Here is a question for you!
How much time do you spend blogging?
How many blog’s do you follow?
Do you read every blog you follow every day?
Do you use your Google reader or Blogroll to follow a blog?
I just counted. The number of blog’s in my blog roll is 66 the number of blog’s in my Google reader is 26. All of the blog’s in my Google reader are in my blogroll. If I unfollow someone's blog from Google reader but still keep them in my blogroll is that rude? You know us southern girls, it’s all about being polite!
With 66 blog in my blog roll I just can’t get to every one every day. I give my blog roll a once over in the morning and pick the post titles that jump out at me. If I have a boat load of time on my hands and have nothing else pressing I will from time to time try to make it down the entire list but that hardly ever happens.
Do y’all use your Google reader, because I just don’t. I find it so much easier to put a new blog I find in my blog roll and then track that blog from there.
How much time do you spend blogging?
Do you post every day?
Do you have a backlog of post’s in your draft folder waiting for a rainy day?
Do you post immediately after completion or do you schedule your post for the next day?
The answer is I spend way to much time on blogging, really way to much, but hey it is what it is! I just love it!Some weeks I post all the time and other weeks I can go the whole week without a post worthy thought! I also have a few post hanging out in my draft folder but the truth is I always forget they are there and they never get posted. What’s my name again????
Here is another question.
Do you ever have blog envy? Ya know all the blog’s out there with hundred’s of followers (I ran across on the other day with over 500 followers, I left immediatly it was just to overwhelming) and you wonder how’d that happen?
Is it a matter of time, is it a matter of compelling, humorous, thought provoking content or common interest that builds up your following? or does it simple not matter to you?
I am drawn to like minded blog’s. If you love Jesus, well I’ll show up and stay awhile. If your on the verge of menopause well I pull up a chair and weep and fan myself along with you. If you have been there and done that then I want to sit at your feet and glean from your wisdom. If I laugh until I cry well I be back for more! If I have an aaa haa moment well your in babe! That’s what attracts me to a blog!
So what does it for you? Why do you sign up to follow a blog?
Here is one more.
Do you respond to every comment left on a post?
Who has the time??? I do however respond to all first time visitors. Again it’s that southern thing. It simply would be too rude not to stop by and say thank you!
I will make a disclaimer here, since I’m all about being polite today. If I show up and thank you twice it is simply because I no longer have short term memory. You may have visited before but I am having a peri-menopausal moment and simply can’t remember!
Why did I come in here?
Anyhoo!
Inquiring minds while I still have one want to know what y’all think and what y’all do!
Robin
Comments
I, too, think about the time I spend and am always considering how to cut down. I try to post on each blog I follow about once a week, however I read all the new posts. Sometimes, it just gets hard to think of what to say!!!
You're funny McGee. I know what you're talking about. I want to follow more blogs, but I want to read every one I follow- every day and I want to comment on every one I read- usually. It takes a very long time. Waaay longer than what I can justify for computer time.
I also want to post every single day, but I can't seem to keep up the momentum. I get tired. Sometimes I have to stay up until 2 a.m. to get it all blogged and get the dishes done and my hubby's shirt ironed..
Boy. I think you've just given me my blog post subject for Friday.
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How many blog’s do you follow? 24 on my bloglist...54 on my dashboard
Do you read every blog you follow every day? nope, hop around to those whose titles catch my eye
Do you use your Google reader or Blogroll to follow a blog? blogroll
Do you have a backlog of posts in your draft folder waiting for a rainy day? nope
Do you post immediately after completion or do you schedule your post for the next day? both, it's all relative to what i have going on
What's my name again???? BS&K :)
Do you ever have blog envy? sometimes but then I have a talk with myself about what's more important
I'm not sure what draws people to follow me...I like to think that maybe sometimes my happenings in life might help someone else relate to me or a situation and see how and where God meets me (before, during or after).
Thought provoking, tender remembrances and humor all draw me in to someone's blog...and I LOVE pictures...that's how Marsha's Garden got me :)
Do you respond to every comment left on a post? nope, sometimes i have time and am compelled to follow up with someone, but not always
Why did I come in here? (cause you were tired of playing FARMVILLE on FB??!!! ha ha :)
my appt is @ 9am
i'll call u in the a.m
Yes, I always visit first time commenters and, of COURSE, people who sign up to follow. And I try to visit around at least a couple of times a week (especially to my commenters), sometimes more, but it's getting truly challenging. I know I miss out on important things but I can't keep up with everything! I try to focus on MY writing so that people have something worth reading but I know I fall down there, too.
I homeschool, teach a college/career Sunday School class, have elderly parents who need help, write for the 30 Day Throw Down blog, do research, and am TRYING LIKE ALL GET OUT to feed my family healthy food. I'm doing 16 hour days right now. And I STILL feel guilty! Okay, maybe I better go take my hormones and then take a nap! Thanks for asking. Aren'tcha GLAD?! lol
God bless you,
Bren
I do read every blog I follow every day, and most of the people on my blog roll. I also try to comment pretty regularly. (We all need encouragement, right?)
I often do wonder what brings a blogger 100+ followers and usually chalk it up to a mixture of good writing, good luck, and good timing. (Except for Pioneer Woman, of course, and I do not find the number of followers she has surprising at all.)
=)
PS. BTW, you seem to have a fair amount of followers yourself!