tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9310432.post116425972238122437..comments2024-03-28T13:36:17.850-05:00Comments on The Green Skeptic: Blogging: Two Years of The Green Skepticgreenskeptichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794484456743626107noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9310432.post-1166111369570592862006-12-14T10:49:00.000-05:002006-12-14T10:49:00.000-05:00Thanks for the encouragement, Wadard.Thanks for the encouragement, Wadard.The Green Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14109745749448651817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9310432.post-1166091938768439552006-12-14T05:25:00.000-05:002006-12-14T05:25:00.000-05:00You write well - and about interesting issues - th...You write well - and about interesting issues - that's reason enough to keep going.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy what you are doing. That's the secret.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9310432.post-1164863101041034712006-11-30T00:05:00.000-05:002006-11-30T00:05:00.000-05:00Thanks, bottleman, for reading and for the advice....Thanks, bottleman, for reading and for the advice. Will check out your site as I move into year 3.The Green Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14109745749448651817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9310432.post-1164861959768392372006-11-29T23:45:00.000-05:002006-11-29T23:45:00.000-05:00Hey green skeptic, there is someone out here. Act...Hey green skeptic, there is someone out here. Actually I just prowled by because at my site we're conducting a pretty extensive review of the environmental blogs out there. But I think we've had some similar self-questioning episodes.<BR/><BR/>Basically readership is positively influenced by 3 things: original content, linkage from other blogs, and frequency of posting. Those factors are hardly independent of course, but if you look at the most popular environmental blogs frequency of posting is obviously their biggest asset. Frequency means they basically just become "news aggregators" (or, in the words of my site's advice to authors, "link sluts"). With a few notable exceptions, original material is abandoned. They just parasitize the lesser bloggers (or press-release generators) to create sites that are "all the environmental news/product of the day."<BR/><BR/>If you're not going to go down that road (and who wants to, frankly?) then quality and originality is what matters. That won't get you a ton of readers, especially if your frequency is really low. But on the other hand the readers you get will probably be closer and more appreciative. <BR/><BR/>I could go on and on, but there's a ton more about this on my site, particularly in the "advice to authors" and "best environmental blogs" areas.<BR/><BR/>But I guess what I'm saying is it makes sense to me to find your niche of interest and stick with it. Cheers!<BR/><BR/><B><A HREF="http://bottleworld.net" REL="nofollow">bottleworld.net</A></B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com