Comments on: Looking Back on 6 Months of Blogging

By: Eric Lamb

Eric Lamb — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:39:52 +0000

Eldris,

I actually thought WordPress did this already; woops…

Once again, you’ve given me good advice. I’ve installed the plugin so there’s a checkbox to subscribe on the comment form now.

Please let me know if there’s anything else you can think of.

By: eldris

eldris — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:09:32 +0000

Heyhey

I did think of something else today that may benefit you. There’s a wordpress add-on that allows people to subscribe by email to comments that get added after the one they’re posting. I find I always do that when I comment on blogs, which makes seeing if the author replied much easier than trawling through my google reader feeds trying to remember where I commented Conversations seem to be a good way to keep people interested in a blog (I can’t speak from personal experience as a blogger, but I can as a reader, and also it makes logical sense)

Anyhoo, this advice is out of the blue so I’m gonna back off now before you think I’m a stalker. It’s just reading this post, you come across as very passionate about what you’re writing, and I think you deserve to have more people stick about and read your articles.

By: Eric Lamb

Eric Lamb — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:58:10 +0000

Hi eldris,

No worries; I appreciate the advice. Take a look at the footer

By: eldris

eldris — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:11:34 +0000

Apparently I’m also blind. Forgive me, and please ignore my previous comment.

This is what I get for reading blogs at 5am ^_^

By: eldris

eldris — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:10:50 +0000

Sorry to double post, but I just noticed something as I went to find your RSS feed. It wasn’t as easy to find as it could have been. If you place a link to your feed somewhere prominant like in your header somewhere or just below it people will be more likely to see it and think “hey, I may subscribe to this” even if they weren’t planning to seek out your feed. I think placing a link to it in the footer helps too, I find that’s where I look after reading a post on a blog.

By: eldris

eldris — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:08:11 +0000

I think 80 posts is really good for 6months, you’re making about 3 posts a week with is much better than I’m doing. Keep that up and you’ll atleast keep people’s interest once you catch it. I actually found you via http://www.blogcatalog.com/directory/computers/software/programming/ so maybe submitting your blog to a few more directories could help. I also find that http://www.dailyblogtips.com/ offers a lot of great advice for how to make a successful blog.

Keep it up!

By: Eric Lamb

Eric Lamb — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:32:52 +0000

Damn, you said it to; now everyone’s going to think we’re not right in the head

By: Jill

Jill — Sat, 02 May 2009 22:53:26 +0000

I can’t believe you said “Boobs.” I’ve never been more offended in my life. Oh, the humanity!

By: Eric Lamb

Eric Lamb — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:22:46 +0000

Thanks for the encouragement and compliment man. I appreciate it

By: Jeff Atwood

Jeff Atwood — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:47:20 +0000

I can tell you that if you keep up for another year, you WILL have traffic. This is way better than the average blog I click through to.

Be patient. Keep a rhythm going. The work is its own reward.

If you build it, they will come.

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000702.html