Comments on: How often should you blog? http://lukecarbis.com/blog/2008/02/how-often-should-you-blog/ It's more complicated than 42. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:48:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Brad http://lukecarbis.com/blog/2008/02/how-often-should-you-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Brad Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:27:55 +0000 http://lukecarbis.com/blog/how-often-should-you-blog/#comment-120 I think the missing piece of data here is post length. I don't care so much if a blog updates 3x per day if they are all relatively short posts. I will sometimes drop a feed from my reader if it am getting over run by daily multi-page posts... Unless of course it is REALLY good... I think the missing piece of data here is post length. I don’t care so much if a blog updates 3x per day if they are all relatively short posts. I will sometimes drop a feed from my reader if it am getting over run by daily multi-page posts… Unless of course it is REALLY good…

]]> By: Ian http://lukecarbis.com/blog/2008/02/how-often-should-you-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Ian Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:48:58 +0000 http://lukecarbis.com/blog/how-often-should-you-blog/#comment-119 Luke - interesting analysis, and intuitively it seems about right. I don't think you can leave more that about 2-3 days between posts. On the other hand, posting several times a day makes it hard to keep up - I find if someone does that I end up reading only the top 2-3 in my reader. Of course it all depends on the quality of your content and how compelling it is for me to read. Luke – interesting analysis, and intuitively it seems about right. I don’t think you can leave more that about 2-3 days between posts. On the other hand, posting several times a day makes it hard to keep up – I find if someone does that I end up reading only the top 2-3 in my reader.

Of course it all depends on the quality of your content and how compelling it is for me to read.

]]> By: Sarah Stewart http://lukecarbis.com/blog/2008/02/how-often-should-you-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Sarah Stewart Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:18:39 +0000 http://lukecarbis.com/blog/how-often-should-you-blog/#comment-118 I try not to write more than every day because I don't want to overload people, but at the moment there is so much going on in my life that I find myself writing 3/4 posts per day. If blogging is something I do for me, then it doesn't matter how often I post. I try not to write more than every day because I don’t want to overload people, but at the moment there is so much going on in my life that I find myself writing 3/4 posts per day. If blogging is something I do for me, then it doesn’t matter how often I post.

]]> By: Christy Tucker http://lukecarbis.com/blog/2008/02/how-often-should-you-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Christy Tucker Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:44:04 +0000 http://lukecarbis.com/blog/how-often-should-you-blog/#comment-117 I'm not sure about this. I have more feed subscribers than site visitors, so that's actually my primary audience. Feed subscribers are going to be notified automatically each time I post, whether it's every day or once a week. They don't have to come and check my blog. Do you subscribe to feeds, or do you actually go to each blog every day? If you're going to each site every day, I can see why you get annoyed if it goes a few days without a post. I'd be irritated at the waste of time too. Because I read everything in Google Reader, if there's no updates, I don't waste any time checking sites manually. Your conclusion here about how many times to post seems to be based on the assumption that your regular readers are all coming to the site from bookmarks multiple times a week. What if your loyal readers are actually seeing your updates in your RSS feed, and they come to the site based on how often you post? I’m not sure about this. I have more feed subscribers than site visitors, so that’s actually my primary audience. Feed subscribers are going to be notified automatically each time I post, whether it’s every day or once a week. They don’t have to come and check my blog.

Do you subscribe to feeds, or do you actually go to each blog every day? If you’re going to each site every day, I can see why you get annoyed if it goes a few days without a post. I’d be irritated at the waste of time too. Because I read everything in Google Reader, if there’s no updates, I don’t waste any time checking sites manually.

Your conclusion here about how many times to post seems to be based on the assumption that your regular readers are all coming to the site from bookmarks multiple times a week. What if your loyal readers are actually seeing your updates in your RSS feed, and they come to the site based on how often you post?

]]> By: Anja http://lukecarbis.com/blog/2008/02/how-often-should-you-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Anja Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:11:02 +0000 http://lukecarbis.com/blog/how-often-should-you-blog/#comment-116 I think that all made sense. I'm new to blogging, so I write something every day. Readership/visitors doesn't bother me much, I mainly write to offload my angst. Great post, though. :) I think that all made sense.

I’m new to blogging, so I write something every day. Readership/visitors doesn’t bother me much, I mainly write to offload my angst.

Great post, though. :)

]]> By: Ian McLean http://lukecarbis.com/blog/2008/02/how-often-should-you-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Ian McLean Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:35:21 +0000 http://lukecarbis.com/blog/how-often-should-you-blog/#comment-115 I put SiteMeter on my hobby blog, and haven't worried about anything for my new professional blog - yet. By trial and error, I worked out that most of my return customers come back every three days or so. Mainly I know this from the time I resolved to post daily. Lasted a few months, then I stopped (to go on vacation)... and everyone emailed to see what had happened to me! I put SiteMeter on my hobby blog, and haven’t worried about anything for my new professional blog – yet. By trial and error, I worked out that most of my return customers come back every three days or so. Mainly I know this from the time I resolved to post daily. Lasted a few months, then I stopped (to go on vacation)… and everyone emailed to see what had happened to me!

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