Written on September 10th, 2007 at 05:09 am by Darren Rowse
How Long Have you Been Blogging? POLL
It has been a while since I ran a poll on ProBlogger but thought it might be time for another one.
This week’s poll is one we’ve run before (over a year back) and it will be interesting to compare the results.
Please note - there is a formatting issue with the ‘results’ part of this poll that we’ll try to fix in the next few days. You’ll still be able to see the results - they just won’t be graphed as a result of some kind of incompatibility between my template and the Democracy plugin that I’m using to run the poll.
Anyway - on with the poll:
How Long Have you Been Blogging?
72 Responses to “How Long Have you Been Blogging? POLL”
Not a Square
September 10th, 2007 6:16 am
I think your poll results may be off. Most of the results are over 100%
Adele
September 10th, 2007 6:18 am
I really wasn’t sure how to answer this. I’ve been blogging seriously (i.e. regularly, with a view to building a readership) for 1,5 years, but I’ve had a personal LiveJournal for the last 3 years.
I’ve decided not to count the LJ years, because I’m mostly using it to keep in touch with my family, rather than to entertain people I don’t know.
My Awesome Blog
September 10th, 2007 6:21 am
Blogging for less than 2 years, wish I could say I’ve been blogging for 10, but better to be a blogger than not a blogger!
Rhys
September 10th, 2007 6:24 am
Wow, I feel such a veteran. Passed my five year mark earlier this year, but my blog has only been earning worthwhile money in the last year or so.
Hank Osborne
September 10th, 2007 6:27 am
Not a Square,
I have had problems with this plug in. It has been so long since I used it that I can’t even remember why I abandoned it.
TheOzz (Almost 3 years of blogging)
Andre Santos
September 10th, 2007 6:27 am
I’ve been blogging for 4 months and im loving it!
Kathy
September 10th, 2007 6:33 am
Been blogging one and a half months. I feel like I’ve been doing it forever. Not sure whether that’s good or bad!
This site has been a terrific resource for me.
Leon
September 10th, 2007 6:44 am
Looks like there are a lot of newbie bloggers around.
Tejvan Pettinger
September 10th, 2007 6:47 am
Been blogging for a year. Being building websites for 4 years.
Michael from Pro Blog Design
September 10th, 2007 6:48 am
Not a Square - The maths is fine. The first 2 figures in the results are the total number of people voting for that option. The next 2 are the percentage of the total. The problem is just that there’s no formatting, so no separation of the 2 figures. :)
I’ve been blogging for one month now, and I’ve enjoyed every minute so far!
Andy Merrett
September 10th, 2007 6:51 am
I’ve been blogging for 3.5 years, but only full-time professionally for a year-and-a-quarter.
Starfeeder
September 10th, 2007 6:54 am
personally blogging for about 4 years
Zane Dickens
September 10th, 2007 6:55 am
I’m a newbie but hoping to go professional soon, keep trying to reinvent the wheel or ‘out-content’ older sites - but I’m learning. I want to be professional and semi-passive in a year.
Colleen
September 10th, 2007 7:07 am
4 or more years for me, but it’s only been in the last year that I monetized my blog…and created a few new blogs!
The Geek
September 10th, 2007 7:08 am
Coming up on the 1 year mark for me.
TheAnand
September 10th, 2007 7:08 am
My first anniversary coming up this 11 sept!
Jeremy Steele
September 10th, 2007 7:21 am
I’ve been blogging for around a year. Been a fun year, with many mistakes made by lessons learned.
Jeremy Steele
September 10th, 2007 7:21 am
I’ve been blogging for around a year. Been a fun year, with many mistakes made but lessons learned.
Laura
September 10th, 2007 7:26 am
Nine months for me…
Marco Richter
September 10th, 2007 7:27 am
I have just started my second blog as I had to close my first one for some reasons. In total this comes out to 6 months of active blogging.
brem
September 10th, 2007 7:50 am
Still around after 2+ years
Marko Novak
September 10th, 2007 7:54 am
About 3 months and loving it.
noemi
September 10th, 2007 8:01 am
18 months for me now.
