Comments on: Best Time to Blog.

By: Graham Clements

Graham Clements — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 07:04:10 +0000

Helen, based on your increased hits for having a post titled HEMP, I just went and had a look at the hits on my previous post, which was on medical cannabis, hoping they stats would be huge, but they are only average for my blog.

By: Graham Clements

Graham Clements — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 06:57:53 +0000

Anthony, the link at the top of the post takes you to her post where she has surveyed a number of articles on the subject. I am starting to wonder if blogs are going the way of emails for a lot of people, too much to read. I, like you and Helen, really wonder whether twitter is of any use. I know of one person who swears by it though.

By: Anthony J. Langford

Anthony J. Langford — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:21:59 +0000

I'm with Helen. I dont have time for Twitter. Nor am I interested. There's enough online crap talk as it is.

Like you I try to post once a week but dont keep to any fixed schedule. I also find topic determines comments and views. How can someone truly monitor this stuff? Surely she was only referring to her own work.

Sure most people log on in the morning and do a catch up so a morning is a good time for people. I must fall into the 30% because I catch up when I have time. I like to go with an inclination rather than habit. But yr post was interesting and got me thinking.
I often think of ways to get more views, but I dont want to go the way of most blogs, even if they do get more views. Follow your own path I say and blessed are those that follow. To hell with the rest lol

By: Helen V.

Helen V. — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 02:51:19 +0000

Interesting. Like you I've found the numbers increase or decrease according to title. A post entitled H.E.M.P. about the Senate rerun election scores frequent views but no comments. I suspect there are a lot of disappointed viewers who think it's about something quite different.

I've kept the authentication process for the same reason as you but people have told me it puts them off commenting. I just got tired of having to wade through porn sites and ads so it's staying for now.

Regarding your questions, I read a few blogs first thing in the morning and the same with Facebook although I usually do another run through of FB later in the day too, mostly because I play Scrabble there. Twitter leaves me cold. I don't even have an account.