Thanks to everyone who participated in my blogs and blogging survey. It made for interesting reading. I did a semi-scientific compilation of the 19 responses and this is what I found.
Frequency of blogging/blog reading -
4 people blog daily
8 people blog about 3times per week
5 people blog 1-2 times per week
1 person blogs less than once a week
This surprised me because I blog daily, and I assumed everyone else did, too! Although a few people (4) really like their favorite bloggers to blog daily, most (8) don't expect it at all. My favorite response was from someone who said that she would rather read fewer, better posts than more often, less interesting posts. I am feeling like this gives me permission to not have to blog everyday (although I'm sure I'll still be a 5-6x per week blogger).
Most people (8) read blogs daily, but this was again a lower number than I thought. 4 people read about three times a week and 2 people read once or twice a week. Of the 8 people who responded, 4 read throughout the day and 4 read once a day (either with their morning coffee or in the evening). I read blogs every day and throughout the day myself. I'm a bit more obsessed than most of you, it appears! The lesson I take from this is that I should probably consider ramping down a bit from my blog obsession.
Formatting
Most people (10) have never or rarely changed their format. 5 people change theirs occasionally, and 1 person changes hers often. Of the 4 people who expressed an opinion, 2 really like changes and 2 people really don't. I'm definitely in the never changed camp. I like that people will instantly recognize my blog when it pops up on the reader. But I do need to update some of the sidebars (i.e. blogs I frequent, classes I'm taking, etc.). I'd also like to find a way to run a photo gallery of my art. Finally, I really need to add tags to my posts.
Live or loaded?
Most of you (11) blog live. About 5 of you load up your blogs in advance. I suspect that it's the same group that posts daily. Again, this was a big surprise to me. As a daily blogger, I set my posts to run at 1:00 am my time, so that it's available for my UK friends first thing in the morning. I think that if I start blogging less regularly, then blogging live makes more sense.
Collaborative Blog Activity
A whole bunch of you are interested in doing something collaborative. I'll put my thinking cap on about that one and try to post something by the end of the week.
So, did anything surprise you here? Did you learn anything that will change how you blog or read blogs?
And last, but not least, the randomly drawn winner of the Wings card is #3 Lizzie!
Lizzie, send me your mailing address, and I'll drop the card in th email to you.
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