Written on May 5th, 2006 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse

Blogathon Help Needed - Ask me a Question

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I’ve spent a little time today working on some preparations for my blogathon and as part of the last two times I’ve done it I’ve asked blog readers for questions for me to answer during the 24 hour blogging frenzy.

So - I’m going to open this post up for questions of a two types (keep in mind that I’ll be posting 100 times over the 24 hours which is once every 14.4 minutes so don’t make them too big):

  1. Blogging Questions
  2. Personal Questions (within reason)

My posts over the day range from the fun to the serious to the bizarre (especially at the end of the 24 hours) to the useful etc etc - so your questions can be anything (have some fun with it if you like). If I use your question you get a free link.

I doubt I’ll be able to answer all of them but this is one way you can help me make the day successful and raise some money for a good cause.

Of course if you ask a question I won’t charge you a donation for an answer but do hope you’ll be willing to contribute something on the day (no pressure!).

Leave your questions in comments below (or shoot me an email via my contact form if you’d prefer).

Update: Wow - lots of questions here! Thanks everyone.

I’ve probably got enough ‘blogging’ type questions now (the blogathon usually is much more diverse in terms of topics covered) so if you have any other questions about ‘me’ I’d be happy to take those too.

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93 Responses to “Blogathon Help Needed - Ask me a Question”

  • Jeffrey

    May 5th, 2006 12:39 am

    I’ve got two questions that should be pretty quick:

    1) Blog template design / markup can get very arduous, do you have any tips for how to stay motivated, or how to speed up the process?

    2) Between RSS and Firefox’s AdBlock extension it seems like savvy readers can go completely unexposed to your blogs revenue generating facilities, is there anything that you do to try and combat this? or is it just a fact of (blog-)life?

  • Jon

    May 5th, 2006 12:39 am

    Hi Darren,

    I’ve been curious about you experiences with b5media. What have been the pluses and minuses of founding a blogging network? Has it been more of an “eMyth” style venture than pure blogging?

    Looking forward to your blog-a-thon!

  • Jesse

    May 5th, 2006 12:41 am

    what’s the meaning of life?

  • Busy Mom

    May 5th, 2006 12:47 am

    Will the new baby get his or her own blog?

  • Martin

    May 5th, 2006 12:48 am

    My question … Will you shave your head for charity .. Oh, oops :-)

    The real question: Do you see AdSense as a viable long-term proposition for professional bloggers.

    I’m betting with firece competition in blogging that doesn’t appear to be slowing CPC will no doubt go down over time, meaning more traffic is needed to sustain current levels.

    What do you see in the future with AdSense?

    Q2. eProducts. In your view what would be the best eProduct to produce: eBook, eSeminar, AudioProduct, etc.,

  • Simone

    May 5th, 2006 1:01 am

    Blogging question:
    I am starting a new blog. The subject has partly been my hobby for the last two years, but I’d also like to earn some money. My initial visitors will be friends and people from a forum I’ve been on for the last 2 years.
    Should I put ads on the blog straight away, or wait until it’s all running smoothly and I have some new readers….
    A negative of putting them on later will of course be the ’shock’ of the difference… but if I put them on straight away I think it will make the blog look less nice…. Argh, I’m leaning towards straight away….

    Thanks, and good luck with the Blogathon.
    I’ve just finally signed up to Paypal, so I’ll have to test it on you, ha ha!

  • ryan

    May 5th, 2006 1:03 am

    Hi Darren, I will be launching a handful of blogs within the next month and I noticed that you have a number of your blogs attached to the livingroom.org url. What advantages do you see in that over having unique urls for each blog? Obviously, for Problogger, it has its own domain, so I’m curious as to the difference in both approaches, particularly in starting up new blogs.

    Thanks

  • John Hood

    May 5th, 2006 1:12 am

    Does audience perception of bloggers with their own domains and those who use free services, such as Blogger, differ in anyway or not at all?

  • Lyndon

    May 5th, 2006 1:13 am

    What are the top ten personality traits conducive to profesional blogging?

    And the converse, what are the top ten personality traits that hinder profesional blogging?

    I ask the question from the point of view of a person interested in the fact that success is helped by matching the correct personality traits to the project in hand. I have a suspicion that my own personality traits do not match that of someone who finds it easy to be successful in blogging, even though I have had some success.

