Written on March 1st, 2007 at 08:03 am by Darren Rowse
34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog
Thanks to everyone who has added their thoughts on why they unsubscribe from a blog’s RSS feed. There have been 109 comments left on that post so far and some interesting recurring themes have emerged.
I’ve attempted to categorize them below. Obviously with 103 opinions (and most people giving multiple reasons all in their own words) I’ve had to make some judgement calls in classifying comments left. Some of the categories below have overlap but I think you’ll get a pretty good picture of what motivates people to unsubscribe from RSS feeds.
34 Reasons Why People Unsubscribe from RSS feeds:
- Too many posts (the post levels are too overwhelming) – 37
- Infrequent Posting (or the blog is effectively dead) – 29
- Partial Excerpts Feeds – 25
- Blog Changes Focus (too much off topic posting) – 23
- Too many posts that I see elsewhere (Redundant, Repeated or Recycled News) – 19
- Uninteresting Content – 16
- Irrelevant Content – 13
- The Blogger’s Ego – Too much self promotion – 11
- Low Quality Content – 11
- Too many posts that are too long – 10
- Negative blogging – 7
- Feed Errors – Especially when a Feed Reloads the latest 10-20 posts every time – 7
- Offensive Content/Personal attacks/Discrimination – 6
- ‘infomercials’ (too much selling) – 6
- Blog Titles that Don’t Tell what the post is about – 5
- No or Poor Formatting in posts – 5
- My own interests as a reader change – 5
- No Longer Useful or Valuable – 4
- Too many links in the text and not enough content – 4
- Advertising – 3
- Inconsistent writing (style and focus) – 2
- Too Many Grammatical Errors – 2
- Found other feeds that are better – 2
- Too Narrow a focus – 1
- Too much repetition in topic – 1
- Pushiness of Blogger – 1
- Blogger Doesn’t Respond to Comments – 1
- No Images in the feed – 1
- Lack of Confidence or Opinion – 1
- Lack of a sense of who the blogger is – 1
- Too much clutter/extras at the end of posts – 1
- Talking Down to Readers – 1
- Too many quotes – 1
- Change of Primary blogger – 1
A few brief comments (I wouldn’t want to have a long post now….):
The Frequency of Posting is obviously a big factor with 35% of respondents saying that too many posts was reason for unsubscribing and 28% saying that infrequent posts was reason to delete a feed from their reader. Interestingly, the ‘infrequent posting’ vote was perhaps a little less than last time I asked a group of bloggers this question. I suspect that with advancements in Feed Readers that inactive feeds don’t bother as many people as they did previously (ie Google Reader has a mode where you simply don’t see a feed unless it’s updated).
The Partial Feeds Vote got off to a slow start but gained momentum as the comment thread grew. 24% of respondents said they unsubscribe from feeds that are partial or just title feeds.
Off Topic Posting and blogs changing direction/focus is an obvious annoyance to many (this one surprised me slightly) with 22% of people giving it as a reason.
Content – I found it interesting that the quality, relevance and nature of content came down the list. Things like the form and frequency of the feed dominated the discussion while the actual content itself came in as secondary importance. Perhaps this was skewed slightly by the way I asked the question and by the first responses (I suspect that some people were swayed by the issues that others already raised).
257 Responses to “34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog” - Add Yours
Funky Gadget Guy
March 1st, 2007 9:32 am
Number one is really interesting
Anthony
March 1st, 2007 9:35 am
I can understand the top two, however, finding that sweet spot can be tough. I’ve unsubscribed because of too many posts to keep up with, but I never have because of infrequent posting. The third one doesn’t bother me, as part of the reason I subscribe is to know when the site is updated. Generally, I still visit the actual site. If I’m not interested in going to the site to finish reading, the site probably isn’t that great anyway.
Alex
March 1st, 2007 9:41 am
Seem like the ‘golden middle’ rule applies here. It’s a thin line between short and long posts. Do you know where’s the middle Darren?
Phil Newton
March 1st, 2007 9:42 am
It seems odd at first that too many posts can turn off readers, after all, “content is king”. However, I find I’m much more likely to unsubscribe from a blog with too many posts than one with too few.
I think there are two reasons: 1) Reading blogs can take a lot of time, and you almost feel obliged to read every single article posted and 2) Posting quality can suffer if it’s too often.
Marti
March 1st, 2007 9:42 am
Kind of tough to find that happy medium of not too many,not too few posts, huh? LOL
Still recovering from death and illness here. I have a day home so I am trying to say hello to my Internet friends! Hope all is well with you and you have a wonderful day!
eches
March 1st, 2007 9:44 am
dont be on both extremes (”too much” and “infrequent” posts).
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Allen.H
March 1st, 2007 10:16 am
I never expected too many posts to even be on the list, not to talk about being #1..
I guess it’s about the tool you’re using, according to the latest statistics more and more people are using Google Reader, which in a first view shows you all the new posts from your subscribed sites, I guess that if 2 blogs have posted 4 times a day, it gets a bit overwhelming and messy for the reader.
I use Firefox Live Bookmarks so I’m not really affected by this.
Another good reason to relax and post less, but with value.
Allen.H
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March 1st, 2007 10:19 am
How about 35 – after careful review you noticed that the author is an idiot. Like a real, true-to-life idiot. I’ve subscribed to blogs and after a while I’d think “hmm, this guy really is off his rocker”.
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Margarida
March 1st, 2007 10:33 am
I liked a lot this list, and I think in my case the first one might matter a lot lol lots of posts can be very troublesome.
Great job in here, very useful articles. Thank you
Collis
March 1st, 2007 10:49 am
Who would have thought that too many posts was a problem. I suppose that is too many low quality posts in particular… The fastest blog i subscribe to is techcrunch which seems to put out 4-10 posts a day, i quite enjoy knowing there is always something new to read… keeps me distracted from my real work :-)
Steven Bradley
March 1st, 2007 11:01 am
Thanks for compiling the list Darren. I read through all the comments yesterday and got the general sense of people’s likes and dislikes, but the list here makes it so much easier to understand what turns off readers.
I’d like to see a ‘why readers subscribe to a feed’ post since I think that will prove just as valuable.
A couple of thoughts about a list like this. One is to note that while some people will unsubscribe if you publish too often. others will unsubscribe if you don’t publish often enough. Based on the comments from yesterday I think it would be easy enough to find a happy medium, but my point is that you can’t please everyone and if you try you may end up with a blog that offends no one, but also pleases no one.
I also think that a quality blog can overcome most all of the complaints. If we were to take a look at a variety of A-list bloggers I’d guess many do some of the things on the list yet still have a large audience. For example Aaron Wall only publishes partial feeds, but the blog is so good that many people will happily click through to the site to read it. I know I will.
The most important thing for any blog will always be the quality of the blog itself.
Thanks again for the list.
raising4boys.com
March 1st, 2007 11:17 am
Very interesting compilation. Of course, the #1 issue (posting too often) is a clear advantage when it comes to building deep archives, so you have to take the bad with the good, I guess.
hongkiat
March 1st, 2007 11:42 am
Nice Darren, I’ll graphically chart them and credit it back to ure site :)
Bob
March 1st, 2007 11:50 am
Well I have to say I didn’t expect too many posts to be the number one reason! It does make sense if you think about it, but I just would have expected something like uninteresting content, or low quality content to have been up there.
I guess now it’s just a case of finding out what your optimum number of posts per day/week is…..
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Mitch
March 1st, 2007 1:22 pm
I had always thought that too many posts – just like not enough posts might kill a blog. Got to find a good balance between quality and quantity.
Saman
March 1st, 2007 1:42 pm
Wow, what an interesting list!!
I too, am wondering where that “Golden Middle” is for posting! I have at least one post per day – sometimes two, and rarely three….
To few? Any more would seem like too much!
Richard
March 1st, 2007 1:42 pm
I am surprised that more people didn’t say bad grammar or low quality posts.
Timmy Twotoes
March 1st, 2007 1:49 pm
#35: Lists that are longer than 10 items.
Please unsubscribe me.
Alan
March 1st, 2007 2:01 pm
Number one really surprised me since many of the big blogs have a ton of posts every day. But I can see how it can frustrate people, there are a few big blogs that I check out only a few times a week and hate the fact that there may be 3 or 4 pages of posts that I need to go through if I want to see everything that was posted since I last visited. I usually leave after the first page or two though…
Blog Bloke
March 1st, 2007 2:21 pm
Generally speaking I won’t unsubscribe unless it is obvious that the blog has died. But we should remember that most bloggers go through a lull period where things like writer’s block, burnout, bad health or the real world can get in the way of our blogging. I believe in cutting people some slack and giving them the benefit of the doubt.
Some folks probably start pruning their list simply because it is getting too large or unwieldy. I subscribe to literally thousands of blogs and if you use a filter like I do that is built into most good newsreaders (like GreatNews for example), then it’s really not necessary to prune the list so often. After all, subscribing to a feed costs nothing and we have everything to gain.
