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We get these all the time. I would research some more to see if they are actually going to push your content to people or simply have it get lost in the myriad of other blogs they have saved up.

Seems like that is the only use I have for a blog.

I think I threw my box away (sorry Mike). I think we handed out 20 total out of hundreds/thousands.

I'll let Mike tell you the story of the 9rules business card foray.

Because Google makes dollars and not cents (sense)?

Well looking at what you have then the rich would just get richer while the poor stayed poor. You have to figure, the big sites get most of the links and therefore they get most of the traffic so the cycle of them staying on top would never stop.

Then you have artificial inbound links that people bring in. For I like the metric of the quality of links coming through. If you happen to get a link from the New York Times, that should definitely mean more than a link from blog #3234234234234.

Haha it can be a bit depressing when you rely on Google for your traffic because so many factors come into play that you don't ever feel like you are really in control. They boost you up for no apparent reason and they have no problem penalizing you for those same reasons, but you will never know why.

All you can do is continue to produce good content and keep on getting inbound links and pray the search engine gods smile down upon thee.

I read this last week and I didnt' know how to respond. After the weekend has passed I still don't know how to respond. I would do very bad things to someone that bothered me like this. Or I would just ignore them, but it's hard to say to simply do that when they are interfering with your work.

I like that type of motivation. We all get discouraged to the point of wanting to quit, but if we keep an eye on the people ahead of us and realize they probably went through the same things we did, the road doesn't seem as bumpy.

To be fair the only way major sites get AP news is by licensing the content so I can see why the AP would be mad if a great deal of their content is being posted on a site. If we are talking small summaries as seen in Clips then I would think it would only help them.

Congrats Alex. Looking nice.

Well WP has the unfortunate distinction of being the Windows of the blogging scene and by this I mean most widely used platform and therefore one that is going to be most susceptible to attacks. When the code is Open Source it makes it easier to find holes, but also makes it easier to patch them up.

And I wanna ride it all night long! Sorry I hope I wasn't the only one singing the song in my head.

Congrats on reaching your goal! You should definitely stick it out for the end of the month because I'm sure you know blog traffic can fluctuate so it's best to make sure you have it consistently over 50 pageviews a day for a while then move on to the next goal.

If you feel the stuff you write is Clips material don't hesitate to clip them and share it with the world.

As for the song if you or anyone else has no idea what I'm talking about here it is:

Heh, you might be the only person to ever say that so thank you ever so much.

Goals are a great way to track your progress and actually give you something to aim for. If you start a blog and the only goal is to become popular then you have no roadmap of achieving that. If you say that you want to reach 50 daily visits to your blog it's easier to layout what needs to be done to achieve that goal.

The idea of course is to make sure you set realistic goals as you have done here. You can't set an end goal such as 100,00 pageviews daily without knowing that you need to each 100 pageviews first. If you can't reach the first goal then it gives you time to figure out what needs to be improved with the site so that you can achieve that goal. If you are stretching for 100k right off the bat you might waste the rest of your life trying to figure out why you haven't gotten there yet.

I'm just as susceptible to this as the next guy because sometimes we get caught up in what can be without remembering what needs to be done to get there.

Heh, I never thought there was a focus on Graphic Design things over there. Seems like a prettier 4chan site to me. Good thing we have Drawar now.

I've never had a problem with titles, not sure if I just don't place importance on them so I breeze through them or if they just come to me naturally. Depending on the site you can see how my titles vary from "what the hell is this entry about" to "it's obvious what this will be about".

There are indeed guaranteed ways to draw people to your site, but those ways do not guarantee them coming back or enjoying the content. You can be emotional and write all day, but if the equation still ends up being horrible content there is no point.

It's all the little pieces of the puzzle that need to be put together and having that emotion in your writing is just one of them.

Not a problem if you have any more questions you can shoot me a Private Message or just post here.

I don't know if it is a bad thing, but when I read the title all I can think about was Tyme. She has no problem writing on emotion and I know a lot of the stuff she builds off of starts with emotion. When I have emotions take place behind a writing it depends on what type of reaction I'm aiming for whether or not I will be patient with it.

When you are talking about frustration though I can only imagine you are referring to the belief that since blogging is easy, success should come just as easily with it. The other side of the coin is that you can say you should be patient over and over again, but sometimes it just isn't working out no matter how patient you wish to be.

Well you might not be aware of this and this is definitely something we need to improve on across all the sites, but this site is part of a network so not only can you participate on Wriging with this account, but 9 other sites as well. However, if this is the only site that interests you feel free to stay over here.

Points:

• 3 points for starting a Note.
• 1 point for replying to a Note.
• 10 points (I think I changed it to 10) for posting a Clip.
• 10 points for having your Clip reach the frontpage.

As of right now you can give your points to others for any reason you feel, but most reward points for making great points in discussions. As you can see we've added buttons to allow you to quickly give 1,3 or 5 points to anyone. You can also spend the points in the store which of right now only currently holds headers, but we intend on expanding it in the future.

There is no set requirement for how many points you give to an individual and I don't think a policy has been set with regards to it, but I usually hand out 5-10 points for great content.

I probably have an invite actually let me go check...well indeed I do. Invitation sent.

@Gnorb: We are the greatest show on earth.

The comparison I see between jogging and blogging is that in theory they are both easy. All you have to do is go out and run just like all you have to do is go out and write. You have to wake up and commit yourself to a specific amount of time per day just like you have to do for blogging. When you jog it's easy to slow down and quit early because you are tired. When blogging it's easy to think you have done enough for your entry and publish it too soon.

The best joggers are the ones who can get over the mental hurdle of giving up when they aren't into it.

Depends on what you consider consistently. If you think consistently is daily then most people can't, but consistently can just as easily be once a week for a person.

It's funny, but running sites like Facebook and Chawlk is way easier, if you consider the fact that your users produce your content for you, and you've just got to manage and market that content.

Yeah, only if you consider those facts and forget that you still need to get people to the site and once you do that convince them that they should write here instead of their own sites. All of this while making sure the community stays within the guidelines set and nobody goes outside the boundaries. Or keeping everyone happy by updating the site with features that users requests.

But after ALL of that then yeah, running a blog is harder.

I don't have one because I don't get that many comments, all of them are civil and I am lazy. However, this doesn't excuse me from not having one in place to watch my own back.

Tyme, write me up a comment policy!

Welcome aboard. This is a community in every sense of the word so the best way to get anything out of it is to participate on it. I know when it comes to blog marketing so often people like to resort to taking the easy way out by posting a link and leaving it at that, but that gets nobody anywhere. You need to make a name for yourself and you can't do that without giving back.

Make sure to get an avatar up so people can recognize you.

I forgot to mention how great the short story was Gnorb, you have some skills.

I wish I could, wish I could. Oh iPhone 2.0 how I long for thee.