  • jimmy

    May 5th, 2006 1:16 am

    Okey friend,

    .. Here goes, a quick one:

    Blogging Question
    1. Blog for Money? or Blog for Passions?
    2. My very first time blogging.. How I’d overcome all “blogging barriers”.

    Personal Question
    1. How do I manage the time between blogging, networks and family.

    Hopefully, there’s no duplications in both questions, sorry if some of these has been answered previously.. :-) Have fun.

  • Dan del Villano

    May 5th, 2006 1:19 am

    Do you have any trouble blogging fulltime and still having a life? (When I get home at the end of the day, I can pretty much leave work behind. But I’m guessing you can’t.)

  • Nick

    May 5th, 2006 1:29 am

    I’m planning to do my own 24-hour blogathon soon, and I have a few questions regarding them.

    1. What’s the best day of the week to do one?
    2. What’s the best time frame to do one?
    3. Any general advice for getting through a 24-hour blogathon with my sanity intact?

    (I’m planning to do either 8am to 8am starting on a Monday or 8pm to 8pm starting on a Friday.)

  • Chrono Cr@cker

    May 5th, 2006 1:32 am

    Fantastic idea, so instead of the blah, let me shoot the questions quick

    1) Where do you see Blogging, the Blogosphere and the current blogs after 5 years?

    2) Selling a blog is a lot different from selling a website. So, when selling a blog, what are the points the buyer and the blogger himself must look at?

  • Patrick Grote

    May 5th, 2006 1:38 am

    Darren … thanks for opening this up.

    Here are a series of questions:

    1) You’ve achieved a fantastic position using blogs as a revenue generator. You give back to the community online with your advice and encouragement. Do you do anything offline to give back to the community?

    2) Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

    3) Is working from Australia a benefit or hindrance in your business?

    4) What’s been the most exciting thing to happen to you in the last 12 months? What’s been the most depressing?

    5) You right very little on the blog network here. How do you think it’s going? Has it gone as you planned? What have been the challenges?

    Thanks!

  • Knut Karnapp

    May 5th, 2006 1:41 am

    My question are all blogging concerns:

    How do you stay motivated? (despite looking at your adsense stats)
    How will blogging be different in five years than it is today?
    What would you tell those who literally tried ‘a lot’ to get traffic, klicks or whatever but didn´t quite have that much success on that?

    Oh I have one personal question, though:

    I´m going to head over to Australia (Sydney) next year for an internship / practical training so may be I´ll be able to give Melbourne a visit and I would need a tourist guide so…? ;-)

  • World Cup Corner

    May 5th, 2006 1:44 am

    1. I’m looking for advertisers for World Cup Corner. What would you recomend?

    2. What’s your favorite sport (beside blogging)?

  • Netwalker

    May 5th, 2006 1:45 am

    Maybe a little bit dificult to answer, but here it is:

    Do you think someday the big companies that have referal and contextual ads (besides Adsense) will focus on the blogs in other languages besides english?

    And do you think it will be possible for bloggers in other languages, to achieve what you have done in income from blogging?

  • Chrono Cr@cker

    May 5th, 2006 1:50 am

    And one small last question

    1) What is your opinion about image verification for every comment in a blog? Is it annoying? Does it retard success?

  • Squirrelinabox

    May 5th, 2006 2:05 am

    1) If you’re looking at blogging primarily as a business/money making “thing”, how do you know when it’s time drop a blog? Specifically, how can you determine if it’s not producing enough to match the effort involved when taking into consideration the fact that you could create another blog and/or spend more time on “better” blogs.

    2) What are some advantages/disadvantages to creating multiple blogs in the same niche? For instance, having a Microsoft blog and a Google blog probably won’t hurt, but would having two Microsoft blogs be overkill?

    3) What are some tips and tricks and general advice for setting up paid ad spaces? I recently set up AdBrite but haven’t had any buyers for a week, how long does it normally take for a semi-small blog (200 unique visitors a day)? What are some good areas to place these ad spots taking into consideration other forms of ads (Google Adsense, Affiliate banners, etc.)

    4) Was there ever a point in your career that you thought about giving up? Did you ever think that it wasn’t worth it? If so, what made you stick it out?

    Thanks in advance :)

  • Dave G

    May 5th, 2006 2:06 am

    What do you do while blogging? including:

    What do you drink / eat to keep you going
    What music / entertainment do you have on / tune into
    Do you like the colour orange or do you use it on your site for some other reason?

