By Daniel Taverne
I’d like to think that my blog, “Forward Observer: Peering From a Fox hole” is the greatest blog in the world, but because I didn’t know what I was doing when I started it, I failed to seriously consider what would happen when I named it as I had. Look what happened in my case.
I thought I was clever when I named my blog since I considered my self to be a kind of ‘writing soldier’ protected by the fox hole of our first amendment. So I filled this blog with content relevant to military people and veterans, as well as original content and interjections of my opinions about important political, social and personal topics. Unfortunately, most of the visitors to my site, however, are looking for information on U.S. Army Forward Observers.
Therefore, the first rule in starting the world’s greatest blog should be to name it with words (or key words) that are relevant to the content you will provide. So what content would constitute the greatest blog in the world? It would have to contain subject matter that is relevant and interesting to most people.
Something else that makes up a great blog is regularly updated content. No one wants to browse through a blog that hasn’t been updated in over a year, do they? Do you?
The greatest blog in the world has to have the perfect blend of humor and seriousness that puts readers at ease, yet causes them to ponder the important questions of our time. My blog causes readers to ponder some unimportant questions as well.
As I stated above, I write about social issues, cultural issues and personal issues that stifle us Americans, keeping us from being what we should be. If you read through some of my work, you’ll find, for instance, that I think TV is our single most costly cultural challenge today. It is a part of our culture that keeps many of us from being what we could and should be.
I think TV psychologically leads kids, insidiously into believing they are the star of some show in their lives. They then act out according to their whims thinking as with a TV show that everything will be okay after the show is over. Big Mistake!
The world’s greatest blog should be honest, and belief in its content by the writer, should not be questionable. Therefore, the writer’s convictions should come across believably and succinctly.
The greatest blog in the world should be accessible by people looking for the kind of information you have to offer. You can become more accessible by getting your blog listed in major search engines such as Google and Yahoo, as well as blog directories such as Blog Catalog.
You can also try getting your work published in other publications which in return for your work, might give you back links to your blog increasing your search engine rankings.
So, do visitor numbers indicate how great a blog is? I would hope not, because looking at my low numbers, mine isn’t so great after all. How can you measure how great your blog is? Simply put, be true to yourself. If you believe in what you are writing and you are providing relevant and interesting material, then your site, although maybe not the greatest in the world, it may be pretty darn important to who ever happens along needing to learn something from you.
I’d like to think that my blog, “Forward Observer: Peering From a Fox hole” is the greatest blog in the world, but because I didn’t know what I was doing when I started it, I failed to seriously consider what would happen when I named it as I had. Look what happened in my case.
I thought I was clever when I named my blog since I considered my self to be a kind of ‘writing soldier’ protected by the fox hole of our first amendment. So I filled this blog with content relevant to military people and veterans, as well as original content and interjections of my opinions about important political, social and personal topics. Unfortunately, most of the visitors to my site, however, are looking for information on U.S. Army Forward Observers.
Therefore, the first rule in starting the world’s greatest blog should be to name it with words (or key words) that are relevant to the content you will provide. So what content would constitute the greatest blog in the world? It would have to contain subject matter that is relevant and interesting to most people.
Something else that makes up a great blog is regularly updated content. No one wants to browse through a blog that hasn’t been updated in over a year, do they? Do you?
The greatest blog in the world has to have the perfect blend of humor and seriousness that puts readers at ease, yet causes them to ponder the important questions of our time. My blog causes readers to ponder some unimportant questions as well.
As I stated above, I write about social issues, cultural issues and personal issues that stifle us Americans, keeping us from being what we should be. If you read through some of my work, you’ll find, for instance, that I think TV is our single most costly cultural challenge today. It is a part of our culture that keeps many of us from being what we could and should be.
I think TV psychologically leads kids, insidiously into believing they are the star of some show in their lives. They then act out according to their whims thinking as with a TV show that everything will be okay after the show is over. Big Mistake!
The world’s greatest blog should be honest, and belief in its content by the writer, should not be questionable. Therefore, the writer’s convictions should come across believably and succinctly.
The greatest blog in the world should be accessible by people looking for the kind of information you have to offer. You can become more accessible by getting your blog listed in major search engines such as Google and Yahoo, as well as blog directories such as Blog Catalog.
You can also try getting your work published in other publications which in return for your work, might give you back links to your blog increasing your search engine rankings.
So, do visitor numbers indicate how great a blog is? I would hope not, because looking at my low numbers, mine isn’t so great after all. How can you measure how great your blog is? Simply put, be true to yourself. If you believe in what you are writing and you are providing relevant and interesting material, then your site, although maybe not the greatest in the world, it may be pretty darn important to who ever happens along needing to learn something from you.
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