Martin
March 1st, 2007 2:39 pm
I’m still thinking about the first one. One of my favorite blogs is Lifehacker and they post several times a day. With the main writer Gina posting several times herself. Wired magazine even mentioned the fact that she did this.
I also subscribe to the Huffington Post which is always full in my Bloglines inbox. I certainly wont delete Huffington Post, but I wont READ everything they write either.
I unsubscribe only when the writer is has lost their edge or is changing the point of their blog.
But too many posts? I don’t get that one.
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Edward
March 1st, 2007 3:26 pm
Too many posts on the top of the list ?! i thought people likes authors to update their blog regularly ?
Robert Scoble
March 1st, 2007 4:00 pm
I don’t believe any of these reasons. I do all 34 things and I have more than 100,000 subscribers, according to Wordpress.
Oh, and I’ve had several CEOs tell me they love my link blog and I posted 98 things to that so far today (and 1,800 in the past month).
Translation: do what you love, put stuff up you’d love to read, and the rest will fall into place.
Oh, and I’ve learned over and over again that people who say they are unsubscribing never do. It’s just a threat to try to make you feel bad.
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Thilak
March 1st, 2007 4:33 pm
I never knew that too many posts per day would kill my readership. I always used to consider that more posts = more readers. Maybe you should ask your readers “What is the optimum number of posts per day”
Eric Rice
March 1st, 2007 5:11 pm
Is your readership mostly people-who-blog, as opposed to people-who-only-read-blogs?
Since this is an RSS-focused thing, I’m curious about what reasons more general users (read: don’t know/don’t use RSS) would give for not reading a blog.
We blogger-types tend to be have sometimes unrealistic and higher than normal standards when it comes to what we want. (Full vs. Partial feeds is a religious issue with us, and that’s kinda amusing and sad. It’s like serious throwdown time when that conversation starts. Doesn’t that strike anyone as odd, regardless of position on this issue?)
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Kloudiia
March 1st, 2007 6:10 pm
Wow, I was blown off by Point #1 too. And to think it tops the list! Another surprise.
This makes me wonder if it could be the setting of the feed. If it has been set to notiffy the subscribers of every new post, then it could get a little threatening to get 2 or 3 emails from a blogger per day.
I used to think too that more posts = more readers like Thilak.
Or maybe now is more interesting and quality posts = more readers? So if you keep posting things that don’t interest or benefit readers they’ll choose to walk away.
Looks like bloggers have bigger shoes to fill now ;)
SELaplana
March 1st, 2007 7:04 pm
I was actually planning to make 50 posts a day by recruiting paid bloggers for my blog. But it seems it will only brought negative effect to my feed subs as it’s on the point 1…. :-(
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The Other Mac
March 1st, 2007 7:39 pm
Don’t forget this is reasons for unsubscribing, not reasons for choosing-not-to-subscribe-in-the-first-place.
The difference? If I wander onto a new blog and see outstandingly interesting content, I’ll subscribe. It has to be outstandingly interesting, cos I come across several new blogs every day but if my feed is going to stay manageable, I can’t subscribe to more than one new one every few weeks. (And prune unwanted ones every few months).
If the content isn’t extremely interesting, I won’t subscribe in the first place. So you won’t see me leave. That’s why content-related reasons are relatively low on the list.
Here’s something that’s happened to me a few times: I subscribe to a techie blog, but find that many of the posts are entirely personal. (I just unsubscribed to a Drupal blog cos of unending photos of the blogger’s new baby!) What can the blogger do about this, apart from keeping two separate blogs? 1. Use categories properly, and 2. Offer two distinct feeds. Don’t offer a combined feed as well; it just causes confusion.
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Yoav
March 1st, 2007 7:48 pm
Hi Darren,
Great post.
A sequel – “why people do and don’t comment on blogs” might also be interesting.
Blog Bloke
March 1st, 2007 7:58 pm
A better question might be “What Motivates you to Subscribe to a Blog’s Newsfeed?“
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Daniel Scocco
March 1st, 2007 8:22 pm
I think there is still a lot of room for discussion regarding the first reason, that is too many posts.
Despite people mentioning it is there empirical evidence out there that too many posts will reduce your audience? Obviously “too many” is relative for each blog and its topic, still.
Samsara
March 1st, 2007 9:56 pm
How very valuable to make that list! Hopefully the people who offered their comments [mine included] can absorb their own advice when it comes to blogging.
I think the breakin’-it-down-Barney-style rule of thumb for any Blogger [Article writer] would be to ask the question, “If I wasn’t me, would I stick around for this?”
Thanks for your value.
Samsara
Darren Rowse
March 1st, 2007 10:52 pm
Robert – I partly agree with you. Compelling content will keep people subscribed despite most of the problems that you could have – although as someone who has unsubscribed to blogs from time to time I’d say that some of the above (for me tis more about the content relevancy and quality as well as blogger ego) that gets me deleting a feed.
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Antonio Howell
March 2nd, 2007 12:07 am
I was surprised that intrusive ads or distracting ads was not much higher in the survey.
I am getting to the point where if I see an adsense ad on a site I immediately question the quality or veracity of the content.
Your site by the way is an exception to the rule. I appreciate the vast and expert information you freely offer your readers.
Thanks,
Antonio
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March 2nd, 2007 12:44 am
Interesting, too, how many of those list items seem to come back to the personality / persona of the blogger…
LintCollector
March 2nd, 2007 1:17 am
Why are too many posts a problem?
Everyone has their own reasons, but in my case its limited online time (2-4 times per week in evenings). I work in IT and after staring at computers all day, often the last thing I feel like doing when I get home is sitting in front of another computer! Even after just 3 days absence the number of unread posts can pile up, and its tempting to just “mark all as read” so I can get on to the e-mail, which would have also piled up.
If you’re online for private purposes every day, or can read blogs at work, then excess posts are easier to keep on top of. I suspect this is not the case for most.
deb schultz
March 2nd, 2007 1:30 am
Darren – as usual a great job. I would add that sometimes people unsubscribe because the subscribers interests have changed..;)
Cheers,
D
p.s.your blog is the one I send people to the most, when they ask me how to really really understand blogging
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Jesper
March 2nd, 2007 1:35 am
Really interesting as usual. This one made me chucke: “The Blogger’s Ego – Too much self promotion – 11 “. I guess this must ring painfully true in some peoples ears. ;)
I must say Darren, that you provide so much valuable insight to the blogging world – I really really appreciate reading your blog.
It also spawned an idea of mine which I will unabashedly promote here. I decided to make a small survey, building on your idea of the Ad Sense earning surveys. Feel free to check it out, and if you give it a small push it might acutally produce some interesting results.
Anyway keep up your outstanding and inspirational work!
b5Chad
March 2nd, 2007 1:37 am
Great post Darren. Extremely interesting. I personally don’t like posts that are too long to read. Too many posts, not enough hours in the day to read them. :)
Sabri SaifulSham
March 2nd, 2007 1:47 am
Hoo…
It’s suprising to know that too much posting is a turn off to reader. Looks like I have to tone down my frequency… duh…
Ari
March 2nd, 2007 2:05 am
I’m interested in hearing from people what constitutes a long post. Also, when is it ok for posts to be long? What if the blogger only posts 2 or three times a week or once a week if its a really long post? For me, this is my biggest concern.
ilker
March 2nd, 2007 2:11 am
Number one is so true. I have subscribed to feed that now have 100+ posts in Google reader and I don’t know when will I have the time to read them all. Maybe I will unsubscribe rather than reading them. Bloggers should post less in any given day naturally leading to higher quality of posts.
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March 2nd, 2007 4:41 am
Honestly, I unsubscribed from this blog because I found that there were just too many posts for me to keep up with, and they got a little redundant after a while.
rjlight
March 2nd, 2007 4:53 am
It might appear from the list that content is not emphasized, but I think the frequently posting problem is only a problem because the frequent posts are not interesting or just a link to something else. I don’t see how you can post 4 or more times a day and actually have good content and/or not regurgitating the same news. The only ones on the list that aren’t content related are partial feeds/feed errors.
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March 2nd, 2007 4:54 am
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rjlight
March 2nd, 2007 4:56 am
THANKS for reformatting all the info Darren
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#1 reason is “too much posting”??
What is it ?
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March 2nd, 2007 7:32 am
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Marco Raaphorst - componist en geluidsontwerper » Blog Archive » Gewoon doen! Met passie!
March 2nd, 2007 8:09 am
[...] Robert Scoble, niet de eerste de beste, laat een reactie achter op een bericht van Darren Rowse die weer eens een theorie verzint op basis van iets wat voor hem werkt (lees: heel veel geld oplevert). ‘34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog’. En Robert zegt daarop: I don’t believe any of these reasons. I do all 34 things and I have more than 100,000 subscribers, according to Wordpress. [...]