    Dave

  • Steve S.

    May 5th, 2006 2:28 am

    Darren -

    What do you think about blog template usage? Is it okay to use a template on a for profit blog?

    Thanks

    - Steve S.

  • Tim

    May 5th, 2006 2:41 am

    What are the biggest mistakes you see being made by bloggers recently?

  • Ingrid

    May 5th, 2006 3:12 am

    Darren,
    Do you think that traffic counters are useful to have for one’s blog? As in, does it psychologically increase traffic if you have one? (part b of the question, ahem, sorry, maybe cheating) Plus, which ones do you recommend for a blog on blogger.com?
    Thanks,
    Ingrid

  • George Manty

    May 5th, 2006 3:13 am

    What are your most successful business ventures outside of blogging?

    If you had to start over from scratch and only had one month to make a living from blogging or you wouldn’t ever be able to blog again, what would you do?

    What are your favorite blogs outside of b5media?

    Do you watch LOST and if so, what do you think is happening on the island?

  • Tom R.

    May 5th, 2006 3:21 am

    1. How do you generate new ideas for blogging (new topic)
    2. How long did it took you to start getting a “generous” amount of visitors (let say 750 uniques daily)
    3. What experience do you have in the internet domain
    4. What do you think will be the next big thing.
    5. What is your opinion of bloggers who blog only to sell
    6. What do you define as a good blog
    7. Do you think that the blogosphere is already overwhelmed and there’s no place for non-business (personal) blogs to get high amount of traffic?
    8. If you didn’t started this website, what would you be currently working on?
    9. How can you handle 100 posts under 24 hours at a rhytm of 1 per 14 minutes?
    10. What would be the first thing you’d recommand to anyone starting a blog?
    11. Is money generated on your blog important to you?
    12. What do you think makes you valuable to the eyes of your readers?
    13. Have you been interviewed in the past? By whom?
    14. How’s your life?
    15. Would you restart problogger from scratch?

  • Scott

    May 5th, 2006 3:41 am

    What are you going to be eating to get you through 24 hours of Blogging?

  • Michael Rew

    May 5th, 2006 3:45 am

    1. I have a question about this tongue twister: “How much wood could a woodchuck chuck?” What does “to chuck” mean?

    2. My poetry site is still handcoded. I plan to add a handcoded RSS feed and manage subscriptions through Feedburner. If I had to do it all over again, I would have blogged my poetry site. Question: Are there any blogging tools which could convert my handcoded HTML files into blog posts retroactively, perhaps with Technorati tags and the whole shebang added on, without me having to take every poem and hand feed it into a blogging platform?

  • Jason

    May 5th, 2006 4:00 am

    Darren,

    What are the best ways to “jumpstart” blog traffic?

    A compilation of ways would be fantastic! Good luck! I’ll be reading my a** off!

    Cheers,

    JP

  • FMF

    May 5th, 2006 4:20 am

    Here are some easy ones to buy you some time:

    What’s your favorite…

    …color?
    …season of the year?
    …travel destination?
    …hobby?
    …book?
    …CD?
    …movie?
    …money blog with the initials FMF? ;-)

    There — 8 post topics that should take you 15 minutes to complete. Enjoy a nap on me! ;-)

  • Joshua Dorkin

    May 5th, 2006 4:38 am

    What Alexa ranking do you think someone should have before adding the alexa traffic banner like the one you use?

    (thought I’d throw an easy one out for ya!! BTW - Great Blog! I’m a huge fan!)

  • Steve

    May 5th, 2006 4:55 am

    When you link to offsite content Darren, should you have it open in a new browser? I have heard several theories on this but I am still unsure whether or not opening offsite links in a new browser can really benefit you. What is your take on it?
    Steve

  • Lobo235

    May 5th, 2006 5:08 am

    What kind of eCPM number can the average blogger expect when using adsense to monetize a blog? What about CTR?

  • Jack

    May 5th, 2006 5:13 am

    First b5media network started some video oriented blogs and later you have posted your own “vidcast”.

    All these changes have produced lot of doubts regarding the future of blogs.

    I wonder what will be the face of blogging after 12-24 months.

