Welcome Chris to Blog Interrogation. Time to face the music and tell us about your blog and your approach to blogging.



Chris Chen dot See Eh! is the name of my blog. I started it after a few years of procrastinating because I wanted a place to comment on things I see or think of; post quirky pics; and just get my piece of the blogsphere pie. A good example of this is in my posting entitled Common Schemes by blog whores. As a relatively new blogger, I noticed that a lot of blogs only exist to make a quick buck. The net result being a lot of crap in the blogosphere, which makes it harder for the good content to get noticed on tracking sites like Technorati because the link exchanges, memes, etc. are drowning it out. So I called it out and generated some great discussion on the topic.

I'd have been a little more true to myself, meaning I'd be a little more edgy in my writing from day one. I started out not knowing anything about blogging or what was acceptable. So I wrote about stuff that I thought people wanted to read and I did this in a very monotone style. I eventually realized that writing tame commentary was boring to create and even worse to read. So I said screw this, and started writing from the heart. Now it's a little edgier, more interesting, and it's all REAL. I don't write as often as some recommend (i.e. everyday), but I don't always have something to say.

I wouldn't rule out changing the name of my site, although doing so anytime soon would be stupid since it's still only a handful of months old. That said, I don't see the site name ever changing because it's attached to my name, and I ain't ever changing that ever!

To answer your questions in order: one and zero. The content on the site is all from me and I don't make anything worthwhile from it. I have Kontera, but haven't made much, something like $0.96 to date the last time I checked! That's not to say I'll never add some advertising. I'd be an idiot not to cash in on the success of my blog should it ever reach that point.

I'd be honoured to be published on the CBC.ca because they are the greatest source of real content anywhere. Oh Canada!

Ed extracts the bones from the blog interrogation

Thanks, Chris, for telling it as it is about your blog.

You sound like a blogger with a big heart. I liked this post too about blog pollution. No time to be tame about calling it as you see it regarding Technorati and co, especially when you can look through fresh eyes and see the dynamic internet being swamped in mediocrity by the day. There is enough of that going on in real life already, who needs it online too?

Maybe if you can't think of something big to write about everyday, have you got a few side features you could keep adding to so the site grows and shows some activity every day?

And I was reading some interesting points by Courtney Tuttle about monetizing your blog. His attitude is that the longer you blog, the more valuable it becomes and the quicker the small dollar amounts blossom into slightly bigger sums until it gains momentum. It's an opinion and we all have one of them! Anyway, don't despair, keep on blogging and adding revenue ideas and work out which model of Ferrari you want for that big pay day. