A few friends of mine informed me that they liked my blog - giving vanity an ego boost. This makes me wonder with a zillion blogs available how does one increase the visibility of a blog. I remember an anecdote my teacher used to tell me using G. B. Shaw's name as the protagonist's. Apparently Shaw would go to various publishers and enquire about "Bernard Shaw's latest book". The simple scheme worked for Shaw and the rest was history.
A close friend of mine, has a fairly well visited blog and his secret lies in the fact that he creates a collage of interesting news snippets for his blog. This initially attracted a lot Google hits and now he has a fairly dedicated user base.
There are other blogs which deal with specific issues and therefore have a dedicated user base. This makes me wonder how to make my blog more visible. More importantly - do I want to make my blog more read? The answer is yes - for a blog like mine, which does not take a stance nor discusses issues of social/technical/gastronomic/farcical importance the only reason for writing is to be read. Why else would I publish stray thoughts on the web instead of storing them in a local Word file of my computer. "Elementary, my dear Watson" - the answer is to be seen and read by all and sundry. Even though I offer nothing in form or content, my mind hopes to gather a "reader-base".
Will it or won't it - that's the question only time will answer !!!
Hmm... As they say 'Patience is a virtue'
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hey,thats pretty cool to write bout making blogs popular.I feel there are different reasons people write blogs for (as u mentioned ) and same with the readers of those,but my reason for reading your blogs is just to have light fun and a hearty laugh and thats what a good blog should be all about...keep it up,Dr Watson ;-)
Chose varied topics and have regular posts. Usually people (like me) have blogs which are updated regularly on their google home page. The more regular interesting topics you see in the blog, the more you visit it.
Hey Sunitha - Watson is back after a weeks' silence... actually had a tough week at work....but now i am back to my usual ranting self... as they say here....enjoy maadi :-)
Hey Sushanth - Get your point... think i should come up with some creative eye catching punch lines when it comes to the topic... good thought... thanks
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