  • Aaron Brazell

    May 5th, 2006 5:14 am

    As one dad to another…

    1. Are you concerned with nuclear proliferation, particularly in your son’s diaper?
    2. What kind of passions do you hope to instill in your boy at a very young age?
    3. Do you have any idea how to deal with a child who won’t take a bath because he sees fuzz floating on the water? If so I need to know the answer… ;)

  • Mark McGuinness

    May 5th, 2006 5:29 am

    One of the things I love about blogging is the way words and writing have emerged (apparently) triumphant from the miasma of technology and snazzy graphics - do you see this as the future or just a phase?

    i.e. will it all ‘evolve’ into searchable video/audio/cgi blogs that make text obsolete?

    Whether or not you get time to answer this - good luck with the blogathon! An extra bonus for me will be getting Problogger posts in ‘real time’ in the UK!

  • Tom

    May 5th, 2006 5:36 am

    What was your occupation before blogging?

  • George Manty

    May 5th, 2006 5:37 am

    With your new baby on average how many diapers do you change a day?

    How is your wife doing?

    How much has your baby grown since birth?

    How much extra traffic do you get from these 24 hour blogathons?

    Do you currently participate in any blog carnivals?

  • Dominic

    May 5th, 2006 5:47 am

    Do you have a basic checklist that you work through when considering a new blog?

    Good luck with the Blogathon.

    -Dominic.

  • Scott Sehlhorst

    May 5th, 2006 6:01 am

    Blogging Questions:

    For bloggers who (want to) create their own eContent for sale (pdf, etc):

    1. Should we use a 3rd party to handle the eCommerce for a cut or sell directly from our own site?

    2. What is a reasonable commission to pay for outsourcing the eCommerce?

    3. Are there any good tutorials for setting up your own eCommerce stuff?

    4. Do you recommend any particular methods for setting up downloads for sale (plugins, open source platforms, etc)?

    5. How can an online publisher/blogger set up an affiliate program for people who drive customers to them?

    For bloggers in general:
    6. Should bloggers use free, for a fee, or exclusive-use for a fee templates?

    Thanks again for a great site, and I’m really looking forward to the ‘thon!

  • Steve

    May 5th, 2006 6:06 am

    How long can you hold your breath underwater?

  • auntesther

    May 5th, 2006 6:14 am

    What tips would you have for my blog in terms of look and feel and scope? I still feel perhaps it is too broad to drive traffic (considering your post on manolo’s shoe blog).

  • dave

    May 5th, 2006 6:23 am

    Just a question.. why are you going to blog for 24hrs? seems a bit mad to me

  • Taoski

    May 5th, 2006 6:27 am

    Is there a limit on how many categories you should use?
    How many categories is too many?

  • twins15

    May 5th, 2006 6:30 am

    I’m the author of a blog about sports, which really doesn’t seem like it would be able to translate well and earn any decent earnings (which has generally held true for me although my traffic levels aren’t that high yet). Do you think it’s possible for blogs like this to earn decent money with enough traffic, blogs geared more towards recreational activities rather than products, etc.?

  • Steve

    May 5th, 2006 6:31 am

    Have you ever been peeing outside in the puckerbrush next to a buddy and actually crossed streams? If so, with whom… and do they currently have a blog.

  • Jack

    May 5th, 2006 6:38 am

    many successful blogs including problogger suggest bloggers to write about the topic they are passionate about but almost all targets bloggers who are looking for idea to make money. If you check google’s adword tool you will find that some of the highest paying keywords are related to blogs.

    My question is - how much of all this- the blogging world earning 6 figure money and similar claims- is true for other themed blogs because all that i see around is blogs that tells other bloggers to make it to the riches. Ofcourse there are sites like “plentyoffish” which is making huge money but such examples are very less in number.

    Please don’t take my question in any wrong sense, you are one of my most respected blogger along with Liz of successful-blog and this question is because of a thought which is disturbing me from time to time.

  • Kami Huyse

    May 5th, 2006 6:42 am

    1. What does your family think about your blogging?

    2. How do you keep a balance between work and home?

  • Maxine

    May 5th, 2006 6:44 am

    Help me, I want to tag/categorise my blog. ie archive by categories. I am on Blogger. Do I have to move and if so, where? I am not very technically able, so it has to be easy — and for me, blogging also has to be a strictly part-time activity so not much time for technical matters as well as actually posting and reading rss feeds.
    thank you if you can help — nobody else has been able to (I have read your earlier posts on this topic so I think you are going to say you can’t categorise/tag/archive by subject on Blogger).
    All best
    Maxine.

  • adam

    May 5th, 2006 7:13 am

    Which of your blogs do you spend the most of your blogging day on? And is that one the most profitable?

  • Brian Liston

    May 5th, 2006 7:13 am

    1) Do you think if you had written all the problogger.net posts in a book (not an E-book) and gotten a decent publisher you could have made more money then you have made today using your Adsense and other methods for revenue?

    2)What percent of your traffic comes from organic search engines results?

  • Leon

    May 5th, 2006 7:24 am

    Just 2 simple questions:
    1. How do I drive serious traffic to my blog?
    2. Which is more profitable: Adsense or Chitika?

  • SB

    May 5th, 2006 7:25 am

    What would it take to induce you to read a blog that does Friday Cat Blogging, plus poetry?

    Even once.

  • Rob Elam

    May 5th, 2006 7:49 am

    Jesse..

    42

  • Rob Elam

    May 5th, 2006 7:54 am

    DARREN or other Blogger-SAT-GURU’s,

    I’ve hit a wall. I’m at 1000/day and about $1000 per month that I get exclusively from Google Adsense.

    Here is my blog: elamb.org… yes it sucks but it can pay my mortgage on a good month.

    My plan is to quit my job in about a year. To do this I will need about 6K/month and other sources of Revenue..

    What do you suggest to be my next step/source of income (i.e. YPN, Chitika)?

    Cheers, mate.

  • Rob Elam

    May 5th, 2006 8:07 am

    Darren (another question),

    Who did you learn your techniques from? Is there one badass that inspired and guided you to where you are?

    My guiding light have been you, T.L. Pakii (when he was still blogging on Blog for fun and profit regularly), and that Italian at masternewmedia.com

  • Henry

    May 5th, 2006 8:59 am

    Hi Darren!

    I’ve only been blogging for more than a week.

    a.) What are the real benefits of Technorati? I ask because they are very good in putting my posts whenever someone searches for keywords related to my topic but I can see that I get very few or no visitors at all?

    b.) Is this reasonable to expect (few to zero visitors) knowing how young my blog is? After following the tips here on promoting a blog, when can I expect reasonable traffic?

  • Down Syndrome NSW

    May 5th, 2006 9:02 am

    I’m the webmaster for Down Syndrome NSW (http://www.dsansw.org.au), a charity organisation. I got involved about 4 years ago after my own daughter was born with DS.

    I’ve helped build the website up into a valuable resource with traffic over 1,000 pageviews per day. I’m toying with the idea of moving at least part of the site over to WordPress at some stage, making it easier for other members to post information and giving more of a blog feel to the news, media coverage, new information, and what’s on type pages.

    Do you have any ideas for non-profit organisations to make some money out of their web sites or blogs? Obviously we don’t want the site to be littered with animated GIFs and other over-the-top advertising. We also need to be careful with things like AdSense, where we might be perceived as endorsing any products that are advertised on our site. And of course, we don’t want to detract from our message.

    Thanks for any ideas you might have!

  • Time To Get Fit

    May 5th, 2006 9:16 am

    I’ve got a weight loss blog (linked above). My traffic has been building slowly, but still isn’t anywhere near the levels I’d like to reach. The blog is barely making any money, and not generating much conversation yet.

    My problem is, I’ve already lost over half the weight I set out to lose. That means that in another 4 or 5 months, I’ll be at my target weight and will no longer have stuff to post about.

    What can I do to quickly boost traffic before my blog comes to an end?

    Or alternatively, what can I post about once I stop losing weight?

    Should I take a leaf out of Oprah’s book and just start gaining, then losing, then gaining, then losing weight, thereby ensuring I always have experience with whatever fad diet is current and always have stuff to talk about?

  • Tom

    May 5th, 2006 9:50 am

    When putting deep links into a post, should you inform the readers that they are affiliate links or have them there?

    Thanks

    Tom

  • Robert Oschler

    May 5th, 2006 12:02 pm

    Darren,

    How can a blogger make inroads into the MySpace market like Ask-A-Ninja did? Everyone talks about leveraging MySpace and other Web 2.0 communities to get readers, but I’ve yet to see anyone really discuss the concrete steps to take to do it. Beyond simply creating a profile, what did the successes like Ask-A-Ninja do to get people’s attention, without pissing off the community while doing so?

