Comments on: Every Time You Hear a Bell, a Blog Gets its Wings http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/17/every-time-you-hear-a-bell-a-blog-gets-its-wings/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else, since 2003. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:53:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Homes http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/17/every-time-you-hear-a-bell-a-blog-gets-its-wings/#comment-2261 Homes Sun, 23 Apr 2006 03:35:18 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/17/every-time-you-hear-a-bell-a-blog-gets-its-wings/#comment-2261 Two quick points on this topic. First, you have a highly focused blog on library technology and book reviews. It has become a very relevant source since so many other librarians and educators are reading and commenting on your entries. Second, as you write more content, more people will find your blog and participate. This happens through search engines, linking, and word of mouth. I would suspect your site statistics to continue rising. Two quick points on this topic. First, you have a highly focused blog on library technology and book reviews. It has become a very relevant source since so many other librarians and educators are reading and commenting on your entries. Second, as you write more content, more people will find your blog and participate. This happens through search engines, linking, and word of mouth. I would suspect your site statistics to continue rising.

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/17/every-time-you-hear-a-bell-a-blog-gets-its-wings/#comment-2260 Seth Finkelstein Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:52:18 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/17/every-time-you-hear-a-bell-a-blog-gets-its-wings/#comment-2260 I'm not sure how much real growth there is, but also, I think there's some questions as to where the growth is going. My conjecture is that it's going first to increasing numbers of people chatting with friends (MySpace), then to generally popular pundits, then a little to local A-list experts, and last of all to the Zlist pundits. So doubling of the bogosphere doesn't necessarily translating into doubling to the average blog-writer. It's tricky to establish this, though, because there definitely is an increase in automated retrievals of pages, and that *will* affect everyone to some extent. I’m not sure how much real growth there is, but also, I think there’s some questions as to where the growth is going. My conjecture is that it’s going first to increasing numbers of people chatting with friends (MySpace), then to generally popular pundits, then a little to local A-list experts, and last of all to the Zlist pundits. So doubling of the bogosphere doesn’t necessarily translating into doubling to the average blog-writer.

It’s tricky to establish this, though, because there definitely is an increase in automated retrievals of pages, and that *will* affect everyone to some extent.

]]> By: K.G. Schneider http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/17/every-time-you-hear-a-bell-a-blog-gets-its-wings/#comment-2259 K.G. Schneider Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:23:53 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/17/every-time-you-hear-a-bell-a-blog-gets-its-wings/#comment-2259 I'm not seeing more spam than I was at the beginning, so I don't think that's a factor. I do think that any blog that has been around for a while will show more usage over time because the inevitable interesting-to-someone post will get linked and then clicked on. But... in terms of effort related to readership, I think FRL's example doesn't argue *against* blog growth. My blog is too uneven and too infrequently updated to go far on its own. I’m not seeing more spam than I was at the beginning, so I don’t think that’s a factor. I do think that any blog that has been around for a while will show more usage over time because the inevitable interesting-to-someone post will get linked and then clicked on. But… in terms of effort related to readership, I think FRL’s example doesn’t argue *against* blog growth. My blog is too uneven and too infrequently updated to go far on its own.

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/17/every-time-you-hear-a-bell-a-blog-gets-its-wings/#comment-2258 Seth Finkelstein Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:15:41 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/17/every-time-you-hear-a-bell-a-blog-gets-its-wings/#comment-2258 Doesn't follow. You have a relatively high profile (anti-straw-man - I said "high profile", not "international tabloid celebrity"), so it's possible the growth you see isn't typical. Also, did you account for spammers and spiders and 'bots and feed aggravators? Those can distort stats dramatically. Doesn’t follow. You have a relatively high profile (anti-straw-man - I said “high profile”, not “international tabloid celebrity”), so it’s possible the growth you see isn’t typical.

Also, did you account for spammers and spiders and ‘bots and feed aggravators? Those can distort stats dramatically.

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