tell me, faithful readers, what made you stick around? Or perhaps a better question, what would make this blog more interesting to you?

Here are some blog standbys that I've tried to avoid:

Big News. If it's big news, there's a good chance you've already seen it, and I don't expect to scoop CNN on my little blog.
Political Commentary. If I have a choice between reaffirming your current beliefs and writing the same contrarian viewpoints you've already seen, I'll choose silence. When I've got a truly original opinion I'll gladly use this forum to piss off half of you, and please the other half.
Day-in-the-life posts. God, I hate those. I know I've done a couple of those in the past, but I really, honestly hate them. I'm not talking about the ones where something happens that makes you seriously think, and you use the blog to explore those thoughts and share them with others. I mean the ones where you talk about the things that you did during the day, when the day is no different from any other day. God, how I hate those posts. But I digress.

When I've seen something cool on a blog, I've cribbed it (which is how I got the blogchalking and bloginality and stuff). But is there something I'm missing? Something you guys would rather see here?

Of course, this gets back to the first comment I ever got, which was, "The posts are to long." In that vein. . .

Video for the day: Matrix Pong

- posted by BrandG @ 11:53 PM

Comments:

interestingly.. this is what has happened in my case as well..
and i find this blog great anyway, don't see too much that i can suggest. after all, it is your blog, and that means that you write about whatever you want.
if we find nothing to comment about, we won't.
at least, that's my take on it.

hope you had a great xmas, and have a greater new year..

# posted by

SEV : 5:35 AM

I hope you had a good Christmas too. Did you ever get any eggnog? I'd offer to send you some, but I fear US customs might freak out about sending thick yellow liquid out of the country.

Fed 1: What do you think it is?
Fed 2: Don't know. You ever heard of these guys?
Fed 1: They're not on any of our lists.
Fed 2: Sneaky.

Fed 1: Yeah. . . Well, better safe than sorry.
Fed 2: Yup.
(Boom)

# posted by

BrandG : 7:36 AM

I can't honestly put my finger on what attracts me to reading blogs. I suppose it's like anything else; first impressions are important, but if the content is not there, I most likely won't stick around.

# posted by

Janet : 11:03 AM

People tend to stick around and come back when you present posts that can be interactive. People love a community-style comments area.

With that said, I like humor that anyone can relate to. It really works for me.

Oh, and you maintain a strong readership by reading other people's sites faithfully and commenting. It can be hard, strenuous work, but it works.

# posted by

Agent 31 : 11:58 AM

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