    Thanks,
    Robert

  • Lesodin

    May 5th, 2006 12:19 pm

    Question:

    Do you have any tips regarding personal branding? Your blog posts about how to make money directly from you blog, but what about people (like me) trying to make a name for oursselves in our field.

    I could really care less about some pocket change from adsense, I am blogging to get a book deal.

  • Pat Gundry

    May 5th, 2006 12:25 pm

    Two questions:

    1. I find it very, very hard to determine which few among my plentious blogs to focus my main attention on. Some criteria, guidelines, tips, on how to decide which of my blog children to neglect, please.

    2. I’m interested in the possiblity of creating my own network, beginning with my many blogs. I’m finding lots of links with information about networks, but nothing on how to start one, run one, the nuts and bolts. Please share some info about that.

    Thanks much.

  • Jill Manty

    May 5th, 2006 2:27 pm

    Do you take a set vacation every year? How long? What do you do with your blogs while you’re away?

    How do you balance work and family?

    What is the best thing to do in Australia that you can’t do anywhere else?

    How can blogging bring about world peace? :)

  • Jill Manty

    May 5th, 2006 2:32 pm

    My husband and I are having an argument over this– has your wife HAD the baby? I say you probably didn’t go on vacation if she was due two weeks later. He thinks he read that you had already welcomed your bundle of joy. So, which is it? And, yes, we really should find something more productive to do with our time than to argue about whether your wife is still pregnant, or not.

  • L

    May 5th, 2006 2:37 pm

    I’ve been wondering and searching for this:

    “How can I get more visitors to search using Google Site Search more?” (For click-through $ reasons; my click ratio is higher.)

  • L

    May 5th, 2006 2:41 pm

    Yes, Lyndon, I’m wondering if we’re all nerdy. I wonder if the FASHION bloggers are fellow “nerd chics.” :-)

    I’m actually very curious about how many of us are good writers. Ha ha.

  • L

    May 5th, 2006 2:44 pm

    I wonder if you’d give us a little intro on your best performing blogs.

  • L

    May 5th, 2006 2:51 pm

    I have a GREAT question that HAUNTS me. There are some blogs that BOOM almost immediately. Does this hurt the chances for slower-growing blogs? What if two of those types of blogs are in my niche? Have they cornered the market forever?

    And do you think these big blogs might fade, maybe just enough to let others shine—or can others shine along with them?

    And do you think that big bloggers might quit blogging and move on?
    And related-yet unrelated-how many (%) professional (or not) bloggers do you think WILL quit?

    And I DON’T want those blogs to quit, I just wish for some fame and success. :-x

  • Darren Rowse

    May 5th, 2006 3:03 pm

    Jill - no - we havn’t had him yet. He’s due at the end of June.

  • L

    May 5th, 2006 3:39 pm

    What to do / WHY does Technorati often not recognize my new blog entries? I TRY to not post more than once every thirty minutes (which is a stupid rule for gossip blogs, those are still popular, wahh).

  • Mathew Patterson

    May 5th, 2006 3:42 pm

    How do you write the very first post for a blog - should it be a ‘welcome’ type post, or a full on piece of content, or both?

  • HART (1-800-HART) L

    May 5th, 2006 6:17 pm

    Hmm .. every 14.4 minutes, eh? That’s serious posting! Okay - I’ll bite and add another question to your list of 70 comments -

    Didn’t you have the Bloglines link in the subscribing section before? It looks like it is now replaced by the Technorai Favorites button. Is Bloglines getting less popular? I didn’t know that. (it’s my feed reader of choice).

    Also - Super 7 here in Canada is $35 million - should I buy more tickets? I’m in for a 5-pack anyway :)

  • The banker

    May 5th, 2006 10:04 pm

    When will your personal growth blog be up?

  • Mathew Patterson

    May 5th, 2006 10:08 pm

    When and how did you become a Christian?

  • Liz Strauss

    May 5th, 2006 10:28 pm

    Do you expect your readership will change significantly during this time of 24-hour posting? Are you worried about readers getting overloaded with too much to read?

    How do you talk about blogging with folks who don’t blog? Or don’t you ever do it?

  • George Manty

    May 5th, 2006 10:54 pm

    Does anyone else in your family blog?

    Are women always right?

    or better yet:

    Is your wife always right?

