I Need Feedback
Saturday, July 15th 2006 | Ismael Ghalimi
As of today, IT|Redux has 415 subscribers, and a daily average of 355 visits and 880 pageviews, 44% of them by returning visitors. This makes for a regular readership of about 800 people. I estimate that about 100 people posted at least one of the 900+ comments that have been published on the blog, which means that I do not know who the 700 others are. I would love to hear from them, for it would help me better address your needs and expectations.
I am interested to hear both positive and negative feedback, as long as it remains respectful and constructive. I am looking forward to getting your comments on both the content of the blog as well as its format, whether the recent introduction of pictures in the body of some posts is a good thing or not, or whether my irregular posting pattern with occasional backdating is difficult to deal with — blog addicts might find it truly distressful.
In a general sense, I am interested by any feedback, in any form. You could either post it as a comment to this post, or email it at ismael@itredux.com. And if you really like (or dislike) what you’re getting from this blog, please feel free to write about it on your own blog, and to make sure that Technorati is picking it up. Unlike my fellow blogger Guy Kawasaki, I have no aspiration to become one of the top 10 bloggers, but a good ranking is as good an ego booster as anything I could think of. Many thanks in advance for your support!
Entry filed under: Social Networking
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Ismael,
I never figured the rationale behind backdating (yes, I read your post on it). If you aim to have one post a day on average, I think it’s perfectly OK to publish them in bursts, whenever they come.
I am always struggling with my feed reader re-displaying old items, so if I see an “old” (backdated) post, I may skip it, not knowing it’s actually new. Well, I will not do it with yours now, but I think generally it’s a better practice not to backdate stuff. I also wonder if it may hurt you on aggregators, indices, etc.
Zoli,
The goal is mainly to preserve this one-post-a-day discipline. I agree that backdating comes at a cost, but I could not think of any better way of doing it. I guess I will need to develop a more regular posting pattern…
If you write in bursts but want to schedule their publication, you can alter the publishing timing inside WordPress. That’s what I do when I know I will have a heavy work day but still need to get stuff out.
Regular posting, like a high fiber diet keeps your blog healthy — so I’m told.
Dennis,
Thanks for the feedback. I’ll eat more fibers.
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