Disappearing & Other Stuff
Do you need to update your blog regularly, to survive online? Or is it ok to disappear for a while if you really need to? And what about social networks - will Twitter still be your friend when you return, or will all your followers fly away?
This year, I’ve been “partially disappeared” for a few months. I had some health issues to fix and a couple of projects to work on, so I’ve been updating my blog about once a month, instead of daily. And I’ve fluttered into Twitter now and again.
Yes, your blog traffic suffers if you’re away for a while. I’m grateful to folk who showed their support on the days I did turn up. But people can’t read stuff you haven’t written, so your traffic has to take a dive. And some people do unfollow you if you’re not active on Twitter. But if you check out Friend or Follow, you’ll see that most of those people use software to follow thousands, then dump them, to inflate their own perceived popularity.
It would be irresponsible of me to encourage you to take six months off from your blog. Only you can decide if it’s worthwhile for you.
Have you taken time off from blogging before? Would you stop reading a favourite blog if the writer went AWOL for a significant amount of time?
Posted on June 30, 2009
Filed Under Misc | 23 Comments
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