Marco Raaphorst
March 2nd, 2007 8:15 am
A with most theories: the opposite theory also seem to work fine. ‘Do the never’ like Seth Godin says… although: that’s another theory :)
Fuzzy Thoughts » Blog Archive » Why Readers Unsubscribe from RSS Feeds
March 2nd, 2007 8:28 am
[...] I logged into the wordpress admin panel, and saw a link that caught my eye. Eventually I made my way to ProBlogger, where he compiled a list of 34 reasons someone might unsubscribe from an RSS feed. Some of the items on that list got me thinking. [...]
Search Engine Optimization Resources at Think This //
March 2nd, 2007 8:31 am
[...] Darren Rowse where is lists 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe From Your Blog. [...]
Mike
March 2nd, 2007 8:49 am
Iora – Too many posts. I’ve had it myself where you feel inundated with posts from a particular site that you start to think it’s time to unsubscribe. However there’s a reason why you subscribed in the first place so unless any of the other elements aren’t in play, too many posts should not be the sole reason to unsubscribe.
Britgirl
March 2nd, 2007 8:50 am
From “post everyday” in most “how to blog” posts to “too many posts makes readers unsubscribe from your feed?” That’s a big leap and ends up being rather confusing, if not even misleading. I can almost see people already worrying if they post too much – or too little, and changing what they currently do, based simply on this survey.
The questions, especially #1 and it’s opposite #2 should really have been qualified. How many is “too many?” How many is “too few?” I would have found it more useful if the question was qualified by asking something like “how many posts do you consider to be too many/too few? 1-3 posts/week/? 4-6, 6-8, more than 10 a week, less than 5/week” etc.
As it is, the questions and their answers are almost meaningless, because what constitutes “too much” or “too little” is relative. It also depends very much on the subject matter of the blog. A tech blog that posted infrequently would be left in the dust in no time. I concur with Robert.
Besides, if presented with many posts to read don’t people simply select those they wish to read and leave the rest??
Headlines of Note for March 1, 2007
March 2nd, 2007 9:09 am
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog (ProBlogger) [...]
MYPAJAMA.COM » Readers don’t leave me!
March 2nd, 2007 9:12 am
[...] This blogger, for all his readership, is paranoid. Read problogger.net’s 34 reasons why readers unsubscribe from a blog. [...]
Nerdcore - A Blog about very cool Stuff. Und so.
March 2nd, 2007 9:23 am
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog [...]
Viral Marketing and $7 Dollar Secrets
March 2nd, 2007 9:24 am
[...] By the way, Darren Rowes’s article on “34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog” listed infrequent posting as the number 2 reason why people unsubscribe blogs. I better increase the frequency at this blog. [...]
popxpop
March 2nd, 2007 9:55 am
読者がRSSフィードの購読をやめる34の理由…
昨今はRSSリーダーも普及し、ブログを読むためには欠かせないツールになっていま……
links for 2007-03-02 | BrandBrains
March 2nd, 2007 10:19 am
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog (tags: blogging bloggers audiencedevelopment content) [...]
Only 24 Hours? » Left at Sunrise
March 2nd, 2007 11:00 am
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog Interesting because I’ve thought about this a lot (for example, what is the threshold for the number of days you will wait to keep a subscription until the author finally posts an update?) [...]
February ‘07: Best Search/Marketing Posts » Small Business SEM
March 2nd, 2007 11:04 am
[...] Darren/ProBlogger: 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog [...]
Transmission Content + Creative, Mark Goren, New Marketing Coach » Blog Archive » Full feed appeal
March 2nd, 2007 11:51 am
[...] • Problogger just released a survey of reasons why people unsubscribe to feeds. Just about 25% of respondents said that it’s because of partial feeds. Right behind too many posts and not enough of them. [...]
Trent
March 2nd, 2007 12:01 pm
“I don’t see how you can post 4 or more times a day and actually have good content and/or not regurgitating the same news.”
There are great blogs out there that post worthwhile, original content at this rate. That’s because they spend their time blogging, not self-promoting. That’s also why you’re probably not familiar with them.
Teli Adlam
March 2nd, 2007 12:07 pm
Adding to what Trent has said, some blogs actually have multiple authors producing unique and great content throughout the day which could easily push post counts up to 4+ per day (Example: Boing Boing).
Tar
March 2nd, 2007 12:21 pm
I’m not sure I understand the issue of the blog reposting the last 10-20 posts. This is something that’s out of our contol, no?
Totally different reaction to ‘infomercials’ (too much selling) — When will a standard emerge to help distinguish the commercial / selling oriented feeds from non-commercial? With how strong RSS seems to have taken hold, it seems we will need some standards around usage type.
Maria Palma
March 2nd, 2007 12:24 pm
Yes, like some other people, I’m a little surprised that people would leave because of too many posts. I post several times a day on a couple of my blogs and my subscriber list still continues to grow.
I also subscribe to a few blogs that post frequently and although it can be overwhelming at times, I simply scan the headlines until I find something that interests me.
Well, different strokes for different folks!
Seth Chadwick
March 2nd, 2007 1:10 pm
I guess I am one of the few that doesn’t care how many people subscribe to my feed. Honestly, I have never checked and probably never will. Blog feeds to people are like straw in the wind.
I write a food blog about my experiences in restaurants in the Phoenix metro area. I love finding great restaurants and putting out the information about my “find” to anyone who wishes to read it. If they do, great! If they don’t, then that is great, too.
My blog isn’t a hostage situation, however, and if I were to wring my hands or lose sleep every time someone unsubscribed from my feed, I would probably be a fingerless insomniac.
웹초보의 Tech 2.1 - 디지털 2.0 + 아날로그 0.1 » 이럴때 RSS 구독자가 줄어든다!!
March 2nd, 2007 1:13 pm
[...] Problogger에 재미난 설문조사가 있어서 올려봅니다. 주제는 어떨때 RSS 구독을 취소하느냐 인데요. [...]
John
March 2nd, 2007 2:37 pm
Cool list, thanks. I see you’ve also joined the Cool Kid’s Club (a.k.a StumbleUpon). There is hope for you, sir. -j
I hope a post a day isn’t too frequent « Derek Kivi
March 2nd, 2007 2:55 pm
[...] I hope a post a day isn’t too frequent This article by Darren Rowse suggests 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe From Your Blog. First on the list is too many posts. I am currently subscribed to about 100 blogs and I have unsubscribed to blogs based on several of these, including too many posts (#1), infrequent posting (#2), and partial feeds (#3). I personally don’t like partial feeds the most–that would have been my number one answer. [...]
hamelife - 30 Ways: How Parents Can AVOID Exasperating Their Children
March 2nd, 2007 3:07 pm
[...] 2. Following problogger’s recent post on 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog (what’s one more link going to matter?), what would make you unsubscribe from this blog? [...]
Tasty Links - 2007/03/02 - Student PR Blog: Chris Clarke’s Perspective on Public Relations and Online Communications
March 2nd, 2007 3:55 pm
[...] “Why do people stop reading you? Because you post too much!”…and 33 other reasons why people unsubscribe to your blog. [via Amanda Congdon] Mark Cuban is freaking out about Youtube again…and again…and again. Why is he still angry? He seems to have more issues with Youtube than he does NBA officials. Valleywag weights in, too. Robert Scoble says Joost is rude. [...]
34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog « Tweblog - Geek w/ Social Skillz
March 2nd, 2007 4:48 pm
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Maki
March 2nd, 2007 4:52 pm
My rule of thumb: If you’re gonna post several posts in one day, make them short, tasty and targeted. Focus on one topic and come up with something that adds value. Seth Godin does this extremely well: Short sound bite posts with great insight.
Ultimately, I share Scoble’s point of view. It’s just too much of a hassle to try to shape yourself to meet all your reader expectations. You need to focus on keeping it real while writing about things you are passionate about.
Say someone avoids all 34 reasons. It’s still not an absolute guarantee that someone won’t unsubscribe from your blog.
We need to be less paranoid and uptight about readers deleting your blog feed.
People evolve and move on. No biggie, really.
WeblogToolsCollection DE » Blog Archive » Wieso Leser ihr RSS-Abo löschen
March 2nd, 2007 6:07 pm
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog: Darren hatte die Frage gestellt, Wieso löschen Leser ihr RSS-Abo vom eigenen Blog? Die Antworten kamen durch die Kommentare, die er dann aufbereitet hat. Viele Antworten waren klar, aber die beiden Hauptgründe sind zu viele, bzw. zu wenige Beiträge. Die Antwort könnte also sein, gerade so viele Beiträge zu schreiben, um die Leser zum Wiederkommen zu bewegen, sie aber gleichzeitig nicht zu erschlagen. Ein Beweis dieser These sind die täglichen Updates von Plugins und Themes auf weblogtoolscollection.com, die am besten in einem Beitrag pro Tag zusammengefasst werden. Andere Faktoren sind Beiträge mit Inhalten nicht relevant für das Blog, nur Auszüge im Feed, und natürlich guter Inhalt. Ich mag Scoble’s Kommentar zu diesem Beitrag. Es wurde schon einiges gesagt zu “do what you love, put stuff up you’d love to read and the rest will fall into place” (Mach was du willst, bring Sachen, die du auch gerne lesen würdest, der Rest wird schon funktionieren) (No Ratings Yet) Loading … [...]
