Actually though I have been thinking about writing this for some time, entries about other stuff just had to be done first, or got in the way, and I certainly had little inspiration to do an article like this. Further, this comes on the tails of Impz’s recent post asking about writing well, and then a sort of reply in the form of Scrumptious Anime Blog’s WordCamp post, which is, I should think, way better (not to mention professional) than anything I can come up with. So I wonder why I even bother writing this, since it likely is going to be a shitty article at best.
That being said, if you are still reading this, thanks. I doubt if anything here would be of new interest to the veteran bloggers, so this instead will be more for the newer ones. Unfortunately, though one or more of the sections deal directly with getting hits, this is not a post for you to learn how to get more hits to your blog. Rather, it is about being a blogger, and writing your content, and how to reach out to your audience (which encompasses getting hits but the major theme here is not getting the hits, but the people).
My coherency levels recently have reached a new low (and so have my hits, I had a 40-hit day just two days ago, new low record since I started counting, this goes to show how much I suck now, but anyway) so bear with me. I will probably just be typing the categories out as they come to mind, though I will probably reorder them when I am done…or maybe not. Too much hassle.
Content – Miku is always part of some kind of blog that blogs on otaku culture it seems.
Content
- Focus
I think this is pretty plain. You start off by having a blog. Then what? I am pretty sure though that anyone would easily figure out that the content of the blog determines its popularity. But aside from that, your content has to be good to keep people returning. But there is also a problem with that – too much content, especially disorganized content, and your audience will start losing interest. It is simple to note why – your audience comes to your blog for a certain unique “something”, perhaps anime episodics, or figure reviews, or your rants. Stray from them too much, get distracted and write about too many other things, and you start losing the focus of your blog content.
Having a focus is important – what do you really want to talk about? The focus will answer this question neatly, and point you towards consistent, as well as quality posts. It could be anything from just a specific category such as “anime reviews”, or “figure reviews”, or as broad as “figure news”, “figure stuff”, “anything related to cars”. Whatever it is, what you need to do is bring your focus to your own attention, and decide on what it is you want to blog about consistently. With that in mind, you will have no trouble keeping audiences fixed at least on what you want to do with your blog content, and they will know, if they return to your blog, what to expect in general.
I do have an issue with this – my focus is way damn broad. In fact, it encompasses my interests, which in themselves envelope some very broad categories such as otaku culture, philosophy, and more. If you want to take advice, do not be like me.
- Language Consistency & Coherency
Obviously most of us blog in English, the standard language used all over the world. I can hardly say much for the other languages; sometimes, you want to maintain your blog in your own languages as well, so as to reach out a target audience. But for the English blogs, at least keep a minimum level of grammatically correct English. I do not mind weird English at times especially if you are not used to the language, but for the readers’ sake do not massacre the language. Be coherent in your writing.
- Know what you want to write
Writing a blog post at times, especially an article or essay, requires that your composition be of a formal, and formatted nature. When such posts have to be done, know what the hell you want to write about. Though I would hardly say, bring it to a level such as an English composition, with drafts and all, sometimes a draft might be good for you to start out with, then you can edit and correct it as much as you want (technology is so convenient nowadays eh?) and then publish it only when you feel it is good enough for others to read. If you got a point you want to get across, then make sure you clarify it in such a way that even a layman understands what you want to say. This can take quite a bit of skill to pull off, but practice makes you better.
A good possible layout for a blog theme sometimes could just be sakura leaves. Yes this is an excuse to post another lovely 2D girl picture.
Blog Stuff
- Layout
I think having a blog that is visually at least merciful on the eyes is something that a good blogger should adhere to. I understand that in this area I may not be as appealing as others (yay for content overload in the sidebars and pages) but at least I am not as bad as people who actually put backgrounds that have the same freaking color as their content fonts. Also, having an organized layout helps visitors return to your blog. First impressions are important as they say, and the more disorganized your blog seems, the less likely a visitor will even bother to stay and read your content. There goes all your hard work in writing up your posts.
