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An Increase in Comments

 

A Major (for me) thing I have noticed since I made the changeover to WordPress and My Own Domain is the amount of comments I seem to be getting.

For whatever reason, when I was posting on Blogger I would get a comment or two every once in a while.  No matter what the post was about, it seemed that people just didn’t want to comment.

Statistically, the amount of visitors I am getting hasn’t changed much.  The numbers are still pretty low, but the commenting has increased dramatically.  I doubt that I am getting any better at writing, the frequency has always been consistant (ie daily) and I don’t think the subjects (or me) are getting more interesting.  No, it is not Comment Spam, I have Akismet running.

I have come to the conclusion that people seem more comfortable here than on the Old Site.  It could be the design is more pleasing or navigation is easier.  Maybe the Domain adds a little creditibility.  Possibly, people are getting used to me and my strange ways a little.  Whatever it is, I Love It…

I do appreciate the community we are building together, and hope to continue growing with any new visitors.  As Liz from Successful Blog says: “You’re only a stranger but once…”  (I hope I got the quote right).  So, ALWAYS feel free to comment on any post, I will always respond.

What do you think the reason for the increase could be?  Any ideas on improving even more?

 

Don’t forget the Contest I have for Guessing What Changes I’ve Recently Made to the Blog.  So far Chris Cree is the only one who responded (and he looked at the answers).  The contest is still wide open.

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July 27th, 2006 at 03:51pm | Posted by Joe | Attitude, Blogger, Community, WordPress | 2 reader remarks | Print This Post

Blogger Edits One of My Posts

In any move from Blogger to WordPress, there is an option to import old posts from Blogger to a new site.

I did this and found that Blogger Edited one of my posts as it was downloaded to this Blog.  I had a post on Tweaking Meta Data back in December on Blogger.  This is the original link… Tweaking Meta Data.

This is what I ended up with on the WordPress Blog.

 I don’t know how or why it happened, but when I tried to put it into a Category, it rearranged my whole page and put my sidebars directly over the post.

 It’s not bad enough that they edited the post, but how can they justify blocking the whole post?  I had to re-download the post just to get my page back to normal.

I am SOOOOOO glad I bought my own Domain and host service.  If that’s the way Blogger treats someone who transfers service, they can’t think too much of the people who are still there.

June 25th, 2006 at 06:44pm | Posted by Joe | Attitude, Blogger, Google, Rants | 1 reader remark | Print This Post

Three Days in a Row

Blogger is down again today, so if you see this consider that I was lucky enough to get through the problems long enough to post.

I lost the rant that I was writing on the last try.

Maybe later, I will be able to post something interesting…

So, Surf around the Blog, use the Navigation Links in the Sidebar to find something you might like.

Joe

June 8th, 2006 at 01:04pm | Posted by Joe | Attitude, Blogger | 9 reader remarks | Print This Post