- Bottoms Up (RSS)A survey: Long posts with several items or lots of short posts?
By William Brand
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 at 2:14 pm in Uncategorized.
Online survey: A lot of blogs, maybe trying to drive up traffic, post short squibs, one-after-the-other. I go more for longer posts, many with several items in a single post.
Question. What do you think? Comments welcome.
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January 6th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
I prefer the longer posts as opposed to a bunch of smaller staggered ones. So long as you can update one new item per day I am a happy guy. Love the blog, thanks!
January 6th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
If you want to treat it like a newsletter, then make it one big one. I receive your posts (and other people’s blogs) via RSS in my mail program so I personally like topical posts rather than long ones so I can jump to what interests me first.
I will continue to read it either way.
January 6th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I use an RSS reader so I prefer each topic have its own posting so I browse the index and choose which one interest me (though I usually inevitably read them all so….)
January 6th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
RSS reader, read everything, prefer separated topics. Less chance to miss something tucked under a photo!
January 6th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
RSS reader here, on a certain level which one are you more comfortable with, then use that I’ll probably read regardless. That said I prefer a post be to a particular topic, events, etc, combining topics makes it more confusing for google and reader, what is important about that particular post?
January 6th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
I agree with what others have said: separate, discrete topics are nice because they make for easy reading in RSS readers. That being said, your blog is in my top 5-10 anyway, so I don’t think you need to change.
January 7th, 2009 at 9:06 am
I’m young and have no attention span. As such, I like my quick hits, but I also don’t feel like reading through numerous posts.
I like the way you do it now. Some consolidation, and I also get that reward of checking my RSS Reader and seeing something new once or twice a day.
January 7th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
As a blogger, I have argued with myself and had discussions with several of my friends and readers regarding this issue. I feel that sometimes, my own posts get too wordy while with my shorter posts tend to be “Public Service Message” type stuff. In the end, I try and keep things as short as possible while writing enough to do justice to the material.
As a reader, I subscribe to many different blogs via RSS feed and I can say that in the end, if the content is worth reading, I’ll read through it.
January 7th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Wpw. Good comments folks. I guess I’m a frustrated three-dot columnist…as a kid I greatly admired the Chronicle’s Herb Caen. I guess I was just born 30 years too late and got the digital age instead of newsprint. Oh well.
New Year’s Resolution: Shorter posts.
January 8th, 2009 at 10:44 am
I guess I do not have an opinion one way or the other.
But if you are looking for suggestions: Any way you can include more photos of attractive women enjoying beer at Octoberfest?
Something like this:
http://www.agoraquest.com/personal_icon/file_1296463903hot_beer_girls.jpg
Maybe this is my way of asking, “What is an RSS?”