- Plugins
I do not really mind plugins, but having too many of them may kill load times. Not only that, but having plugins that nobody (including yourself) actually uses is also pointless. So, having an optimal number, as well as functional level of plugins is probably something you need to aim for. Do you think you really need a music player, for example, or a chatbox. What do your visitors return for on your blog? Use the plugins to your advantage to complement your blog and its content, not oppose and hinder it.
- Platforms
Maybe this should have been the first point, but I am beyond caring. It is obvious by now that there are two main platforms you would use, namely Blogger and Wordpress. Wordpress is further divided into the free hosting provided by them at .com, and the platform you can download and use for free at .org (which is the one linked). Now in terms of blogging topically, Blogger is not the preferred one. Blogger gets restrictive after a while, and even if you work around all the code, it gets too much of a hassle to bother with. Wordpress.com is easier, neater, but ultimately even more restrictive than Blogger. However if you are not fussy about plugins, then go for WP.com.
By and large, having your own host and using the blogging platform provided by Wordpress.org is the best. You can customize your themes, tweak your Wordpress, maintain your own blog well, and more. In short, you finally have the freedom to work with what you want, and Wordpress is one of the better blogging platforms out there. My advice if you want to reach out in this level of blogging, use Wordpress.org, and then in descending order, if you are not interested in getting a host, Blogger and then WP.com. Topical blogs though, should all use WP.com. Blogger is mainly for personal blogs.
I probably already mentioned this, but if you missed it, here it is again. If you are only interested in free hosting, and not having the hassle to maintain your own server, then you can look at Animeblogger or Dasaku to see if they still have openings and accept your applications to host a blog on their servers. There are also those like me, who accept hosting a blog for a small fee on our server, and take all the trouble for you in hand, and provide essentially the same services as the free ones. I am pretty sure you would rather take the free ones, but in case you are interested, contact me separately at pantherrh -at- gmail -dot- com for details.
If you are interested in getting your own host, either because you are a control freak or for some other reason, I took some time looking around the hosts and finally decided on HostMonster. HostMonster has been recommended the most times, and has more good professional reviews on more sites than most other hosts. Its sister company, Bluehost, is also recommended. Both, as I recall, are under the same company or something, or the same owner. Double also recommends HostGator, which he says has fast speeds. Though HostGator appeared on a few of the sites I looked through for reviews, I did not research into it, so you might want to do some more research on your own if you wish to pick HostGator as a candidate.
These hosts are recommended for blogs, and as to them being hosts for other kinds of websites, I leave that up to you to decide. However interestingly, it was listed at a site (I did not check it thoroughly and so have no link) that GoDaddy is listed as the best registrar for domains. I am using it for my domain, so I guess it was a blessing in disguise? However, please do not go with GoDaddy for hosting; it had some rather awful reviews.
Ah what I would give for readers like that…
Readership
It is quite obvious that if your blog is not read, there is almost no point maintaining it. Readers are what we all want, for they justify the existence of a blog, that of being read by others. A blog can be informative, personal, topical, or more, but all of them require that a very important ingredient, readership, be in it at all times for it to be actually useful or functional…not to mention justified.
Increasing audience size is something lots of newer bloggers have no idea how to go about doing, so here are a few tips I have gathered in my months of blogging so far. The veteran blogs all have a sizable following anyway.
- Unique Content
Sometimes, unique content is all it takes. Unfortunately it is difficult to be entirely unique nowadays, except from personal rants and maybe the oddball topic. However, that does not mean that you have to follow everyone else and blog on anime episodic reviews. Blog on what you want to; make it unique just to your blog. Sure if you want to blog on anime episodics, go ahead. Unique content depends on you yourself…even as I say this though, one other piece of advice overrides this – “Blog on what you want to and do not give a flying fuck what others think.”
- Blog Interactions
This is extremely important. Blogs are a give-and-take thing in terms of interaction – start interacting and visiting others’ blogs regularly, leaving comments for posts you have something to say about (make them constructive if possible of course) and you will start seeing people read yours too. The more blogs you visit, the more chances of increasing the knowledge of your blog’s existence to others, but maintaining a huge blogroll can also be tiring. So strike a compromise with what you can do, and your own limit in keeping up with others’ blogs.
