Over the last few months I have published articles 5-6 times weekly. I normally write three of the articles during the weekend and two more early the following week allowing the other days to be free so I can work on my other sites. This is all about to change.
An important part of any blog is comments. Comments allow for an exchange of ideas and discussions far and beyond what any blogger can achieve alone. Because of this, I must sacrafice a small part of my writing to allow discussions to continue and expand further. I feel that by posting a new article, it pushes the other articles down disallowing new members eyes to view. Henceforth, I will no longer post 5-6 times weekly, but 2-3 (within the web-development category), depending on the levels of activity.
This change is only temporary and link love Thursday will continue, but will instead be published on the weekend.
Hopefully this change will benifit all readers, and myself. Although it saddens me that I will not be able to express all my ideas, I will be more able to market this site and work harder to write the articles I do publish.
These changes will go into effect the next week.
To hold you over until then, here are four amazing blogs:
TheMadHat
Performancing
DoshDosh
Problogger
Written: Feb 28, 2008
Maki
February 28, 2008 @ 1:22 pm
Hey, thanks for the mention, Gary! Publishing less will give you more time to market the site and it’s also less stress too… all the best!
Jonathon
February 29, 2008 @ 9:10 pm
I am sure the change will benefit your readers. Also, you said “here are three amazing blogs” when you actually posted four. Good luck with marketing your site.
Gary R. Hess
February 29, 2008 @ 11:20 pm
Ah you caught me. I added another blog at the very last minute and forgot to change it. Good eye!
Kim
March 3, 2008 @ 1:23 pm
I don’t normally comment very much. But I do stop by here every day and read what you have to say. Keep up the great job and I’m sure your readers will appreciate any changes that you need to make.
Graham Smith
March 5, 2008 @ 4:20 pm
I think I would rather see less frequent, but qualiy posts. Posts that have time in put into them with images. LInks for us to go round snooping.
Frankly, I think the whole pace is too frenetic to keep up indefinably. I rarely get chance to catch up on all my email and RSS updates because some blogs are posting countless times a day. It actually can have the adverse effect. None really likes volume over quality, souless over soul.
Am in the process of a big post myself about this very thing.
MY more pleasurable Blogs average 3 – 4 week. This is a healthy number, gives people chance to digest all the info before the next one turns up.
I have been involved with some seriously long conversations on comment on one post, then the new post was available, then everyone left. Which was no fun.
You know, if you write a great post, that ends up being well commented on, even with some discussions between other users, this should be taken as real good chance to further the natural life of the post. Participate in this further, maybe draw attention to it in the post update Talk about how it’ swarmming with great useful comments.
All this before posting the next big post. Just give this one some air to breath. Can be fun and quite productive. Rather than just running to come clinical schedule at any expense. Feel it…
Mr G.