Ricardo
September 10th, 2007 8:02 am
I’ve been blogging for about 1.2 years and I’m still doing it :)
How have you been blogging, Darren?
Better Blogging with Michael Martine
September 10th, 2007 8:05 am
On one blog or another, I’ve been doing this since the year 2000.
Alex
September 10th, 2007 8:27 am
Wow it seems like there are a lot of new bloggers including me.
Roberta
September 10th, 2007 8:44 am
I’ve been blogging for a little over 2 years now. I haven’t made much money from it, but it sure is an outlet…..I get cool toys, though and rockin’ CDs :)
David W Zemens - 1955 Design
September 10th, 2007 8:49 am
I blog because I have something to say…but it must not be very interesting based on my stats!
Sly from Slyvisions.com
September 10th, 2007 8:56 am
When I tried to figure out how long I’ve been blogging, I’ve come to realize that it has already been past 3 months. Technically, I’ve started blogging in April of this year, but that was before I got my Slyvisions.com in June. The days are just whizzing past by because of blogging.
Kirk M
September 10th, 2007 9:36 am
I just celebrated two years of blogging (same blog, three different platforms) and I’m lovin’ it! Especially when it comes down to helping other bloggers out. I’m no Pro but it’s enjoyable nonetheless.
As a side note I just took Technosailor’s Self Importance Test and the results said I was most like Darren Rowse. Take a look at my site and compare and you’ll get a chuckle out of it in fact I’m still chuckling. Made my day.
Missylicious Admin
September 10th, 2007 9:38 am
I have been blogging for about 3 years. It is only recently that I started blogging about SEO.
Dubber
September 10th, 2007 9:53 am
Five years blogging (four blogs now on the go), but New Music Strategies has only been going just on a year, and that’s the one that has made all the impact.
Amazing what a decent topic and a free e-book with a reasonably compelling title (The 20 Things You Must Know About Music Online) will do.
Jamaipanese
September 10th, 2007 9:57 am
a year and a half flew by in no time
Mamacita
September 10th, 2007 10:10 am
Since April 2004.
Rodney Olsen
September 10th, 2007 10:16 am
It’ll be four years in just under two months. :)
doug m
September 10th, 2007 10:18 am
wow I’m glad to see that there are a bunch of bloggers out there under 3 months
Steve
September 10th, 2007 10:36 am
Blogging since July 2005, and a lot more since I started blogging funny stuff about 24. That branched out into theories about LOST, and other shows that interest me.
Sometimes it seems like a lot longer…
What I’d really like to know is how many posts people have done in the time they’ve been blogging.
I tend to write one really long one each week (either my attempt at a funny “24″ summary when the show is on, or a crazy “24 meets another tv show cast” mashup episode like I’ve been doing this off season). The rest of the posts are quite a bit shorter.
I think I’m over 650 posts, if I count all the categories together. Even with that, I think I’m behind on my blogging.
A Taylor
September 10th, 2007 10:44 am
Since August 2003.
Took about 3 years to really get the hang of creating content.
Now looking forward to using what has been learned over the last 4 years (and the vast amount of knowledge picked up via ProBlogger thanks to Darren:) with our new Blog which will be top notch.
Sarah Tan
September 10th, 2007 10:44 am
I have been blogging for 7 years, but only started blogging for profit 3 months ago.
Alfredo
September 10th, 2007 10:49 am
Me..since August 2001 (http://palconit.blogspot.com) but stopped for 4 years and got back into action last December 2005 when I got my domain back.
Asako
September 10th, 2007 11:11 am
I feel the same with Kathy. Only for 2.5 months, but it feels forever. So much learning since I started.
I am glad to find there are many newbies. And also surprised to see 9% of your readers do not have their blogs. 50% of your readers is less than 9 months. It feels I am a part of “early majority” of the “Crossing the Chasm”.
ross
September 10th, 2007 11:29 am
Whoa - vote number 666! The number of the beast! (Hell and fire was spawned to be released!)