- Blogroll Exchange
Related to the point directly above, it is more than important to do blogroll exchanges with as many blogs as you can, but there is no need to leave a comment saying: “Hi I want to do a blogroll exchange with you thanks bye” in every fucking blog with the same fucking message. If you want to troll at least be smarter about it. You should ask for link exchanges in a constructive comment, something like leaving a note about the post content, and then “by the way, do you mind if we do a blogroll exchange?” or something like that. Email also works, if the blog owner has one. Spam is never good.
Why is blogroll exchange so important? Because it features discoverability of your blog in search engines. The more results a visitor gets when he/she searches for something and your blog keeps appearing, the higher the chances of that person entering your blog for once to discover what else might be there.
And as I said before I am open to exchanging blog links with anyone who is interested, but I only respond to actual requests because my blogroll is the size of monster truck. Use my email (which was shown above), or MSN (same email) or IRC (irc.rizon.net on channel #TeamBlue).
- Blog Antennae
What I call “antennae” are actually blog feeds meant to improve discoverability of other blogs as well. Anime Nano and Otaku.fm are two good examples. If you blog on aspects or broad categories of otaku culture like me, Anime Nano is the way to go, and of course, Otaku.fm accepts more than just such blogs but almost all topics in general, even having different categories for them. People who check these antennae regularly then will be exposed to your blog from time to time, and they may say, “Hey this post seems interesting”, click on it, and you have an extra viewer, even if only for that post. Sometimes you blog on broad stuff like me, so Otaku.fm and Anime Nano will allow people to have the freedom to choose what they want to read off your blog, instead of having to check your blog manually all the time.
Of course with feedreaders, this may be thrown out the window, but rather than using it to keep tabs on blogs you visit on a regular basis, use it to discover new blogs that you may want to visit, and use it as well as a chance to get to know new bloggers, and to get yourself known to new bloggers. It helps.
And now for something completely different…
Blogger Etiquette & Integrity
Finally, a point which I am sure not many of us will bother about – the integrity of a blogger, as well as the etiquette as befits your posts. Now of course, the part about making your content coherent and all is linked to this, but rather than this, allow me to say a bit about how a responsible blogger should be. For way better information on this, visit the WordCamp post made by Scrumptious Anime Blog linked at the top.
Allow me to point out an actual real case, which I am not sure many will know about. There is a certain female blogger (I am very sorry gals, I know you read this, but it just so happens that person is a female) who refused to pay for her previous hosting, moved to her own host, and then denounced that previous hosting as “free”, when it was pretty obvious that it was not. I actually know the blogger who agreed with her to pay the hosting, but she has, to this date, not paid him a single cent, and she moved on her own and ignored all his messages on both MSN and through SMS’es. Conveniently, she cited her previous host as “free” in one of her first posts on her new blog and “abandoned” it, so to speak. To this date, she has not contacted this blogger whom she was supposed to have shared space with. And she had been using that host for quite some time. Well done.
As a person, I wonder how this girl lives. Without any fucking integrity? That pisses me off. I am a man of principles, and things like this just get to me so bad. This not only reflects badly on the blogger, but also, what kind of content can we really expect out of such a person? And through Otaku.fm, all I have been seeing of her posts are mostly reposts of other people’s news. Now I know a lot of us do that, but lolwut, she did it for almost everything. Hello unique content? Or you just do not give a shit maybe.
Allow me to say that maybe she could have redeemed herself by trying to salvage the situation. The thing is, she did not. I refrain from saying names, people who chatted to me on IRC about this before know who it is, and who the other blogger is. I understand that he may even want me to take down this part, but I am sorry folks, I am leaving this on, no matter how ugly it is. Because if you also turn out to be such a kind of person, let me assure you that I will not even give a fucking crap about your blog.
Editing comments is also a bad thing. I only ever made one comment on this person’s blog, in the form “Kana sucks.” Right. Short and sweet, and probably not something people might like. Fine. Delete it if you do not like it, and leave a comment saying why. Or at least, say something about editing it. Instead, I found it edited to be “I don’t like Kana.” Wow. I find that a pretty huge change, but maybe that is just me. Then again, I find editing comments to be very bad practice as a blogger. People have a right to their comments. If you want to edit them, make fucking sure there is a damn good reason to do so, and leave a note stating why, at least.
That aside, being an asshole on your blog is not all that bad when it comes to posting at times, but at least know how to go about it. No one wants to keep reading assholic posts. This is of course referring to personal rants and stuff like that. Know your limits, is what I would say.
Another thing is how you should be advertising your blog. I mentioned above a few ways, but by lord, is there a need to spam Danny Choo’s Member News section every time you have a new fucking post? Or even the puchi blurbs, sometimes. Please realize, if you even have the intelligence the size of a fucking pea, they were not originally meant for such things. Maybe for major stuff, like event coverage, yes, fine, I do that too, letting others know there were local events and I covered it, but not for every fucking new post. I would call that spam on a whole new level of stupid not to mention attention craving. There are better ways to do that.
If your blog content is good, people will return. Is there a need to seek attention like that? Seriously. Get a life.
Another thing – post spamming (ie. making a lot of posts in a short period of time) is maybe good for a few blogs, but I advise against it. Too much info in too short a period of time can also overwhelm readers, and turn them off. If you were a news blog, maybe it is fine. Still, where you can, stay off post spamming. Yes, the girl I mentioned above did this…or rather, is still doing it, by the looks of Otaku.fm.
Anyway I am done with the case. As for comments regarding this girl and the other blogger, I will delete any comments that mention a name. So keep it clean folks, although I know I have not done so, at least where the language was concerned.
My advice to the newer or aspiring bloggers – keep some moral integrity about you at least. Be kind not just to your readers, but also to your fellow bloggers. I am a man of principle as I said, and maybe you can condone such acts, which is good for you since you are tolerant in a sense, but sorry, for me, I cannot stomach such idiocy and moronism. Please, if you can, stay off such acts as a blogger.
She is asking all of you to be better bloggers…
And that kind of ends my guide or tutorial, or article, whatever. I do hope the veteran bloggers, if they actually read this, can also leave other tips or advice I missed out, in their comments, and in general, help out the newer bloggers, and improve the bloggersphere in general. Thank for your time in reading this, I hope you have at least gleaned something from it. May your blog meet with more success than mine has.
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Wow, deep science. And all this time I had thought that if you blog it, they will come. :)
I am a terrible blogger where do I hang myself plzkthxbye.
Well haven’t read the whole thing yet. ( Getting to close to bedtime, will come back and read the rest later)
But I have the same problem as you on the Focus part. My interests are just too broad to maintain a tight focus. That and the fact I write most of my posts the same day as I post them. I got this post everyday thing going on and sometimes its post just to post and keep the streak going.
@Panther: Since your posts tend to be long, I skimmed and scanned as much as I could as quickly as I could, lol. ^_^
But one item that caught my eye: I disagree with your perspective on readership. For the most part, I don’t write for the main purpose of gaining readership; instead, I write for myself first, and any readership gained is icing-on-the-cake. Think of it as the difference between painting portraits for the purpose of solely gaining fans, versus painting for your own enjoyment or improvement, whether fans come or not (although fans are always appreciated).
For example, my offbeat “Deconstructing Danny” series was never advertised on Danny’s site and was written for my own amusement. But I did suggest it to specific blogmates. ^_^ Also, while I did advertise my “Danny Clone & Barbie” post on Danny’s site, the topic could still be considered controversial or offensive to otaku. In either case, I’m definitely not *playing it safe* or aiming for easy-and-mindless ecchi points.
I definitely like writing, but oftentimes I need to take a break from my daytime technical writing/editing job. So I blog. I comment. I email. Even write fanfiction. As long as it satisfies my own odd curiosities and rare realizations. >_<
Bakaneko: Now you know.
CI: I have nothing to say.
Geek: Yeah, exactly. Sometimes though I do my posts the day before and schedule them for today, like this one was actually done last night my time and then published this morning.
