I have learned a lot about the blogosphere through this project. The biggest lesson I've learned is that just writing a blog does not automatically launch it into success. It takes a lot to get people to read an comment on a blog. I have been posting my URL on twitter, facebook and delish.com. I have associated my blog with all of my social networking site profiles. And after I that, I am pretty sure the only people who regularly read my blog are a couple of my close friends and my mom.
That brings me to another thing I have learned. Blogging is very personal. It can be a very public outlet but to get to that point, your blog has to be effective. You have to really enjoy the topic you're writing about and putting together the presentation of your content. I am slowly beginning to appreciate my blog and blog readers more and am going to continue blogging at the end of the semester. I don't think one semester is long enough to become an established blogger. However, it did give me time to figure out the direction I want to continue in and the website (delish.com) I am going to continue posting my content.
I find it interesting how there are two levels of blogging. A personal level and a public level and there is a huge gap between those two. I have accepted the fact that my blog may never make it to the public blogosphere but I am still working on jumping that gap!
DId you find that one social networking site worked the best in publicizing your blog? I agree and think that unless it is some sort of groundbreaking kind of blog, blogs don't become successes overnight. I think through the posts and writings, viewers will get a sense of who the author is and decide whether or not if they want to stick with reading this blog. Do you have any followers that seem completely random? In your blog, is there a certain topic that you normally discuss, or is it basically about anything.
ReplyDeleteI think topic-oriented blog can sometimes become more popular as people who are reading them purposely searched for it. I think it is really hard to gain notoriety in blogging because it is very personal and viewers don't always necessarily want to read other peoples personal thoughts and experiences. On the otherhand, some people do like reading about other peoples lives without knowing who they are so they can envision it on their own.
I agree and think that the division is very strong between personal and public blogs. I think time is the and persistence are two of of the only factors that can help make a blog reach the public blogosphere.