KOCHWERKSTATT » Ausgemistet
March 2nd, 2007 6:10 pm
[...] Endlich mal ein Anstoß ein wenig aufzuräumen. Ich habe im Moment sowieso das Gefühl, dass mir die zugegebenermaßen selbstgeschaffene Informationsflut ein wenig zu viel wird und ich dem ganzen Input nicht mehr die Aufmerksamkeit widme, die er eigentlich verdient hätte. [...]
www.best-practice-business.de/blog » 34 Gründe, einen Blog-Feed zu kündigen
March 2nd, 2007 6:57 pm
[...] Passend zum gerade veröffentlichten Business Blog Traffiq Ranking auf diesem Blog habe ich ein Posting vom Problogger in den USA gefunden, der seine Leser nach den häufigsten Gründen befragt hat, warum sie ein Blog-Feed nicht mehr abonnieren. Die Basis waren 109 Kommentare innerhalb des Postings des Probloggers, in dem er seine Leser um Feedback gebeten hat. Mehrfachnennungen waren möglich. [...]
ProBlogger reasearch on “Why Readers Unsubscribe…” » Expired Convictions
March 2nd, 2007 7:07 pm
[...] His results are intriguing; there are more reasons than you may think for readership loss! I certainly learned quite a few things that I’m sure would go far in terms of ‘pleasing your audience’ . If that’s what you’re there to do in the first place, that is [...]
links for 2007-03-02 « Costi’s evansmemo
March 2nd, 2007 8:17 pm
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog 可以看看 主题blog需要注意些什么.. (tags: blogging howto principles unsubscribe) [...]
links for 2007-03-02 « My Weblog
March 2nd, 2007 8:20 pm
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog (tags: rss web20 blog feeds money tips list) [...]
» 34 причины » Хроники Риддика
March 2nd, 2007 8:52 pm
[...] Оригинал на англ. языке. На 1 месте — слишком много статей (информации, постов). Хорошего должно быть мало. Но уже на 2 месте — слишком мало постов, блог умирает или вот-вот умрет. 4 место — блог изменил направленность, много информации не по теме, оффтопик. 5 место — болезнь многих русскоязычных блогеров — “баян”, или это я уже где-то видел. Нет индивидуальности контента (наполнения) …. 8 место — эго блогера, много саморекламы 10 место — дилнные статьи. [...]
Biz-Tech-News: Headlines 2-Mar-07 at NevilleHobson.com
March 2nd, 2007 8:59 pm
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog [...]
Blog Addicts » Why readers unsubscribe from blogs
March 2nd, 2007 9:07 pm
[...] HERE’S something that captured my attention: 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog. A quick look at the list indicates two things: content and form. Good content lands you eyeballs. But form makes content easier to read. My personal blog has gone through transformation. But I eventually decided to stick to its current form and style. It’s milky-white and it’s very minimalist. I took this form from an advice of J. Angelo Racoma who also believes in KISS. [...]
Dobschats Weblog
March 2nd, 2007 10:18 pm
Wann Feeds fliegen…
Beim ProBlogger gab es eine Diskussion aus der 34 Gründe gesammelt wurden einen Feed aus dem Newsreader zu schmeissen. Auf Platz 1: Zu viele Posts. Hä? Beruhigt mich ja irgendwie, dass ich nicht alleine bin mit meiner Verwunderung über d…
Wayne Smallman
March 2nd, 2007 11:34 pm
“Blogger Doesn’t Respond to Comments”
Massive turn off for me.
When it’s a popular ‘blog like this, it’s not so bad because you know the guy is busy with stuff.
But when the smaller guys like me don’t bother replying, or worse still, just remove your comment, then I’m out of there…
Drainedge Link Tank · Today’s Links
March 3rd, 2007 12:13 am
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog – ProBlogger [...]
HebdoDépôt : Cours Émile, cours…|Triabulle
March 3rd, 2007 1:02 am
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog The Frequency of Posting is obviously a big factor with 35% of respondents saying that too many posts was reason for unsubscribing and 28% saying that infrequent posts was reason to delete a feed from their reader. [...]
What Makes A Good Blog? - Tyler Reed
March 3rd, 2007 1:03 am
[...] Darren Rowse has done a survey on why readers unsubscribe from your blog. This got me curious about what makes a good blog. I did a search on Google for “what makes a good blog“. The first result that came up is a post almost over a year old, what makes a good blog by JA Konrath. This got me thinking about doing a bit of comparing between the present and a year ago. [...]
美味饭» Blog Archive » links for 2007-03-02
March 3rd, 2007 1:22 am
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog (tags: blogging howto list blog) [...]
UnSpace - Writing and Photography » Quick Links for 3/2/2007
March 3rd, 2007 1:25 am
[...] 34 Reasons people stop reading your blog. Yes, I have to work on the “Too many posts that are too long” (among others!). [...]
STWALLSKULL » More About RSS Feeds From Popular Webcomics Hosting Sites
March 3rd, 2007 3:31 am
[...] The ProBlogger blog just did a survey of their readers to see what reasons people had for unsubscribing from blogs, which you can see here. Note that the third highest reason is incomplete or partial feeds. If you are a web cartoonist who is not offering your comics in your feeds, you are really shooting yourself in the foot… if you aren’t making it easy for your users to view the content in the way they want to view it, they more than likely will not bother to see your content at all. [...]
rjlight
March 3rd, 2007 3:43 am
I think we need to realize that blogging isn’t what it was when most of YOU started. The competition is much more fierce now and to just dismiss this list because you already have thousands (or millions) of subscribers is a bit dangerous especially when one of the reasons people unsubscribe is because of the ego of the blogger…
meneame.net
March 3rd, 2007 4:08 am
34 razones por las que los lectores pueden borrar su subscripción de tu blog…
Artículo de Darren Rowse donde da algunas razones por las que los lectores podrían borrar su subscripción a tu blog. Para un blogger experto no creo que le digan nada nuevo, pero yo creo que muchos deberían tomar nota, porque incluso blogs con mile…
Matt McAlister » Testing ways to splice my feeds
March 3rd, 2007 4:14 am
[...] I apologize if my feed here gets squirrely on you as I work this out. Coincidentally, I saw this post yesterday that pointed out the number 1 reason people unsubscribe from a particular feed is information overload. I’m definitely becoming an overload offender here. Sorry. [...]
The Beta Stage » Blog Archive » Almost-Weekend Links for March 2nd
March 3rd, 2007 4:48 am
[...] 2. 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe: A great quote in this one that says that bloggers must “do what you love, put stuff up you’d love to read, and the rest will fall into place.” Couldn’t agree more — “write what you know.” [...]
Chris Leckness is a Geek - » Damned if you do and damned if you don’t
March 3rd, 2007 6:58 am
[...] I really don’t fret this much here on my personal blog, but Robert Scoble linked a post at Problogger why readers end up unsubscribing to your blog feed. I clipped the top 12, but the top 2 are what prompted my post on it. If you care to keep your readers, It appears from this research that you have to find the middle ground of post quantity. Post too much, they run… Post too little, they run… This seems like a no win situation. 34 Reasons Why People Unsubscribe from RSS feeds: [...]
Brian Honan
March 3rd, 2007 7:48 am
As mentioned in our previous post I took part in a podcast yesterday with the other finalists in the Best Business Blog category for the Irish Blog Awards 2007 (www.awards.ie). The podcast is now available for download from our website. We are planning to make this a regular series of podcasting articles and welcome any ideas or suggestions regarding topics that you would like us to cover. Let us know via the comments field what you think about the podcast or if you have any feedback on business blogging from your own experiences.
Remember to check out the other excellent business blogs;
Allagi Blog
Argolon
Ask Direct
Biz Growth News
Ice Cream Ireland
Also you should look at the following “34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubcribe From Your Blog” on tips on what not to do.
Security Watch » Blog Archive » Business Blogging Podcast Now Available
March 3rd, 2007 7:55 am
[...] Also you should look at the following 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubcribe From Your Blog on tips on what not to do. [...]
