Archive for Reader Questions
Written on May 5th, 2008 at 09:05 am by Darren Rowse
What Do You Most Want to Learn About Blogging? [POLL]
I get asked a lot of questions about blogging but every now and again I like to run a poll to help me prioritize your needs. So this week’s ProBlogger poll is all about refining and ordering your needs.
I’ve taken the 9 most common topics that I’m asked about and have listed them in a […]
Written on April 30th, 2008 at 07:04 am by Darren Rowse
What Topic is Your Blog? [POLL RESULTS]
Last month the ProBlogger Poll asked readers to tell us what their blog’s topic is. The results are in and it’s a fairly even spread across 11 categories. There were 3043 responses that categorized themselves as follows:
I was actually quite surprised by the evenness of topics covered. There is probably a skew towards ‘internet’ as […]
Written on April 29th, 2008 at 08:04 pm by Darren Rowse
What is the Biggest Source of Traffic to Your Blog?
It’s time for another ProBlogger Poll.
What is the Biggest Source of Traffic to Your Blog?
Is it search engines? If so which one? Is it RSS subscribers and loyal readers? Is it Social Media sites (and which one is it)? Do other blogs and sites send most? Or is it some other source of traffic?
If you […]
Written on April 26th, 2008 at 05:04 pm by Darren Rowse
How Many Blogs Do You Write On? How Many Posts Per Day?
@SeanBannister asks “how many blogs do you write for and how many blog posts a day you make?”
These days I only write actively on two blogs - ProBlogger and Digital Photography School. At one point I was writing each week on around 25 blogs - but a lot of them were pretty much just watching […]
Written on April 6th, 2008 at 01:04 am by Darren Rowse
What is the Biggest Mistake That You’ve Made as a Blogger?
It’s time for a reader discussion/open thread and today’s question is:
What is the Biggest Mistake That You’ve Made as a Blogger?
What in your time as a blogger do you look back on with regret, wish you’d not done or wish you’d done differently?
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Written on March 31st, 2008 at 08:03 am by Darren Rowse
Why Do You Blog? [POLL RESULTS]
A few weeks back I ran a poll here on ProBlogger asking readers why they blog.
Keep in mind that this blog is about making money from blogging so you’d naturally expect that the ‘money’ answer might be higher than in the wider blogosphere but here are the results.
There’s lots of good discussion in the poll […]
Written on March 18th, 2008 at 12:03 am by Darren Rowse
If YOU Were Starting Out in Blogging from Scratch - How Would You Promote Your Blog?
Over the past week I’ve shared five strategies that I’d use to promote my blog if I were starting from scratch again today.
We started off by looking at how the majority of your efforts need to be focused upon Readers You Don’t Already Have (obvious but important) and then looked at the five strategies of:
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Written on March 14th, 2008 at 03:03 pm by Darren Rowse
What Topic Is Your Blog On [POLL]
What topic do you blog on?
This is the topic of this week’s poll. I’ve chosen a handful of categories that I think most will fit into but if there’s another one that I didn’t include click ‘other’ and add your topic to comments below. Here’s the poll:
What is the Topic of Your Blog?
News/Current Events
Personal
Political
Hobbies
Entertainment/Celebrities
Technology
Internet
Sports
Health
Religious
Travel
Business Blog
Finance/Investment
Education
Other
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Written on February 12th, 2008 at 06:02 am by Darren Rowse
40% of Bloggers #!%@’ing Swear on their Blogs [POLL RESULTS]
Last week’s poll looked at swearing on blogs and asked readers whether they did it or not. 968 readers have voted so far.
Here’s how the results turned out:
Total Yes to No vote - 40% to 60%.
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