Jayman: I should have clarified the point – it was quality readership I talked about. And though I understand from your point of view, I was implying more towards topical blogs with an actual view instead of more personal blogs. Personal satisfaction is of course way more important, but sometimes, there is the point of whether or not you are being heard, which is the justification for existence of an average topical blog at least.
i’m a faileth blogger with bad english.. :<
I have the same focus issue going on. It’s just hard to restrict myself to one specific area.
Also, I guess I’m a really lazy bum, so that’s not helping me. ><. Often times I’ll have a fairly decent post formulated in my head, but when I actually sit down to try to write it, it either slips out of my mind or it ends up being sub-par, far from what I had imagined.
And then there are those times when you feel like there’s nothing too interesting to blog about.
I’m glad to see that you address layout too…lots of blogging articles ignore that and focus on content, content, content. A lot of times, I will not read a blog if there’s too much stuff shoved in my face on the main page.
pretty long post. ^^ i do agree with most of what you say though. about readership, personally, i take a balanced approach. i write what i want to write and also think about what my readers would be interested in finding out. ^^ nice post though
Im really one of those who writes rojak thingy ^^; but I dont really mind about readership (at first I see my blog as something like a diary like my friends who get me started) although I really appreciate those who “accidentally” hop to my blog
Woah very long post, took me quite a while to read it.
I’d add in perseverance, I’ve seen so many bloggers just come in and out of the blogging community. Some expect to become famous overnight but they seldom stay that long for readers to recognise them well enough.
Nice Post Panther!
I agree on most topics with you even tough i thought they were more or less selfexplaining.Anyway im sure that all the newbies will be grateful^^
The Language your blog is written in is a pretty delicate thing.I first started with German because my English isnt too good.It ended up in nearly no readers…I think i had 2 and lets just say they were around 15 and not really sophisticated.I had some International visitors but they didnt leave much comments because they couldnt understand a thing.I decided to switch to the english language and my blog is doing fairly good now.I lost those 2 german readers but gained more international ones.
My advice is to stick to the english language even when your not good at it.Otherwise you restrict yourself to no-few readers in your country.
German Figure Scene = Pretty much nonexistant
I’ve always thought about ways I could improve my blog. I’ve just been adjusting slowly. Changing writing styles and if I don’t feel its right, I’ll change it. It’s a learning process everyone goes through. Hopefully we find the right path that leads to success. I didn’t read all of it since it’s late at night but it did remind me of a few things I should do on my blog. Thanks for the read.
Nice long read. Oh and thanks for the link, even though it was really necessary lol.
*not really necessary.
Thank you for your kind words, though… whut, my post… professional? o.o usodaa! But I guess if that’s the way you see it then I can no longer argue.
It’s always good to revisit this blog topic, because it reinforces the ‘ideals’ of the past, and inspires the new generation… or something XD Also, you wrote this with pride, so don’t say it’s shitty! It’s your rendition, with your voice, so be proud :)
I think it’s a good idea to just write well and be polite when the occasion calls for it. It’s also smart to be mindful and have the expertise to work with your blog from an engineer’s perspective. However a lot of bloggers in the anime scene are doing it because they love to talk about the various aspects of anime/manga/whatever and the associated fandom, so the serious business tack is likely to be demoralizing than helpful.
In other words, most of us do this for the LULZ or some self-fulfilling purposes, not for glory or pageviews or to make a name for ourselves. It’s an outlet of self expression and making art for making art’s sake, and I’m sure a lot of us would keep blogging even if only 12 people out there would read our blogs.
Vaken: No comments.
Orange: I get the same problem. Motivation at times is key to writing a blog post we originally had planned, especially a big one. Inspiration and all. I mean, yeah. I think I sat down and was like, why am I doing this, at the start, and then I just kept writing and writing, and had no idea it would end up being this long. Writing whatever comes to mind, without planning ahead, helps too.
Well, a rough idea ahead, actually.
Caitlin: Yep, lots of people miss this small but important detail, I have no idea why. I mean, wow, cluttered personal Blogger layouts/themes, how does one read in them? I have no idea.