Daniel Staemmler » Blog Archiv » Why Readers Unsubscribe from your Blog
March 3rd, 2007 7:55 am
[...] This is a quick post about an entry I stumbled up on at problogger that refers to 34 resons why readers unsubscribe from your blog. Number one on the list are too many posts followed by infrequent postings. Make sure to check out the comments on this posting if you visit this posting. [...]
vanlandw
March 3rd, 2007 7:56 am
Very interesting topic. I recently unsubscribed to tvsquad.com’s feed because they kept putting 24 spoilers in their news stories. Three times this year I was burned by them so I posted a comment and told them I was leaving. I know it won’t make a difference (customer service on mainstream blogs means nothing IMHO) but I just wanted to post again about that.
Productive strategies is holding an iPod contest » Remon Talks
March 3rd, 2007 8:13 am
[...] Productive Strategies also offers a full RSS feed which is very good. According to problogger partial RSS feeds are the number 3 reason for readers to unsubscribe from your blog. [...]
RRweblogs - Desarrollo de weblogs comerciales » Razones tpicas para desuscribirse del feed de un blog
March 3rd, 2007 8:52 am
[...] Un conocido blogger profesional australiano public ayer 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog, las 34 razones principales por las que los lectores se desuscriben de la fuente RSS de su weblog. [...]
发现与分享：2007年03月02日 at 博客报–All about blogging.
March 3rd, 2007 10:37 am
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog [...]
GATTACA » Poseo mucho, posteo poco… ma’nda…
March 3rd, 2007 10:49 am
[...] Artculo PRO: 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog [...]
This Week In SEO - 3/2/07 - TheVanBlog
March 3rd, 2007 11:46 am
[...] I did a little writing of my own about blogging this week when I asked if there was an optimal post length for blogs, which includes a discussion of the 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog. I certainly wasn’t alone writing about blogging. [...]
Earning Money Blog Reading Tips - 3 March 2007
March 3rd, 2007 2:32 pm
[...] Problogger wrote a series on Why Guest Blogger Are Great For A Blog, How To Find A Guest Blogger For Your Blog, How To Get Guest Blogging Job, and How To Be A Good Guest Blogger. He also showed you 34 reasons why readers unsubscribe to a blog. [...]
Akkam’s Razor
March 3rd, 2007 3:59 pm
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog A list of reasons readers bail on your blog’s feed. (tags: blogging rss blog Blogs tips HOWTO unsubscribe) [...]
altex “internetiturundus” marketing blog » Did you unsubscribe from the altex RSS feed? Here’s why (probably)
March 3rd, 2007 6:24 pm
[...] According to a recent posting on Problogger here are the main reasons why people unsubscribe from RSS feeds (see below). [...]
365questions.org » Blog Archive » What makes a good Blogger?
March 3rd, 2007 7:36 pm
[...] I was wrong. As Darrew Rowse points out recently, too many posts are the number one reason people unsubscribe from your blog. [...]
Home Business Blogging with Dane Morgan
March 4th, 2007 2:54 am
[...] Darren Rowse at problogger posed the question, “Why do you unsubscribe from blog feeds”. He got a lot of responses as is usual, and grouped them all into “34 Reasons Why People Unsubscribe From Your blog“. [...]
Best of Feeds - 47 links - programming, blogging, career, blog, interview, fizzbuzz « //engtech
March 4th, 2007 4:08 am
[...] [RSS] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog (problogger.net, 189 saves) [...]
Wendy Piersall :: eMom
March 4th, 2007 5:52 am
Interesting of note is your own post on post frequency noting that “There is a strong correlation between the aging and post frequency of blogs and their authority and Technorati ranking.” Specifically, that the highest ranking blogs also have a higher frequency of posts.
Ironically, I increased my posting frequency because of that article you wrote!! But my subscriber numbers have also increased. I never post more than 2-3 times a day, and never more than one long post in a day.
Now I’m curious as to what really is at work here!
Deb/Jersey Girl
March 4th, 2007 6:36 am
This was an interesting read! I wouldn’t have guessed some, and others I would have guessed would have been voted on more.
zlim! » 34 razones por las que eliminan tu feed
March 4th, 2007 6:53 am
[...] Via Problogger, leo un interesante artículo en el que mediante 103 opiones, recogen 34 razones por las que la gente elimina feeds de los lectores. [...]
holdandmodify.com » Blog Archive » links for 2007-03-02
March 4th, 2007 8:47 am
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog (tags: blogging blogs RSS tips Howto Unsubscribe Blog) [...]
aloha WEBLOG - spreading the aloha spirit » links for 2007-03-03
March 4th, 2007 9:31 am
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog (tags: blog tips) [...]
Working at Home on the Internet
March 4th, 2007 9:01 pm
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe From Your Blog by Darren Rowse… This is the results of a poll Darren did on the subject. You might find the results vary from your own reasoning but it’s interesting to find out why YOUR readers might Unsubscribe from your feed. [...]
Mike Schinkel
March 4th, 2007 9:23 pm
I’m surprised so many people are surprised by #1. I’m not. If I subscribe to a blog I am only allocating them so much time per day. If they post too much, just reviewing their posts requires me to take time away from other things.
There is NOTHING so important that that a blogger has to publish multiple times per day. They should instead filter out the crap and write better posts! Each reader’s subjective “average post rating” will increase for the blog if they do.
If a blog publishes more often than once per day, I *seriously* consider eliminating it from my reading schedule (this blog has come *real* close serveral times, but I’m still subscribed…)
BTW, I don’t read LifeHacker because she blogs too much.
vermin.eu.org » o sensie pisania bloga sw kilka
March 5th, 2007 12:06 am
[...] Strasznie zaskoczya mnie wiadomo depesza, ktrego czytam i ceni ze wpisy techniczne z baz danych. Sam w kocu pisz technicznego bloga, przekadajc go czasem jakimi prywatnymi wstawkami, (ktre, swoj drog pono mog prowadzi do utraty czytelnikw – ale c, I don’t care (that much)), wic powstaje u mnie automatycznie autorefleksja – pocoto. [...]
Things You May Have Missed 3-4-2007
March 5th, 2007 12:51 am
[...] Heh, reason 1-2 are complete opposite, remember it’s hard to please everyone at the same time 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog [...]
Why Do Readers Subscribe To Your Blog?
March 5th, 2007 2:53 am
[...] Want to read why people unsubscribe from blogs? Read Darren’s post on that subject. [...]
On a des choses à se dire » Ce qui fait fuir les blogueurs
March 5th, 2007 10:07 am
[...] Voyez ici les résultats complets. Ce qui est intéressant c’est que si tout le monde sait que pour retenir l’attention de ses lecteurs, il faut poster souvent, on voit aussi que plus de 30% d’entre eux se lassent des blogueurs trop bavards. Parce qu’ils racontent n’importe quoi? Cela semble confirmé par le grand nombre de ceux qui se plaignent aussi des blogs manquant de “focus” (too much off topic posting). [...]
links for 2007-03-05 | Macropsia
March 5th, 2007 10:31 am
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog Darren Rowse analiza las 34 razones más frecuentes de por que la gente se desuscribe de un feed. (tags: rss weblogs) Categorías: Lecturas recomendadas Temas: Sin temas [...]
Patrick
March 5th, 2007 10:58 am
Greetings all – If you keep your heart true, and your opinions founded, a following you will build.
Write from the heart no matter what the topic be it boring and mathematical, or wonderful and about life.
You are writing I hope for the love of it, to share your opinions and words with the world, to initiate change and challenge people’s thoughts.
It matters not if you are in IT and build sites, or a artist blogging about culture, the world is a huge a diverse place, rich in language and culture sites sounds a fountain of life.
Blog well, be upstanding have a soapbox, but most of all be true to your self and to your readers.
have a b l o g g i n g good day
Daily Links for 03/04/2007 | Xpansion 2.0
March 5th, 2007 11:15 am
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mobifeeds - the development weblog » Blog Archive » Publishers that don’t understand the medium they’re in
March 5th, 2007 12:26 pm
[...] 34 reasons why readers unsubscribe from your blog March, 2007 check the 3rd reason [...]
CoffeeSwirls » Jerry Seinfeld, I’m Not (plus a request for feedback)
March 5th, 2007 4:00 pm
[...] Posted by Doug McHone on 05 Mar 2007 at 01:00 am | Tagged as: Spiritual Growth I just read 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog (HT Jollyblogger) and thought it would be painful a good idea to examine my own blog in light of it. In the original post, 103 people responded to the matter of why they are most prone to unsubscribe from a blog. The results were tallied, and many people had more than one answer in their response. I’ll list a few and we’ll see how I am doing. I don’t ask for comments often, but just let them happen. This is a post where I am requesting some feedback. [...]
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March 5th, 2007 4:09 pm
[...] Darren Rowse lists 34 reasons why readers unsubscribe from your blog. Ouch. [...]
Chef Apple
March 6th, 2007 4:40 am
I came across your website a few months ago and have basically used it as the bible for blogging. I recently place my blog on typepad. This article and site are helping me overcome “blogyard”. So I would just like to say thank you.
