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More Likes Than Views, How Does That Work?

30 Monday Mar 2015

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I was a little encouraged when my last post garnered 10 likes and follows. Wow, I thought, at least ten people read that post!. However, when I logged into WordPress and looked at the stite stats, only three views. How can that be, I wondered?

As always, I turned to Google, and found, (how naive I was) that it is possible to like a blog post, or even follow the blog, without even reading it. What is the point in that? I did wonder at the outset what some of these other bloggers had in common with me, since it was often not in the least apparent, and now I realise that the answer is probably absolutely nothing. They were just liking random posts.

I had already figured out that a large proportion of the people liking my posts were doing so in order to get me to go look at their own blogs, where they were likely either selling something, or trying to build their own following. But I did think that they would have to read my post, or at least click on the page, before they could like it. Apparently not!

I have also found out some of the tags to use if you just want to get likes etc. If I post about sewing, and use appropriate tags, there is very little response. Add tags like ‘writing’, blogging, and photography, and the reaction rate goes up significantly. I am going to add no tags to this post, and see what happens

Still, this revelation actually has a positive. I had been feeling that I really owed it to these people who were liking my posts to at least visit their blogs, and preferably leave comments too. Now I realise that in most cases there is no need, since they haven’t actually read what I wrote. In future I shall only respond to those who have posted appropriate comments, so I can be sure that they are real people who have actually read what I have written. Sound harsh? Maybe, but my reading time is limited, and I’d prefer to use it reading posts by those who respond in kind.

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Random Thoughts and Other Stuff

25 Wednesday Mar 2015

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competition, Fremantle, garden, photography, weather, writing

I know I’ve been really slack at posting when I come back to the WordPress site and none of it is familiar! OK, that’s not entirely true, some of it looks the same, but other bits seem totally different. When did that happen? Obviously I haven’t been paying enough attention.

More attention than the person who sent me one email recently though. To be fair, the email wasn’t directed just at me, it was a bulk mailing from a list I subscribe to. Touting a webinar on ‘better blogging’ or something like that. They lost me in the first sentence though, which read “Weather you blog for family and friends, or to promote your business…”. Their spelling mistake, not mine! Seriously, if you are going to promote yourself as advising people on how to write, please spell check more effectively than that!

OK, rant over. What else has been happening? I sent my entries off to the Sydney Royal, and I know that this year they arrived in time, because I tracked them on Australia Post. The show starts in two days, so I guess the judging is happening about now, but I’m not sure when the results come out. I’m not expecting anything great, just pleased with myself that this year I got the entries there in time. I hope at least to get to know the judges’ comments, that was one of the most instructive bits about entering some things in the Perth Royal Show a couple of years ago.

I’ve been busy working on a couple of other things, and also decorating my bedroom, as well as trying to keep the garden tidy. We had rain (the first for many weeks) about 10 days ago, and the weather is getting cooler and more pleasant, so that I can raise some enthusiasm about gardening again. I ordered some spring bulbs, so I shall have those to plant in a week or two. I have promised myself I’m going to try to look after them this year, so that hopefully they will flower for more than one year, instead of just vanishing after the first season. I ordered Dutch irises, anemones, ranunculus (ranunculi?), hyacinths, freesias, bluebells, and a few other things I’d never heard of before, but which looked good in the photo! Optimism springs eternally – I guess that’s pretty much the point about optimism, it’s always there.

Also spent a weekend in Fremantle recently, and took this photo, which I quite like. Although, it’s probably hard to take an ugly photo of boats, they’re generally attractive things.

Boats in Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour

Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour

There was also an exhibition of sculptures on Bather’s Beach, I think I liked this one the best.

Sculpture on Bather's Beach Fremantle, Portable Self Support Machine by Claire Bailey

Portable Self Support Machine by Claire Bailey

I’ve often thought it would be nice to have something like that in the garden – what do you think?

 

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