I Want To Read Your Blog, Tell Me About It…
I was chatting with a friend online tonight and we were looking back on some older posts on his blog and even mine too, basically reflecting on the number of mutual friends we have made in the past that have just seemed to disappeard from the blogosphere. These are all old faces that we both forgot about until we saw them in the comments.
I can kind of understand this… as time goes by a lot of people get into blogging, but then after short periods of time they can get bored with it. A true blogger is one that honestly can’t go a day without thinking about their blog. Bloggers are a rare breed which seems to be progressively growing. While there indeed are some 100 million blogs now, you have to consider the number of these blogs don’t reflect the amount of TRUE bloggers.
For me, I am probably one of the most obsessive bloggers you might come to know. I think about my blog all the time. I’ll go about my day and think many times, “Oh man… I need to write a blog about that!!!” There are times, when I say to myself, “Dude, that would be an amazing story to unveil” Heck I am so knee deep into blogging, I have even figured out how to do it using my mobile phone.
Anyway, to make a long story short, I am going to restructure myself a little bit. One thing that I can honeslty admit, is that I don’t invest much time (if any) towards reading other blogs. Yes, I subscibe to a bunch of them in Google Reader. Yes, I do read blog posts from time to time.. bu usually it is only because the post title caught my eye. In other words, I can honestly say that I don’t do my share as a blogger by way of contributing on other blogs. I need to… and it’s something that I want to fix.
So with that said, as you are reading this post, take a moment to drop me a comment and tell me about your blog. You obviously read my blog, so I’d like to take a moment to read yours.I have been spending a little bit of time over at Yahoo! and I really like their new My Yahoo! Personalized page. I have created a new Yahoo! screen name and at the moment, I have a BLANK personalized page.
What I would like to do, is fill that personalized page up with about 25 RSS feeds from blogs just like yours. So, if you want a blog reader, let me know about your blog in the comments. If it is something that I think will interest me, I’ll subscribe to it by adding it to my all new My Yahoo! Personalized page.
M
As you can see from the screen shot above, my personalized page is totally blank. Drop me a comment and tell me about your blog and also old friend, new friends, daily contents, etc… don’t automatically assume that I’ll add you… regular readers need to let me know about their blogs too. (hint… Mark Mason, Mark Sierra, Christine Senter, David Cooley)
The reason I am doing this, is because once a week, I am going to log into this page and read. I am going to take part of one of my days, probably Sunday and use it to simply enjoy reading other people’s blogs.
Rather than try to fix my Google Reader, I’d rather just start over from scratch. So, if you have a blog and you want me to read it, I’d advice that you leave me a comment below and tell me about it. Also too, this is a great way to share your blog with other people who read my comments.
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It is surprising yet understandable at the same time that bloggers come and go. Just like people you meet offline, really.
My Google Reader is some what of a monster at times. Sometimes I just “mark all as read” because I know it’s impossible to make sense of all the content that it has stored. I’d rather know I have a manageable list to go through than to attempt to skim through the titles.
But since you’re asking, old buddy, old pal, I could use another number in my Feedburner chicklet.
Mark Sierra at MeAndMyDrum.com
8 Sep 08 at 1:50 am
Well I would have to tell you to read my blog but I just saw you over there earlier today so I know that you were snooping around.
Plus I think I comment on here enough that you pretty much hear from me at least once a day
While my blog is mostly to chronicle my journey in making money online (it isn’t a MMO blog) I do post some other stuff as well. Blog tips and what not, basically whatever is relevant to me at that point in the day.
You never know what you may get
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Jarret
8 Sep 08 at 1:52 am
What the heck is a Me and My Drum? Who are you, do I know you???
~~ you’re added ~~
Garry Conn
8 Sep 08 at 1:56 am
What is your feed URL? I noticed that the auto discovery addy is this:
http://jarretcade.net/feed
and then in the sidebar you have a feedburner url that doesn’t seem to be working.
In the mean time, I have added this: http://jarretcade.net/feed
let me know if you want that to be changed to a different url.
Garry Conn
8 Sep 08 at 1:59 am
Garry,
This is a great idea and made made realize I don’t spend enough time reading and commenting on other people’s blogs either. Just not enough time most days.
My blog exists to help people going through foreclosure. My hope is there’s enough info there to provide the motivation and knowledge for someone in foreclosure to contact their bank and begin the process of saving their own home.
Todd
Check out Todd Temaat’s last blog post..How to Write a Real Estate Hardship Letter
Todd Temaat
8 Sep 08 at 5:39 am
Thanks for the opportunity to spam you about my blog! If you do start reading it, that would be a great celebrity endorsement!
I blog about media at http://mitchellblatt.com/blog. I’m a college student majoring in journalism. Due to the nature of this election season, most of the posts are about political media, bias, news coverage, etc. I have recent posts about internet marketing, journalism school, music (I’m a music critic), etc.
Here’s my latest post on internet marketing on how I got 9,000 hits in 5 hours: http://mitchellblatt.com/blog/2008/09/the-instapundit-effect
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Mitchell Blatt
8 Sep 08 at 7:11 am
Hey Garry,
I use a Feed Reader for historical reading, things I missed during the week. On a daily basis I use iGoogle home page setup like this to keep up with everything. Between that and email alerts I have found I can keep up a lot better.