When does No really mean No? | Twenty Steps
March 6th, 2007 9:27 am
[...] Every blogger and his dog have dissected 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog so I’m not going to go into too much detail here but one question that came to my mind was: [...]
Tyler
March 6th, 2007 9:40 am
I lost readers because I changed my domain name ;) though it’s been a few days and all. I guess I might go off topic here and there though. Haven’t really found my niche yet.
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March 6th, 2007 10:13 am
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March 7th, 2007 4:12 am
[...] You can be interesting and different but still write junk – and if you do that you’ll lose readers quicker than any other reason on this list. [...]
Jens Meiert
March 7th, 2007 5:21 am
(And ProBlogger would benefit from a basic print style sheet, too. Yah, off-topic, but needs to be said.)
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March 7th, 2007 10:14 am
[...] Quando ele estava com 109 respostas nos comentários ele escreveu o post 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog, agrupando os motivos apontados pelos leitores. [...]
Référencement, Design et Cie
March 7th, 2007 6:16 pm
34 raisons qui poussent à se désabonner d’un blog…
Suite à un sondage auprès de ses lecteurs, Darren Rowse a identifié 34 raisons pouvant mener à se désabonner d’un flux RSS, classées par ordre décroissant d’importance :
Fréquence de publication trop élevée
Fréquence de publication …
Archives
March 8th, 2007 3:13 am
Shifting Gears…
So, Problogger asked its readers why someone would be likely to stop reading their blogs/feeds. 23 people said, “Blog Changes Focus (too much off topic posting)” putting it at #4 on the list. I personally see blogging as an evolving medium. I mean, i…
34个读者退订你博客的原因前~博客
March 8th, 2007 5:50 pm
[...] 注： 本文转自月光博客 。翻译人：William Long，译文地址：34个原因让读者退订你的博客，英文原文：34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog [...]
lassaad
March 10th, 2007 2:26 am
did no offer your target audince focus information and
did not pay attention to their comment encourage readers to go away.
The choose of topic, people love news and some times need another opinions.
» RSS : utilisation et usages en hausse, mais attention aux désabonnements ! [VEDOCCI]
March 10th, 2007 4:18 am
[...] Mais, si comme on le voit sur cette image, le nombre de subscriptions connaît une croissance exponentielle, il arrive aussi que les lecteurs de flux se désabonnent. Darren Rowse a identifié 34 raisons pour lesquelles les gens se désinscrivent d’un blog. La première chose à retenir, c’est l’importance qu’ont la forme (par rapport au fond) et l’aspect quantitatif (par rapport au qualitatif). En effet, les 2 premiers critères de désabonnement sont : trop de billets et… pas assez de billets. Il semble donc que le bloggueur doive trouver un rythme adéquat, peut-être pas plus de 5 billets (pertinents bien entendu) par jour comme le suggère Netvibeur (dans les commentaires du billet de Sébastien) ; je rajouterais l’importance de la fréquence, pour éviter les pics et les abîmes. Pour rester dans la forme, la 3ème raison de désabonnement, ce sont les flux partiels (il faut cliquer que un lien pour lire le billet en entier) ; c’est effectivement une question qui revient de temps à autre dans la blogosphère, sans que les résultats permettent de tirer des conclusions très nettes (par exemple : Emob). D’un point de vue qualitatif, les abonnés aiment lire, mais pas trop ;ils veulent des contenus nouveaux et proches de leurs attentes, donc attention aux changements de thèmes, à la reprise systématique d’info sur d’autres blogs ou site, etc. Mais ils veulent aussi qu’on leur témoigne de la considération, en répondant aux commentaires, en ne faisant pas trop de pub (et d’auto-promotion) et, pour le bloggueur, en se vantant pas trop. Tags Vedocci: Amazon, Feedburner, RSSTags Technorati: Amazon, Feedburner, RSS [...]
2000 Bloggers - » What makes a good blogger ?
March 11th, 2007 12:47 am
[...] I was wrong. As Darrew Rowse points out recently, too many posts are the number one reason people unsubscribe from your blog. [...]
Blogging Myth - Post Frequency Consistency
March 11th, 2007 11:01 pm
[...] Finally, in Darren Rowse’s recent survey of why people unsubscribe from a blog, a consistent post frequency wasn’t even on the list. [...]
Why People Unsubscribe From Your Blog at PhoenixRealm SEO
March 12th, 2007 6:30 pm
[...] There could be countless reasons why people unsubscribe from you blog — that means remove your RSS link from their feed reader — but recently Darren on Problogger listed 34 reasons why readers unsubscribe from your blog. I’m not going to list all the reasons but there are a few that caught my fancy and I’d like to share my thoughts on them. [...]
Niko Neugebauer
March 13th, 2007 1:19 am
very nice information. i cite the number 1 as the main reason for unsubscribing as there are way too many sites around who are posting the same information (but with other words) hundreds of times during months. It is more spamming then blogging, then.
Hæftet Tjen penge på nettet » Blog Archive » Appetitvækker på forsiden, hele indlægget i RSS-feedet
March 13th, 2007 1:42 am
[...] For nyligt lavede Darren Rowse fra ProBlogger.com en undersøgelse blandt sine læsere: Hvorfor framelder du dig en blog? [...]
Charles on… anything that comes along » Wait, no, don’t stop reading this!
March 13th, 2007 7:37 am
[...] Interesting read over at problogger on 34 reasons why readers unsubscribe from your blog: [...]
Mere Rhetoric
March 14th, 2007 8:21 pm
MR Now With Sexier Donation Buttons, Full RSS Feeds…
We just got done reading the results of a very unscientific survey examining why people unsubscribe from blog RSS feeds. The top three results, with the number of people who gave that response to the right: * Too many posts……
Is More Actually Better? » Net Business Blog
March 16th, 2007 12:48 am
[...] From what little personal experience I have with using an RSS reader (I only used one for about a month then went back to good ol’ bookmarks) one of the easiest ways to get me to unsubscribe was to fill up my window with posts from the same blog. I’m backed up by some of the reader’s of Problogger. Darren asked his readers “What makes you unsubscribe from an RSS feed?” and a whopping 37 (the most responses) said too many posts. Do you need anymore proof than that? [...]
The Secret Behind Why Blog Readers Unsubscribe « //engtech
March 16th, 2007 9:43 am
[...] Darren at ProBlogger leveraged his 20,000 RSS readers and polled them to find out why people unsubscribe from blog RSS feeds. They came up with a list of 34 reasons. The top three reasons people unsubscribe from RSS feeds is because there are too many posts, there are too few posts or because the blog uses partial feeds. Partial feeds are when the RSS feed only shows a snippet of post and you have to click through to the blog to read the entire thing. [...]
Mans Bags Manbag Menbags Men Bags Man Bag Handbags for men » Blog Archive » Don’t Lose Your Blog Readers
March 17th, 2007 11:51 am
[...] Darren Rowse from ProBlogger posted a great list of 34 reasons why people unsubscribe from your blog. Darren asked his readers their thoughts on why they unsubscribe from blogs, over 109 people commented and Darren classified all the responses and posted the data. [...]
Mahe
March 20th, 2007 7:49 am
I think that the Rss reader used by the visitors can be responsible sometimes.
34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog « Craig Burton Blog
March 21st, 2007 12:45 pm
[...] March 20th, 2007 My biggest offense is infrequent posting. For this I have a remedy. Post more frequently. 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog [...]
BrPoint | Freqüência de publicação
March 23rd, 2007 3:37 am
[...] Segundo Darren Rowse, um dos motivos de se perder leitores é o excesso de publicações, a falta de atualizações, também é citada, mas como o foco deste artigo é para quem quer obter retorno financeiro com o blog, isto está fora de cogitação. [...]
Toile-filante » Pourquoi les lecteurs se désinscrivent de votre blog
March 23rd, 2007 6:29 am
[...] du blog ProBlogger, a mené il’y a quelques temps un petit sondage sur la question “Pourquoi les lecteurs se désinscrivent de votre blog?”. Il a recueilli une centaine d’opinions qui sont résumées dans le graphiqueci-dessous : var ampie_path = “/data/script/ampie_why_unsubscribe_rss/” var ampie_settingsFile = “/data/script/ampie_why_unsubscribe_rss/ampie_settings.txt”; var ampie_dataFile = “/data/script/ampie_why_unsubscribe_rss/ampie_data.txt”; var ampie_flashWidth = “460″; var ampie_flashHeight = “370″; var ampie_backgroundColor = “#FFFFFF”; [...]
Grow Your Writing Business » Blog Archive » Why Readers Unsubscribe from RSS Feeds
March 27th, 2007 6:41 pm
[...] Darren at Problogger surveyed his readership, about why they unsubscribe from RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds. From 104 comments, he found a number of recurring themes. He has come up with a list of 34 reasons why bloggers unsubscribe. This is timely for me, as I am just starting to think about how to attract readers to actually subscribe in the first place. [...]
