This is just a short mention (only about 450 words!) that two years ago today, April Fool’s Day of 2005 (appropriate huh?) I began what’s become a cross between a hobby and an obsession by starting my original blog on Blogspot, ttown’s right-wing conspiracy. Eight months later monoblogue debuted, although my original blog is still available on Blogspot. It still gets about 7 readers a week or so who stumble onto it somehow.
I just looked this up on my WordPress dashboard and I’ve crossed the 400-post threshold on monoblogue this past week. If you include the over 100 posts I made in the 8 month active lifespan of ttrwc, I’ve made well over 500 posts in 2 years. I imagine that’s a pretty long book. Unlike many others who ply this trade, I actually write quite a bit for each post.
There are two things I’m most proud of regarding my website. First of all, it’s made a mark by being opinionated, but in a respectful manner. I don’t have any anti-monoblogue websites out there. And I think this reflects in my readership as it grows in a relatively continual manner. I started out when I adopted my site meter about a year ago for monoblogue with maybe 150 readers a week, now I’m almost 10 times that.
The other thing that monoblogue has done for me has been to introduce me to a wonderful variety of people, many of whom I’d never meet otherwise. In a way, this website has become my introduction to a lot of folks because I’m just not the type to walk right up and introduce myself. By nature I’m a little shy at first. And people don’t always get to see my personality shine through in person. But if they read this extension of me, they get the idea of the type of guy I am. I guess most people have no problems with me because I get almost all positive feedback, whether in comments here or in person.
So I’m looking forward to year number three on the internet. Also, I did run across an interesting stat today regarding the number of people who actually read blogs. I read about this on the fellow MBA website Howard County Blog, which cited a recent Fox News poll.
In the poll, it was shown that 63% of respondents have NEVER read a blog, and only 6% of those polled read them daily. But the party breakdown is interesting, as the “never read” group is only 59% of Republicans, but 67% of Democrats and 69% of those who identified themselves as independents. The “read daily” group is 9% of Republicans, 4% of Democrats, and 2% of independents.
I guess job one in year three is to improve those numbers!
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