Rich Minx
September 10th, 2007 11:39 am
Six years, on and off - a mix of daily thoughts, personal travel diaries and now money-and-blogging stuff. That makes me an old lady in Blogging Years! :O
dawn
September 10th, 2007 11:51 am
10 years, off and on (mostly on). I’ve never done it for a profit. I write because I like to write.
My photoblog is almost at 3 years old (October).
The Adsense Consultant
September 10th, 2007 12:02 pm
I have been blogging for over 2 years now! I can hardly believe it! But when I checked some of my older blogs I see that they go back quite a ways and it doesn’t even seem that long!
Now it has come to the point where I am an actual professional blogger! How do I know that - because for this year it will be the first time that I actually have to file an income tax return for my blogging income! On the surface it may seem like a bad thing but along with having to declare it as income comes the added benefit of being able to deduct some nice little blogging-related expenses like my internet access and so on!
war craft maps guy
September 10th, 2007 12:21 pm
Since back in 2000 before most people called them blogs:
http://guh.nu/news.html
EelKat
September 10th, 2007 12:28 pm
I think your poll results may be off. Most of the results are over 100%
You are reading them wrong. Example:
The first result reads:
I don’t have a blog
568% of all votes
If you’ll notice, the 56 is in bold type while the 8% is in italic type; which means 56 people who voted don’t have a blo and that those 56 people make up 8% of the votes cast.
as for myself: my answer was 4 years +
Binny V A
September 10th, 2007 12:34 pm
Like some others before me said, there is some bug with your polling software. There should be a space between the two numbers.
By the way, I have been ‘blogging’ for 2.5 years.
CatherineL
September 10th, 2007 12:42 pm
My answer was 1 and a half years.
Darren Rowse
September 10th, 2007 1:14 pm
Binny - yep, I mention this glitch in the post. I’m waiting on the support team at b5 to get to my support request on this one (weekends are slower).
everyone - As EelKat says just see the bolded number in the results and you’ll see the votes number and then after that is the %.
gerry
September 10th, 2007 1:47 pm
i think problogger means for people who blog, not necessarily professional blogger.
But i do have dream to be pro-blogger, still dreaming..
SatelliteTVGuru
September 10th, 2007 2:02 pm
Its amazing to see the spike in people blogging in the last 3 months through this poll, I wonder however if thats because most of the people viewing this blog and article came in through searching recently for how to start a blog?
Adam | Inner Peace
September 10th, 2007 2:43 pm
What I’m noticing is spikes after each change in polling times…
For instance, when it changes from measuring every three months to measuring every six months, there’s a spike (currently, 55 votes for the 9-12 months compared to 67 votes in the 1 to 1.5 years).
That tells me that it is just a matter of more of Darren’s readers being newer to blogging overall. The spikes are just artificial, a result of changing the time spans covered by each polling option. In fact, this gives a good idea of the drop-out rate in blogging: 11% of people are in it for the really long haul. 27% have at least two years under their belts… and 32% are still quite green (less than 6 months).
Brad V.
September 10th, 2007 3:05 pm
I had a hard time deciding how long I’ve been blogging for. I’ve had blogs off and on (mostly “off”) since 2001 (when I first heard of this strange thing called blogging).
But only in the last 9 months or so have I been seriously blogging - and this is also the longest blog I’ve maintained. So I chose the 9-12 month category.
Insane Seb
September 10th, 2007 3:44 pm
Hey, I’ve been blogging for a a little over three years now and have just -this week- turned a new page in my online life.
I have retired my original blogs (feeds and all) and starting from scratch. I’m using a new name (not my real name anymore) and will be concentrating my articles on online marketing (my domain of expertise).
This is totally scary, starting something this new, after all this time is pretty hard. I’m hoping to gather a new kind of reader base and climb slowly but surely for the next few weeks and months.
Can anyone imagine what’s it like to shut down 12 blogs with thousands of views every day and go back to one single blog with 6 page views which are your own for the time being?.. hehe. Yep, like I said - scary!
I’m not done with blogging, it’s way too much fun and I’ll tackle this new blog as an experiment to try and figure out if I can manage to do it all over again.
