A Blog on Making Your Blog Popular

Everyone has their priorities in life, and unfortunately, this blog is not one of the top priorities in my life at the moment. BUT that doesn’t mean that I will stop blogging. You see, I was trying to write material for two sites at the same time, and I realized that I was stretching myself a little thin. So I did a little thinking over the thanksgiving break and concluded that, from now on, I think I will exclusively focus on the main site, which is www.blinkdagger.com.

Maybe I don’t have the passion to blog, or the drive to keep on blogging, but I think that developing two sites at one time is a full time job in itself!! So for now, I will probably have to put the brakes on this blog in order to further the main site, which will be a site dedicated mainly to engineering professionals and students as well. With the site design, tutorial writing, and blogging . . . its going to be a lot of work. I hope to someday return to this blog, but for now, just not enough time!

I just want to take this time to thank everyone who has been reading this blog . . . you can be sure that I will continue to follow yours!

Short, catchy, and memorable are three great qualities in a good domain name. And as most of us know, a good domain name is key to a web page . . . or is it? I’m of the opinion that a good domain name is vastly overrated in today’s blogging world. I won’t deny that a good domain name can give you certain advantages, but I think that these advantages are not as great as they once seemed. Back before the inception of social bookmarking, easily accessible RSS feeds, and massive linking, a good domain name probably meant a lot more than it does today. But if you think about it, how many visitors visit your site directly? How many visitors take the time to compeltely type your your domain name? I’m willing to bet that the majority of your traffic comes from search engines and referrals. I know that when I look at my google analytics, direct traffic makes up a miniscule percentage of my visitors Read the rest of this entry »

It’s that time of the week again! Once again, you can click on the thumbnail to the left to see last week’s results. Unlike last week, I was unable to get over 300 hits in one day. But, the number of visitors didn’t oscillate quite so much. So I see this as steady progress. Hopefully I don’t get burned out and stop posting/commenting/social networking. But man, this is hard work! A lot has happened since last week, and I think I’m starting to get the hang of this blogging gig. Writing posts have become easier, thinking of new ideas come faster, and finding images to complement my prose isn’t taking hours anymore! I think next up is a redesign of my webpage . . . but that is opening another can of worms that I don’t think I can handle right now. Read the rest of this entry »

What do Blogging and Romance have to do with each other? Well, after writing a post about my five requirements that need to be satisfied before I subscribe to a blog, it suddenly got me thinking that there is a eerie connection!

The initial attraction I feel to a blog is the site design. If the site looks beautiful and well laid out, I might invest some more of my time to explore the site. If its ugly and the colors clash, I will immediately leave the site without a second thought. Similarly, the initial attraction I feel to a girl is based on her physical appearance. If she’s not attractive, I rarely give her a second thought. I don’t want to sound shallow, but it is what it is. People in general are drawn to beautiful things, whether it is a blog design or a member of the opposite sex (or same sex). Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday, I was asked by Ritu over at WorkNPlay to write a guest post on his blog!! Since his website has been such an invaluable blogging resource for me ever since I entered the blogging scene, I instantly accepted his invitation. The post that I wrote on his site discusses the five things that I look for in a blog before I subscribe to it. You can read the guest post here.

Besides the fact that Ritu has been one of my blogging friends from the start, I saw plenty of advantages in writing a post for his blog. For one, I think being a guest poster on an established blog is a great way for newer blogs to gain much needed exposure. The established blog has a much wider and larger audience, which will help you get your name out there. In return, the established blog gets to be lazy for a day and not write a post. But on a more serious notes, there are more benefits for the established blog. The guest blogger brings his/her own style and ideas, adding variety and a vernacular that the regular readers are used too. Being an avid blog reader, I can definitely appreciate the change of pace and eclectic blogging styles that guest posting can offer. So the way I see it, it’s a win/win situation for both parties.

But what if you’re a veteran blogger with a huge readership? Should you just be letting people post on your blog, but not posting on other blogs? In my opinion, veteran bloggers have as much to gain from guest posting as do the new bloggers. When you get the oppurtunity to write a guest post on another blog, you effectively extend your influence to an entirely different audience, which could vastly increase your web traffic, exposure, and subscribers. Hopefully, I get the chance to write guest posts on other blogs so I can extend my blogosphere. Collaboration and cooperation among bloggers can lead to bigger and better growth for all parties involved. If anyone wants to post here on my blog, feel welcome to contact me through the contact page.