tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post1930808808619625373..comments2023-09-11T08:58:24.710-06:00Comments on Reach Upward: "Hey Baby, How About Writing a Blog Post for Me?"Scott Hinrichshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-12993163067625626602007-03-01T07:34:00.000-07:002007-03-01T07:34:00.000-07:00I think it is very therapeutic for me to get 'out ...I think it is very therapeutic for me to get 'out on paper' how I'm feeling about things. There are a lot less productive things I could be doing with my time!<BR/><BR/>I guess I'm a bit vain, though, when it comes to my blogs, because I'm checking often to see how many page hits I get. Sometimes I'm satisfied just to write, but then other times I (conceitedly) think, 'man my blogs are awesome. It's too bad more people don't know about them.'Frank Stahelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-87781777781300447492007-02-26T10:46:00.000-07:002007-02-26T10:46:00.000-07:00I have no problem at all with monetizing the net. ...I have no problem at all with monetizing the net. I'm fine with people that want to put ads on their blog sites. Those folks blog for different reasons than I do, and that's OK. But I hope that the outlet for those of us that don't want to do this professionally continues to exist.Scott Hinrichshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-1013081183082533962007-02-24T18:28:00.000-07:002007-02-24T18:28:00.000-07:00Personally, I think "monetizing the net" is a good...Personally, I think "monetizing the net" is a good thing. I think it is good when individuals find ways to augment their incomes with blogging. <BR/><BR/>The knee jerk reaction is that combining commerce and blogging automatically reduces the integrity of the blogs.<BR/><BR/>The reverse might actually be true. When people start getting a little bit of independent income, they start thinking more independently.<BR/><BR/>The only really big downside to ads is that there is a large number of individuals and programs that analyze sites. If they see anything that wreaks of an ad, they give the site demerits.<BR/><BR/>BTW, one good reason for having a stats package is that it lets you learn a little bit about the people coming to your site. The most useful information is the search engine keyword list. If you find a whole bunch of people coming into your site for a particular keyword combo, you can sometimes hone the site so that it provides the answers that they were seeking.y-intercepthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-45629620762880817962007-02-23T20:25:00.000-07:002007-02-23T20:25:00.000-07:00Ditto on the Servers for Dummies thing. We starte...Ditto on the Servers for Dummies thing. We started our blog on LiveJournal because it was the first thing that came up that we understood when we were googling to figure out how to start a blog. It doesn't have a stats counter, but we don't mind. We're among those who just get a kick out of expressing ourselves.Voice of Utahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06301240666291861714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-80440400832584094132007-02-23T16:27:00.000-07:002007-02-23T16:27:00.000-07:00Good point. But most of us lame brains let someon...Good point. But most of us lame brains let someone else do all the server management stuff for us.Scott Hinrichshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-17474104284745674302007-02-23T14:49:00.000-07:002007-02-23T14:49:00.000-07:00If you run your blog off of your own server, there...If you run your blog off of your own server, there's a lot of good reasons to run a stats package. The obvious one is that it gives you an idea of your traffic needs. (Since I host off of my cable modem at home, this is imperative for me.) Another one is that it gives me an idea of what attack vectors those pesky spammers are using to try and leave spam comments. I also get reports on HTTP errors so I can find broken external links, blocked IP addresses, and potential content theft by crawlers. I'm not saying that a bit of vanity isn't involved (there's some odd satisfaction in watching numbers gradually creep upwards), but stats packages give you a lot of good maintenance bits as well.Jesse Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468928702710912142noreply@blogger.com