The Triforce » Blog Archives » Malibu and Pineapple.
March 28th, 2007 7:00 pm
[...] Like the English national football coach, Bill McLaren we here at http://www.thetriforce.com are meticulous in our approach to success. But unlike Malcolm, we measure our success in users, not goals. One example of our meticulousness is the way in which we invented a sex hoax, and the way in which I got blown up by terrorists. That’s two examples actually. That’s how meticulousness we are. Our latest piece of meticulousness is this, which Simon found on the internet while being meticulousness the other day. [...]
Catch a Falling Star » Making Money Online - Blog Uber Basics
March 31st, 2007 4:45 am
[...] Post more than once daily – I’ve noticed that a lot of readers visit various times throughout the day. To keep them entertained, put up 2-3 posts through the length of the day (space them out evenly). Even if you don’t have much to say, you can always put up a link of a funny video you saw or write a summary of a good article you read or talk about a strange product you stumbled upon. But don’t go overboard… most people unsubscribe from RSS feeds because of too many posts. [...]
Quartz Mountain Communications
April 2nd, 2007 1:28 pm
The Need for Feeds…
One of my earliest blogging mistakes was underestimating the importance of RSS feeds, both for readers and for my own sanity. I’d never used a feed reader, and I didn’t know anyone who had.
Having never subscribed to a feed myself, I did nothing to…
anthonymcg.com » Blog Archive » Partial feeds piss me off
April 4th, 2007 12:40 am
[...] Well, not in the grand scheme of things but it is one of the most annoying things that blog publishers can do. I honestly can’t see a reason for it. If I’ve subscribed to a blog then i’ve probably visited your site so why do you force me to go back everytime you publish? It “breaks” the concept of RSS/Atom feeds for me. A few months ago I subscribed to Grandad’s Head Rambles but, due to the fact he uses partial feeds, I’ve found myself less inclined to even read the partial updates in Bloglines. I’ve unsubscribed from blogs because of this before and apparently I’m not the only one. [...]
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April 7th, 2007 1:32 am
[...] 100 aphorisms summarizing Calvin’s Institutes Some classic insults 34 Reasons Why People Unsubscribe from your Blog (a quick scan confirms my suspicion that I have been guilty of the majority of these at some time or other) The Internet weighs 2 ounces ***Some British teachers drop teaching the Holocaust and the Crsuades to avoid offending Muslims and other schools are challenged to change their teaching on the Arab-Israeli conflict by some theologically confused Christians [HT: Tim Challies] ***A skeptical ex-scientist describes the funding process for peer-reviewed research. ***Some more useful links from lifehacker: [...]
Jenny
April 19th, 2007 7:00 am
My friend is pushy when it comes to her blog. It makes me laugh. Then she says people aren’t visiting. Now we know why.
Is there such a thing as too much daily content? by Fuzzy Future
April 26th, 2007 12:31 am
[...] had experienced the same thing. Sure enough, over at Problogger, I found a good post highlighting 34 reasons why readers unsubscribe from your blog. Guess what the number one reason [...]
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April 26th, 2007 1:28 am
[...] The top five reasons why people unsubscribe from blog feeds out of 34 identified by ProBlogger: [...]
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April 26th, 2007 5:27 pm
[...] that posting too much will lose you readers? Stark mentions a post on problogger called ‘34 reasons why readers unsubscribe from your blog‘. The number 1 reason was : Too many posts (the post levels are too overwhelming). I was [...]
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April 29th, 2007 10:47 pm
[...] 我的部落格最近用 RSS 訂閱的用戶增加的很快。其中，也不時會發現有退訂的情形。一直在思索網友為甚麼會訂閱，又為何會退訂。在網上找到了這篇文章。退訂部落格的 34 個原因。這是有 22000 訂閱戶的，美國知名 Darren Rowse 在他的部落格上經過調查後整理出來的調查報告。整理出來給大家參考。 [...]
Linux operating system
May 2nd, 2007 2:42 pm
This is a great and valuable info! I will keep it in my mind, as RSS subscribers are maybe even more important that unique visitors, as they are loyal readers.
BTW, you have a good pace posting, as I am subscribed to your RSS.
How Often Do You Blog? | PureBlogging.com
May 5th, 2007 3:36 am
[...] the article mentioned above, Sharon mentions surveys that were taken by Darren Rowse and Guy Kawasaki that seem to indicate that too many posts will cause readers to unsubscribe from [...]
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May 11th, 2007 1:12 pm
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog [...]
The AV Club Blog » Blog Archive » Top Reasons People Leave Blogs
May 18th, 2007 4:51 am
[...] so many posts that I was really getting sick and tired of trying to keep up with them all. Problogger wrote in March about the top reasons that people unsubscribe from blog feeds, and “too many [...]
Posting frequency : Regular posting vs Sparse posting
May 20th, 2007 6:42 pm
[...] recent surveys, most notably the one conducted by Darren Rowse of Problogger.net, the main reason for unsubscribing from a blog’s feed were “too many” [...]
swordfish Blog » Posting frequency : Regular posting vs Sparse posting
May 23rd, 2007 11:56 pm
[...] recent surveys, most notably the one conducted by Darren Rowse of Problogger.net, the main reason for unsubscribing from a blog’s feed were “too many” [...]
Hobo
May 26th, 2007 1:58 pm
A good list but it would take a lot of time to tick all those boxes! I suppose the reward is worth it!
The Power of Contribution » monkatwork.com
May 30th, 2007 2:52 am
[...] need to be authentic, though; authentically yours (reason #5 why people unsubscribe, according to a survey at Problogger? “Too many posts that I see elsewhere (Redundant, Repeated or Recycled News)”). [...]
Three Months and Still Going Strong » msdanielle - just another ego blog site » Blog Archive
June 12th, 2007 6:47 am
[...] as drop-off rates indicate the interest level of your readers. If you are a blogger, keep in mind Darren Rowse’s readership poll that found the top two reasons why people unsubscribe from a blog are 1. too frequent posting and [...]
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June 17th, 2007 7:22 am
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Mike
June 19th, 2007 1:37 am
Great job in here, very useful articles. Thank you
Mike
Reasons to Build RSS Subscriber Numbers
June 19th, 2007 7:09 am
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MediaRoots Video Training
June 26th, 2007 4:58 am
Well you just got another person subscribing to yours ;)
Great post and it looks like you’ve got a load of other great content on the site as well.
Are You Losing Readers? Why? : The Blog Herald
July 17th, 2007 4:01 pm
[...] 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog, Darren Rowse discovered some interesting information when he asked his readers why they [...]
Is there such a thing as too much daily content? | Bookmark Bliss
July 21st, 2007 9:27 am
[...] had experienced the same thing. Sure enough, over at Problogger, I found a good post highlighting 34 reasons why readers unsubscribe from your blog. Guess what the number one reason [...]
Mercurythread
August 13th, 2007 7:13 pm
What are all the strange comments with the [...] at the beginning and the end of the comments? I keep deleting them from my blog thinking that someones just trying to spam me up. But I’ve just seen them here en mass and I guess I’m doing something daft and dont know why
SEO Scotland
August 13th, 2007 7:15 pm
210 comments, wow! what a post
Darren Rowse
August 13th, 2007 8:12 pm
Mercurythread – they are called trackbacks. Basically they mean someone’s written a post that links to this post. Click the link of the comment and you’ll see the post.
SEO Scotland – that makes 212…. or 213 now ;-)
xnepali
August 14th, 2007 4:35 am
I am new in blogging and this list surely helps me a lot.
Thank you.
imjuk
September 3rd, 2007 8:17 pm
Sweet post. Had never thought that sending out too much information could be dangerous. Am now developing a schedule and trying to put all my ideas into an order – rather than putting things live this may give me a bit more time to get ideas formulated and posts developed in advance. And here was me thinking that blogging was ’sposed to be easy :) Cheers
Cell Phone Reviews
September 4th, 2007 4:44 am
I think the biggest killer for me is when the posts are partial excerpts in the feed. Why would I get the feed then, when I can go to the site to read the entire post? I know that’s the whole purpose of partial feeds, but it still is not good for feed readers.
futuristic gadgets
September 22nd, 2007 8:50 pm
irrelevant content can make me unsubscribe, but the most part, the real reason is that I’ve found out other website provide me with better content. It is just too much to read if I never subscribe the other blog.
yiyix
September 23rd, 2007 7:06 pm
From your post I know why there are few subscribers to my blog. I often write Irrelevant content and never see my blog from readers’ standing.
yosax
September 24th, 2007 4:37 am
I am new blogger and this list surely helps me a lot.