The best feed to keep up with me is my FriendFeed
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David Cooley
8 Sep 08 at 7:43 am
Hey Garry, I have 2 blogs that might interest you.
JobMob at http://jobmob.co.il/ is my first blog, going strong. The goal is to help people find jobs with great advice and some humor, since I still haven’t met anyone that really enjoys job hunting.
Group Writing Projects at http://groupwritingprojects.com/ is my blog dedicated to – you guessed it – group writing projects. Running for almost 7 months, it’s still the only blog on the topic (in English, at least). When was the last time you ran or participated in a group writing project?
Check out Jacob from JobMob’s last blog post..Dreams of Riches? Here’s Why You Should Start Your Business Before Firing Your Boss
Jacob from JobMob
8 Sep 08 at 7:44 am
Last comment got eaten by the system?
Best way to follow me is on FriendFeed, it has all my blogs, Twitter etc…
David Cooley – FriendFeed
I do not use a Feed Reader as much as I did. I setup an iGoogle page to monitor everything, makes it a lost easier to keep up. I catch up what is left on Sat morning with a cup of coffee, lol.
See : iGoogle Monitoring Social Networks | CyberCoded
Check out David Cooley’s last blog post..Social Media in the Workplace
David Cooley
8 Sep 08 at 8:29 am
Oh hell Garry, grab my feed why don’t ya.
I’m trying to find my voice, and I think I found it a little bit with a series on using Blogger.com for a blog engine. I detail some of the things I run into, and try (recently) to toss in some funny crap.
Cheers!
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Wayne
8 Sep 08 at 10:14 am
Hi Garry,
I saw you subscribe to my feeds, but perhaps I’ll get more from anyone reading the comments
), GPT programs and quick online tips. You can read one of the tips on my latest post.
My blog is about unique blogging tips…(how unique? drop by and see for yourself
You can also subscribe based on 2 categories you’re interested in or to full content.
Here’s my full feed: http://www.homebiz.bukiki.com/feed
Louis Liem
8 Sep 08 at 11:02 am
Hi, Gary. I enjoy your blog…always a good read. I see you are using CommentLuv so you should see my internet marketing blog below. Thanks!
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Monty's Mega Marketing
8 Sep 08 at 1:16 pm
Hey Garry,
If I gotta tell you who I am, we gotta problem. LOL
However, add my Creative writing blog to your reader. I think you’ll really like it.
Check out Christine Senter’s last blog post..Creative Story Titles
Christine Senter
8 Sep 08 at 5:22 pm
Garry, I have been doing what you told me to do religiously. I cannot describe my blog here. I need a complete post to do that. Why don’t you hop into my blog and find out the quality of my blog yourself.
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axioblogger
8 Sep 08 at 5:29 pm
Keep the nice lady happy, Garry, and all will be well.
Mark Sierra at MeAndMyDrum.com
8 Sep 08 at 5:34 pm
LOLOLOL,
Yeah, what Mark said.
Check out Christine Senter’s last blog post..Creative Story Titles
Christine Senter
8 Sep 08 at 5:36 pm
Hey Gary,
Just found your blog from the “what is a tag” post, and thought I’d grab your feed. I’m in serious need of continual blogging advice, so anything you got — I’ll read!
My blog is http://steadfastfinances.com
I’m an independent equities trader, but my blog is more about educating folks on how to invest their cash as well as some advanced personal finance techniques.
Look me up, and expect some comments from me!
Check out Matt @ Steadfast Finances’s last blog post..Why I’m Saying Goodbye to CDs for 2008!
Matt @ Steadfast Finances
8 Sep 08 at 7:09 pm
Hey Garry, my name is Joe…I’d like you to take a look at my blog. I think you are a cool dude and would like to get to know you a little better
If you still have space, please checkout my blog http://imwithjoe.com
Give me any tips and tricks you may have…I am all ears….
JK Swopes
8 Sep 08 at 7:29 pm
The above one is making some dough so that is good. The Feed is actually at http://www.bank-cd-rates.net/feed/feed.xml since somewhere along the lines I broke the code and just haven’t fixed it.
However, it isn’t designed for MMO tips. I have some other projects (hint, hint) before I can get there.
Check out Top CD Rates’s last blog post..Heritage Bank, NA — Arizona CD Rates
Top CD Rates
9 Sep 08 at 12:34 am
This is great post and idea. Giving people the opportunity to get their blog recognized.
My blog looks at the world and weightlifting and fat burning. Especially in today’s world of diet, diet, diet. I want to give real world advice that will actually make sense to the reader so they can get motivated to start their own program.
This would be good for those bloggers who need the motivation to get away from the computer . Kidding – Kind of
Hope you enjoy.
Wyche128
10 Sep 08 at 3:56 pm
Great idea Garry. My blog is How to learn a foreign language. We write tips for self study that are non language specific and will eventually start doing language specific lessons. I’ve also got a youtube channel where I post video blogs about language learning and updates on our language school. http://www.youtube.com/user/letutor Let me know what you think.
How to Learn a Foreign Language
11 Sep 08 at 11:39 am