  • Easton Ellsworth

    May 5th, 2006 11:03 pm

    Darren, a couple of quick questions:

    1) What do you like/dislike most about Australia - particularly the area where you live?

    2) How much do you use Skype or other chat/IM programs while you work?

  • More Link Leaks From Simplenomics » Simplenomics

    May 5th, 2006 11:06 pm

    […] Maybe, while he’s in the middle of his Blog-A-Thon, he’ll need some easy posts and he’ll drop some Link Leak Virus links out and this thing will spread like butter on a bisquit ! […]

  • Neil Street

    May 5th, 2006 11:35 pm

    Can you recommend a blogging tool or software that allows visitors to upload their own photos to the blog? (It would be a moderated situation).
    thanks,
    NS
    PS Thanks for such a fantastic resource site for blogging information

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  • George Manty

    May 6th, 2006 2:08 am

    How much time do you spend writing and editing a typical blog post?

  • Dave Starr

    May 6th, 2006 3:18 am

    You asked for more non-blog questions, Darren, and this one might still fall into that category … but it applies to all other communication/interaction across the Web.

    There isn’t a day goes by I don’t see a blogger, an ecommerce guru or a family member complaining about time zone differences and communication problems caused by them.

    There’s been an Internet Time standard out there for years now … pluses and minuses regarding moving to an Internet Standard time?

  • Victor

    May 6th, 2006 3:33 am

    Do you focus all of your time and energy on blogging? Or do you diversify with other money making ventures (such as affiliate marketing)?

    thanks!

  • L

    May 6th, 2006 12:22 pm

    I think my conversion rate is good (but there’s a margin of error from my not being a math person). But I can always improve. Blogs are very unique with websites, whether we like it or not. They don’t have that blurb or paragraph, smack dab in the middle of the home page saying, “Welcome, this site is about!!!”

    So what are blogs to do to convey the message clearer?

    What are the ways to best explain the site most effectively in the shortest amount of time?

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  • RXide

    May 7th, 2006 8:26 pm

    I have a question that isn’t just related to blogs… it may sound strange, but I don’t have an idea of what is considered “good” internet traffic. How many visitors a day or month means a website or blog is considered successful. Like at what point is traffic considered high enough to get outside advertisers besides google, yahoo and chikita?

  • Ryan

    May 9th, 2006 5:35 am

    Email subscriptions vs. Email Newsletters. Pros and cons of either offering email subscription to posts or creating a newsletter. I know that you could use both, but if a person was deciding between either one, what are some considerations? What is your opinion?

  • Netwalker

    May 9th, 2006 7:03 am

    Another one, between personal and proffessional:

    What’s sites do you follow throught RSS?

  • Carlos

    May 9th, 2006 2:46 pm

    Do you know of any program in which a blog entry can be written and then uploaded at a certain date and time you specify, in case you went out of town but wanted to continue being able to post daily?
    Also, do you ever go diving in Australia. It’s supposed to be the best there.
    What’s your fav part of Australia to visit?

  • George

    May 10th, 2006 1:24 am

    What’s your favorite animal? Why?

    What type of personal computer(s) do you use (manufacturer, other details)? Why?

    Why did the Chicken cross the road?

    What is your favorite Olympic Sport? Why?

    Which Search Engine do you use most? Why?

    All the best with the Blogathon,
    George

  • Mark McGuinness

    May 11th, 2006 5:25 pm

    Here’s another question I’ve been thinking about this week: What are the pros and cons of Mac vs PC as blogging tools?

    I’ve always used PCs because… I’ve always used PCs and that’s what I’m used to. But having recently got married there is now a Mac in the house (relax, it belongs to my wife.. I didn’t marry the Mac) which has sparked my curiosity. I’ve been advised that PCs are better for internet development work because most internet users have PCs - but I know you use a Mac so evidently you don’t agree.

    I’ve almost given up getting some rational advice on this subject - it seems to polarize people into evangelists - but would be very interested to hear your thoughts.

    By the way what date is the blogathon?

  • Eric Scalf

    May 13th, 2006 9:39 am

    What is the best way to find guest bloggers when your own readers don’t seem receptive to the idea?

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    August 9th, 2006 8:24 pm

    Problog-a-thon…

    Extra, extra, read all about it, it’s really hot at the moment. Darren at Problogger is preparing for this third Blog-a-thon. This is going to be one really amazing sessions where he publishes 100 posts in 24 hours and replies to the queries made…

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