JUd
September 25th, 2007 9:36 am
yea too many post and not intresting content is the reason
Healthy Woman
October 1st, 2007 2:08 am
I think the #1 reason is too many ads but it goes to #14
Anyway, nice post.
Buzz
October 6th, 2007 12:44 pm
I’m going to follow these hints. Thank you.
Use Feedburner Statistics to Interpret Reader Habits
November 10th, 2007 1:14 am
[...] are many reasons why readers unsubscribe, but remembering that external human factors are involved can help you rationalize fluctuating [...]
Ivy
November 10th, 2007 5:35 pm
This post seems to have gone international! My thoughts on the list: it really depends on the length and engagement of the posts. If you are sending out 5 posts each day that are around 100-200 words long but contain content that are useful, then it is not a big pain for subscribers to keep reading your posts.
I do enjoy reading a post that may be lengthy but contains great energy and useful content. However, if I receive 3 such posts in a day that are 600-800 words long, it can be frustrating trying to keep up with the blog and I generally start losing interest, especially if the topics do not vary much from each other.
Tabish Bhimani
November 16th, 2007 7:50 pm
Ah so manyyyy comments!
I wrote an article where you were mentioned. Please take a look:
http://destogate.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/blogs-why-readers-unsubscribe/
Thank you.
trademark registration
November 24th, 2007 6:58 pm
I had no idea that too many posts per day would make readers unsubscribe. I of course always thought that the more posts, the better. But I guess it makes sense, since people want quality, not quantity.
How to Keep Your Subscribers Forever
December 5th, 2007 5:53 am
[...] has previously listed 34 reasons why readers unsubscribe from your blog. In fact, each of these reasons causes readers to stop reading your posts, which then causes them [...]
Macnerdz
December 10th, 2007 3:20 am
Very informative post.. as of now i am not yet losing readers. but i’ll take your advice.
michigan
December 16th, 2007 6:53 am
seems like too many could be easily fixed..put aside extra post that are not date sensitive and use them on rainy or sick days.
Referáty do školy
December 24th, 2007 11:36 pm
The Frequency of Posting is a big factor for me, definitely. But grammatical mistakes talk a lot of about the author.
(I am sorry, my English is not so good. I am from eastern Europe.)
Best of ProBlogger - 2007
December 25th, 2007 12:44 am
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Zee Harrison
January 13th, 2008 2:26 pm
Very informative. Am looking to develop my blog further and appreciate your site tips very much. Thanks.
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Zee.
Alertle Launched » Bin-Blog
February 12th, 2008 3:40 am
[...] There is one major feature that sets Alertle appart from other RSS readers – it does not tell you if a post is read or not. Yeah, first you will think its a missing feature – but its not. I have used a lot of feed readers – once you subscribe to a couple of high volume feed – like say, BoingBoing or Slashdot or something, you can say goodbye to your sanity. It creates so many new items that the only way of staying away the mess is to click on the ‘Mark all as read’ button once every four seconds. You know what I mean – I am sure you have unsubscribed from many feeds for this reason. [...]
azlio
March 2nd, 2008 12:07 am
very good list.
Websurvey
March 12th, 2008 11:33 pm
Very Goooood. I will use these tips on my blog.
china tour
April 4th, 2008 8:26 pm
I do enjoy reading a post that may be lengthy but contains great energy and useful content. However, if I receive 3 such posts in a day that are 600-800 words long, it can be frustrating trying to keep up with the blog and I generally start losing interest, especially if the topics do not vary much from each other.
Sheamus
April 14th, 2008 8:22 am
I also find it interesting that “too many posts” made the number one spot. Of course, the results of this poll are now over a year old so things may have changed. However, I wonder if, beyond the reasons listed like a heavily-updated blog can be too much of an effort to read, perhaps there’s also a touch of the big green monster about it for some people, particularly if it’s content from somebody you feel is a competitor. You can ‘punish’ them by unsubscribing. ;)
As somebody said above, TechCrunch does 4-6 updates per day (easily, sometimes more) and usually has a fair bit to read, but one important thing to remember here is they have multiple authors. Many authors, in fact. Whereas, aside from guest posts, most ‘normal’ blogs have just the one main contributor, and I think one decent post per day is about right.
Certainly if you go three days or more without an update I start to wonder if I’m wasting my time, unless what you have to say is considerable.
gadget reviews
April 16th, 2008 5:11 am
great tips, many of those reasons are why I cancel my subscription from a blog
Phil Thompson
May 2nd, 2008 7:04 pm
Another great list. I have found my blog subscriptions (Feedburner) decrease dramatically if I fail to post anything new for over a week.
You need to have an editorial calendar for your blog, period. | Anubis Marketing
May 4th, 2008 10:17 pm
[...] knowing that you’re going to have X amount of posts per week, rather than sporadic posting. Research shows that inconsistent posting can lose RSS subscribers. (Among other [...]
James
May 21st, 2008 12:09 pm
I think info that blogs give is the main reason why people stay subscribed so as long as you do this then you should have any problems, however all the reasons given here are ture.
Digital Camera Man
May 26th, 2008 4:51 am
I don’t think I would unsubscribe for too many posts – I just wouldn’t read them all. I think 2-3 posts per day on a blog like this is plenty. On a tech blog though, like Gizmodo, it’s fine to have 10+.
Beijing Guide, facts
June 10th, 2008 1:49 pm
do enjoy reading a post that may be lengthy but contains great energy and useful content. However, if I receive 3 such posts in a day that are 600-800 words long, it can be
Sagem
June 21st, 2008 3:11 am
But other factors could be an error with the feed software, a url not loading or just boredom
abdul
October 15th, 2008 7:33 pm
I used to check my mail for every 2 hours…
I feel very happy if my mail box glows.. :D why because my g.f used to send very beautiful mails..
Later on i am getting many mails from different websties… like ” new comment posted” etc etc.. it creates irritation for me to check those mails..
I lost my happiness even my mail box glows… :(
due to this reason i unsubscribed all ………..
Now i can see only mails from my g.f :) and mails few mails from official blogs like labnol, seomoz and problogger….
horoskop
November 18th, 2008 2:53 am
great tips, many of those reasons are why I cancel my subscription from a blog
Hairstyles
January 9th, 2009 2:30 pm
Those are all so true! that is why I always make sure that I answer all comments and only post when I think I have a post that is of substance.
tuba büyüküstün
February 8th, 2009 3:21 am
I think info that blogs give is the main reason why people stay subscribed so as long as you do this then you should have any problems, however all the reasons given here are ture.Thanks.
http://theafricanbookstore.blogspot.com/
February 22nd, 2009 1:45 am
Thanks for the useful list, especially for those of us just starting out :-)
Kahrolsun İsrail Zulmü
March 1st, 2009 4:52 pm
I lost readers because I changed my domain name ;) though it’s been a few days and all. I guess I might go off topic here and there though. Haven’t really found my niche yet.
Mohammad Afaq
April 19th, 2009 1:04 am
I hope I can solve the problem with my blog because no matter what I do or how much traffic I get my subscriber count never goes up than 10, I don’t know what to do.
Mohammad Afaq
http://afaqtrafficblog.blogspot.com
John
April 29th, 2009 5:11 am
That is the heart of the matter. People don’t understand how competitive it is out there. It is VERY hard to get readers. I mean real readers. This is WAY harder than people let on.
Rss feed Optimization
May 11th, 2009 5:23 pm
i think website content as well as the theme also makes a difference in it.
Kavey
May 23rd, 2009 8:37 am
I’m a relatively new blogger (less than 2 months) but have been reading (and subscribing) to many blogs in my niche for some years.
I chose to offer only a partial excerpt via my RSS feed because my niche area (food blogging) is, so I’ve read many times, particularly prone to blog scraping, as the content, especially if it’s recipes or restaurant reviews, is the kind of content regular sought after via search engines.
It seems that partial excerpts are off-putting to subscribers (though I was hoping many subscribers use their RSS readers like I do, as a way of finding out about latest posts rather than the only means of reading the new content).
Any thoughts on this dilemma?
Thanks
Kavey
yucel
May 25th, 2009 3:35 am
We blogger-types tend to be have sometimes unrealistic and higher than normal standards when it comes to what we want. (Full vs. Partial feeds is a religious issue with us, and that’s kinda amusing and sad. It’s like serious throwdown time when that conversation starts. Doesn’t that strike anyone as odd, regardless of position on this issue?)
daily horoscope
May 26th, 2009 3:50 am
“We blogger-types tend to be have sometimes unrealistic and higher than normal standards when it comes to what we want.” Yes,You have right about this.In other way,many of those reasons are why I cancel my subscription from a blog.
fazreen
June 21st, 2009 10:38 pm
At my early blogging time I always subscribe to the newsletter but then I become overload with information. Hence I’m out of focus. I don’t know what actually I want to do. Then, I plan well. I unsubscribe newsletter that do not relate to my niche. I just focus on my niche.
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