This summer I’ve found that blogging became less and less enjoyable: I found a solution. I spent too long worrying about statistics: how many people visited my blog, how my blog compared to others (Alexa ranks etc) and what people were visiting.
I tried to write for my audience and not for myself. Ironically, as a result of this audience participation fell. I realised this but realised I’d continue to do the former until I stopped worrying about statistics so I uninstalled my Alexa, Compete and Google PageRank Firefox extensions.
I enjoy blogging again; I want to blog. I don’t put off writing a post as long as I can but I do one whenever I feel like it (which is fairly frequently again :)). I don’t have to spend hours brainstorming for ideas; they just come.
More observant readers might have noticed a shift from reviews which became tedious to write towards a more ‘general’ style of blogging.
So to put it briefly: blog for yourself and the odds are your audience will like it. Don’t worry about statistics, either!
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agreed - welcome back
Yeah statistics addiction can be a huge pain in the A! Takes you away from your focus.
Hey Joe,
We advise the very same thing to quite a few customers on the web site design side of things … don’t worry about analytics / conversions / bounce rates, just do a great job of being who you are and the rest should follow!
Peter.
hello Joe,blog for your self.
Must…
Check…
Google Analytics..
*dies*
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Yeah I completely agree with you.
So right. Probably good to convert the analytic time into creative time. Best, rashbre.
agree with you. once you start to look at rankings it muddles your brains. however one should write for the reader if at all you want readers to come and revisit too. if this is not of interest to you then go on and write for yourself.
however if you need readers and traffic then you may want to write what interests others. but ofcourse do not get married to ratings thought.
keep writing!
Finally.
I hear ya man. When your blog becomes a chore you either have to give it up or you have to figure out how to love it again. I’ve come to the same place you have and I’ve found the same solution. I blog for me.
I know that feeling. I too enjoy the statistics but I don’t want to turn blogging into a job (maybe one day… but not just yet
). Blog because you want to, not because you feel you have to.
Good luck dude.
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