Comments on: Toronto Life explains decision to scrap blogs http://www.reportr.net/2008/07/04/toronto-life-explains-decision-to-scrap-blogs/ This blog on media, society and technology is run by Professor Alfred Hermida, an award-winning online news pioneer, digital media scholar and journalism educator. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill Paxton http://www.reportr.net/2008/07/04/toronto-life-explains-decision-to-scrap-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Bill Paxton Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:49:31 +0000 http://reportr.wordpress.com/?p=615#comment-583 Noticed that Toronto Life started a new blog on their site today, so maybe that new approach McAuley spoke about is finally taking shape. http://www.torontolife.com/daily Noticed that Toronto Life started a new blog on their site today, so maybe that new approach McAuley spoke about is finally taking shape.

http://www.torontolife.com/daily

]]> By: teachj http://www.reportr.net/2008/07/04/toronto-life-explains-decision-to-scrap-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-582 teachj Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:27:53 +0000 http://reportr.wordpress.com/?p=615#comment-582 I have a small niche blog, but I get about 2000 views a month. I don't monetize my blog - but it also took me more than a year to get that kind of traffic to my blog. The first four-six months the blog did much less and it has really only been since I hit more than 150 posts that I started seeing a lot of hits. Basically, I have one post that gets a lot of hits and 250 plus posts that get 1-4 hits a week. Put together, that gives me a lot of traffic - for a small niche blog. I totally agree, you've got to be patient when building a blog. It is like a brand. It needs to have a focus, it needs to have interesting content, it needs to be updated often (twice a week minimum), it needs to be accurate, and it needs to serve a need. My current blog is my second attempt at a blog. The first was a political blog, about which I know very little, but have lots of opinions. My second is about teaching high school journalism. I had 12 years of experience in the field when I started the blog. I'm guessing they didn't follow these rules and so they didn't drive traffic to their site. Too bad. I have a small niche blog, but I get about 2000 views a month. I don’t monetize my blog – but it also took me more than a year to get that kind of traffic to my blog. The first four-six months the blog did much less and it has really only been since I hit more than 150 posts that I started seeing a lot of hits. Basically, I have one post that gets a lot of hits and 250 plus posts that get 1-4 hits a week. Put together, that gives me a lot of traffic – for a small niche blog.

I totally agree, you’ve got to be patient when building a blog. It is like a brand. It needs to have a focus, it needs to have interesting content, it needs to be updated often (twice a week minimum), it needs to be accurate, and it needs to serve a need.

My current blog is my second attempt at a blog. The first was a political blog, about which I know very little, but have lots of opinions. My second is about teaching high school journalism. I had 12 years of experience in the field when I started the blog.

I’m guessing they didn’t follow these rules and so they didn’t drive traffic to their site. Too bad.

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