Posted under rambles on April 16th, 2008 by gas money
I’ve been waiting to blog about the new version from wordpress now for about 3 or 4 days. I wanted to give it a good run until I gave my 2 cents on it. At first I didn’t like the whole new Admin look and seem to be lost back there, But its really grown on me. The new features are really great and refreshing. I’m glad all of my plug ins work right after the upgrade and i don’t have to start troubleshooting anything ( what a pain that would of been).
When you first go to upgrade its really quite easy. I thought it would of been a lot harder than it was. I have to say they did a great job in upgrading and making it easy for users. There are several plug ins that have to be ported over but I’m sure that will happen soon.
I know a few bloggers have been waiting for this update for sometime now so im eager to hear what you guys think of Wordpress 2.5 .
OK today I wanted to touch base on several reasons why may you leave a blog. Every blogger is always on the hunt to increase their RSS subscribers (obviously) . So finding out how not to lose members should definitely be up in the top 5 things to do on their blog. So lets list 5 reasons why people leave blogs.
1.) Low RSS subscribers
Feedburner has a cool little chicklet that shows exactly how many RSS subscribers you have. People see your low RSS widget and don’t think they need your information. People are like sheep, They don’t like to be the first ones to join anything. So if you happen to have a low RSS count? just keep it to yourself for now until you get to about 50 - 75.
2.) Nothing but Ads
If you have nothing but ads on your blog, then your blogging just to make money and thats not going to get you anywhere. People tend to see notice that and right away brand you as nonsense money chaser. The next time they think of your blog or see it, they’ll just go with they’re last thought which wasn’t good at all , “Nothing but ads, nothing good to read”.
3.) No good content
When you don’t have good content? its hard to keep anyone to come back and read what you have to say. People think just by setting up a blog and adding adsense that they’ll be getting rich in no time. No way! You need to go around the web and look for good information if not create it from your own personal experience. Try to speak on things your doing as this what your readers want. I’m sure you’ve heard content is king so try to live by that on your blog.
4.) Copy cat posts
If your a copy cat, then blogging might not be the right place for you. People in your niche will know and see the pattern of you copying posts and just changing a few things around. Try to keep your content original and clean. Remember its very rare that something big hasn’t already been posted by another blog. So instead of just posting the story and letting people know about it, try to give your opinion on the information and see if you can get people to debate with you.
5.) they don’t Reveal as Much as Possible
Bloggers want to know as much as possible. So when you leave things to where they have to guess or its just blurry on what your talking about? they have no reason to come back. Give as much detail as possible on anything that your doing. If you can offer content that’s usually private - trade secrets, pricing, contract issues, and even the occasional harmless rumor, your blog can benefit.
Give me your reason why you leave certain blogs and don’t look back. I’d like to hear what you guys have to say. If you disagree with this post or want to add to it then do it with a comment.
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