Don't stop blogging
Filed in: Ed's blog spot
Ed the Editor's personal blog corner
Never let anyone tell you Macs are indestructible; never let it be said that back-ups always get you out of trouble, and never forget that good always comes from bad. Yes, I am ever the optimist!
The flow of visitors to the site hasn't quite shriveled up and died, but no thanks to me in my disconnected, broken down state! Thanks, therefore, to all those who have been calling by. Sorry, nothing new to show the regulars, no MyBlogLog Sunday either, and no visits to my fave blogs. (I am grateful for the sporadic access to my wife's dependable Dell - until it too died a couple of days back - but I wasn't exactly set up for surfing anything except the TV.)
And what a load of crap there is on the box these days. If it wasn't for the agony on the faces of riders in the Tour de France, and the unbounded bullish ecstasy on the face of money-grabbers while Wall Street goes through the roof, what is there to capture the attention?
Anyway, I am sure the satirical juices will flow soon enough. Hey, talk of the devil, I am back blogging, starting this morning with a tech piece about the help available to us non-techies faced with a failed hard drive. Awwwwwwww, aren't people helpful.
Content is king
Looking at stats, I am rubbing my eyes and wondering if my posts actually contribute anything worthwhile to the visitors' experience!! The Funny Quote of the Day widget is the most popular page, (and on page 1 of google searches too, I think). Believe it or not, the number of searches via the Swicki tag cloud has been rising steadily too. It is quite interesting how the least work appears to produce the most return.
This is an illusion of course, because I suspect if I never wrote anything, bloggers wouldn't be installing the widget on their sidebars. And if there were no content, what would be the point of people searching the site for articles on Pantone and obscure Japanese URLs? That is a rhetorical question by a bemused blogger, because I have not written about either of those search terms?! See, content is king - you just can't always predict how it becomes king!
Now, with my flashy fast hard drive, it is on with the show, and slowly but surely The Pisstakers may re-flourish. Having had time off, I have been able to work out some more ideas - coming your way soon as I ride the wobbly pisstakers bike to online popularity and riches.
 |  |  |
| "Your name" is a Kiva lender | "Your site's screenshot" SmartLink Widget | Funny HQ humor store |
|