Ken: Thanks, yeah some of us like balance, others like just writing what they want to. It depends on the individual.
Andra: Yep, like I mentioned, individual taste. I know TRM and at least one other person in Team Blue (forgot who) said they would not mind having a shitty blog number of hits. Again, individual opinion.
Alafista: Good point there, determination is key to holding out for a better blog. Somehow I missed this point. :\
Blowfish: Maybe in certain countries, like yours, blogging in your native language may not be a good idea. It all depends on the fanbase indeed, and whether or not you are motivated to try and help the fanbase, or even motivated to start one, in your own country, by blogging in your native language. Still, English is the language known worldwide, understood by most developed or developing countries with net access, and that is a sad fact we cannot escape from. Then again, without such a language, would we still be able to converse like that today?
BK201: Hope I helped, a fellow DtB fan like me lol. Take your time to read through all of it again if you like, you may have missed something or realized that I missed something, like Alafista pointed out.
Double: No problem, you know how I felt about it and why I did it.
Usagi: Haha thanks, but you have been blogging way longer than me and sadly only lately have I started regularly visiting your blog. :\ Whether or not this post is quality stuff, I guess I should let the readers decide.
Omo: I agree, lots of us do it just because we want to. Hence why I said, blog about what you want to, and do it your way, because nobody can tell you what you want to do. This one principle overrides everything else, I mentioned, and if I did not emphasize it enough, then I should say it clearly again. Thanks for the reminder.
As for serious business, I guess this is more meant for people who want their blogs to be about that. I love reading humorous blogs too, everyone needs to lighten up once in a while. Then again, I am t3h sucks at humor. I rather not write something that is horribly fail at funny, and try instead to focus on helping others or getting my point across. Self-fulfilment is key, indeed.
Even though these seem to be set for a specific type of anime blogger, these work for all bloggers who want extra exposure and things like that. But as omo says, most people do it for the love of the game. :3
And unique post content isn’t necessary if you bring a unique perspective to things, already covered or not. Which is why your blog should reflect you as a person, since we aren’t all the same. :P
BigN: Unique perspective is considered unique post content in a way. I agree that your blog should reflect you as a person too. The love of the game of course beats them all.
It seems like our blogs generally cover a wide range of topics; from anime to our personal interests. I agree that my blog might lack focus as compared to the other episodic review blogs but I’m just taking things cool and typing whatever I’m blogging. ^.^
Oh when it comes to host, Oryon Networks is cheap and efficient. I’m currently using it and they respond in less than an hour if I’m to send in a “Technical Request” even when it’s already past midnight.
At the very basic, bloggers should blog with etiquette and integrity as I strongly feel that there’s no point in blogging a lie or living a lie. (:
@Hynavian -
Yeah just write whatever you want. But the emphasis is on first building up or establishing a root basis for your own blog, before you start branching out in the later stages as you feel your blog begins doing better for itself.
Not too sure about Oryon, what I found was for blogs instead, hence why I only recommended these two.
I agree with the integrity. I have no idea why certain people have to lie just to make themselves feel better and live the lie to make themselves look better.
An insightful post. The problem that I have with writing is I’m not really sure what to cover for my future anime blog. Should I focus on the latest show out there or review the DVDs that I enjoyed (or not)?
I’m under the impression that most popular anime blogs tend to follow what is airing in Japan rather than Region 1 stuff. I also don’t have much of a game plan in reviewing a title. Should it feel right reviewing the first few episodes of a show or should I wait until the end of the run?
@ronaldhennessy -
I think the main problem here is not whether or not you should decide upon reviewing current anime or DVDs, but rather deciding to do what you want to do that counts. That being said, yes you are right, the current anime airing in Japan are more “talk-worthy” as it were.
As for reviewing anime series, I should get around to doing that. But quite frankly, I prefer (this is totally IMHO) that you review one after you finish.
Unless you find that the anime series is not suitable for you and you decided to drop it. It is also fine to review a show after a few episodes just to tell others how good it might be if you are going to continue watching. All up to you really. If you feel like blogging about it, go ahead. If not, there is no need to.
Interesting post !
Usually i don’t read too long posts but i did read all this one :o
It’s not always simple to make a good blog but i think it really depend on what you choose … like Blogger or Live Journal or WordPress … i tried Blogger , had some readers but that’s all … on LJ , i had nothing … For animes – figures – otakus things , i believe WordPress is trully the best . And people are really nice on it so yeah ^^ , quitte happy with it ^^
And you’re mean saying about bad english , i so sux at english now :’( forgive me please :’(
My comment is stupid so i shut up now :(
James , out :p
@James -
Your English is fine. No comments are stupid either. Unless they really are meant to be that way or spiteful or whatever.
I am currently using GoDaddy for hostiACTUALLY HAHAH NOT FOR LONG SUCKERS
Anyway Are-are may have some downtime sometime next week-ish >_>
@Nagato -
HAHA THEY BE SUCKAS!
I shall DDoS Are-are, thus allowing for faster downtime. :D
Right now, I’m finding it difficult to maintain the pace at which I churn out entries (since it is a one-man blog currently) while still being able to maintain the quality. It doesn’t help that the stuff I try to write about most of the time isn’t the easiest of things to focus on either since music is inherently a difficult subject to review.
Still, I like what you said about the need to cultivate relationships with other bloggers. I’m finding it less intimidating if I actually have something of importance to say to the subject at had so as to not sound like an idiot, which in turn will hopefully get me readers. We’ll see how this works out!
@zzeroparticle -
Music is a difficult thing to focus on solely. I mean even for me, I hardly touch on one subject all the time because sometimes, there may be lack of info in that area for me, I may not know it well despite being interested in it, and at other times, other areas that interest me may have important stuff that needs to be written and shown to others.
Then again being focused on just one thing like your blog is not a bad thing either. You actually get loyal peeps who know what they will be likely to read about when they see a new post on your blog, unlike mine lol.
You do not have to blog every day, sometimes blogging every day means less quality posts overall too. I try to do that only if I have things to write about. And yes, relationships with other bloggers also helps a lot, while if you are focused and have something of real quality to say, it will get you loyal readers. Hope your blog gets more readers in the future, and hope to see you more often around.
Yeah, thanks for the encouragement. I find that with the writing projects that I have going on, I’m usually only able to throw out 2… maybe three posts a week if I get on a creative spark. Unfortunately, now isn’t one of those times, but I figure that at the bare minimum, one OP/ED review a week is doable since they’re much easier to analyze than an entire soundtrack’s worth.
Damn, now my secret is out! :D
Thank you, Panther. It was a quite great post, in both meanings lol.
May I help you with your design? I don’t want hurt you but your colour pattern hurts my eyes :)
P.S. indeed, how’s about a link exchange?
@Gargron -
My color pattern has been complained about ever since I started this blog and I have changed it twice for this particular theme, I believe, first from limegreen text to skyblue, and now a complete blue for all text (not on purpose, I lost my original CSS for this particular scheme). I am not changing it and I explained why in this post. You also missed my October theme, where I did a complete makeover of my blog and more people still prefer that theme over this, though it made my blog super feminine.
I hardly mind a link exchange.
For my website…
is it too late for me to switch my website to a WordPress platform?
I’m assuming it would take plentiful amounts of time, and technical know-how… :\ which I have neither of
also I got this when I tried to post a comment
“Regex ID: 600 (fuck you) appears to be an invalid regex string!”
@ -
No it is never too late to do it. Switching to WP is fast and easy. Many people get mistaken that switching is slow, which could be nothing further from the truth. It only gets slow if your blog is bloody huge in the quantity of posts, and if your host disallows you from having a single one-time upload of 2 MB or less.
The host part will require technical know-how, if the one-time upload 2 MB cap shit occurs. However, most of it can be Googled, and is really easy to do. WP installation takes 30 seconds, maybe less.
Yes, regex ID (fuck you) is disallowed thanks to some idiot who posted under that nick. Your previous comment was approved, but since you had a longer, better duplicate I removed the previous.
Omg, i think i need some time to digest everything.