Wish me luck :)
Insane Seb
http://www.insanemoneymarket.com/blog/
P.S. Also if anyone is interested in submitting their own articles, I’d be happy to post them and give you credit. As long as you fit with my description.
Vincent Chow
September 10th, 2007 4:47 pm
Maybe a better poll plugin or just any free poll service on the web will display the results in a cooler way. I started in June last year, so, more than a year.
Gene
September 10th, 2007 5:29 pm
I’ve been blogging for four years but have been serious about blogging for more than three years after somewhat tentatively giving it a test run.
Vics
September 10th, 2007 8:38 pm
If comparing to last year it may also be worth noting you’ll have a larger readership than then.. for example I came here via the facebook ‘blog friends’ application. I’ve been blogging for 4 years but until today had never seen this blog and possibly wouldn’t have stumbled across it and taken your poll were it not for facebook..
Jim Moon
September 11th, 2007 12:24 am
Hey Darrin, I started my first blog after reading Problogger.
I love it, and will continue until the day I cannot write any longer.
Keep up the great work…
Jim Moon
Luke
September 11th, 2007 12:32 am
(Just) coming up for 3 months so I’m a newbie. I’ve learned so much from ProBlogger and thanks Darren.
Melody
September 11th, 2007 1:12 am
I have been blogging more than a year, personally, but as soon as I found a better tool I really got serious about it. I was using google’s tool and linking to individual posts from a basic html page, what a maintenance nightmare. I finally got on WordPress and it has been so much more fun and I have been much more active.
Serge
September 11th, 2007 1:31 am
I started my photoblog somewhere in July. I already had two completely unstructured blogs in 2005 and earlier this year (I deleted both in the meantime). They were to general and to negative (about work, personal life, etc.). After talking to a friend and reading lots of articles on ProBlogger, I started a far more serious blog which is more structured and well-thought off. Now it’s all about photography and other related topics.
Serge Lescouarnec
September 11th, 2007 2:45 am
Steadily blogging at ‘Serge the Concierge’ since March of 2005.
Launching a companion blog to my ‘Just over 50 and not dead yet’ Panel for ‘South by Southwest’ (being voted on right now).
The focus of both panel and blog will be to highlight the fact that the online world is not populated just by 20 somethings.
Here is the link if you want to find out more (and/or vote on it)
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/633
Merci beaucoup
Serge
‘The French Guy from New Jersey’
Maldino
September 11th, 2007 4:49 am
i have been blogging for less than 3 months ….
Money Maker Blogs
September 11th, 2007 5:00 am
I just started blogging recently and loved it so much that in that time I’ve created 4 blogs!! I am still learning and growing as a blogger.
Jeffro2pt0
September 11th, 2007 10:37 am
I’ve been blogging for a long time, but only recently have I started to do it a bit more seriously. I’m surprised by the amount of new comers to the game known as blogging.
John Hewitt
September 11th, 2007 10:58 am
I’ve been blogging since 04, but running web sites since 1993.
Annie Walker
September 11th, 2007 7:09 pm
Have been blogging for … oh god… 9.5 years! Argh! Only just started niche blogging though.
Melissa Donovan
September 12th, 2007 8:59 am
It’s true, you are one of the answers and in fact the answer that I got. “You are most like Darren Rowse.” I giggled because yours is the only blog I’ve subscribed to for over a year (love it by the way!).
Sean Hackbarth
September 12th, 2007 2:55 pm
My humble weblog has been in existence since December 1999. It might be the longest-running political weblog still going.
Vik Dulat - Making Money the Easy Way
September 24th, 2007 12:11 am
I just started blogging and I love every aspect of it
Chris McElroy aka NameCritic
October 2nd, 2007 9:18 pm
Hmmm. Since Live Journal started. It was brand new when I started a blog there. So after checking to see it was started in 1999, so I got started around year 2000 I suppose.
I have a good memory, just short.
Hey Darren, start a poll about how long people have been doing blogs for business, blogs for politics, personal blogs, etc. It would be interesting to see how long people have been doing different types of blogs.
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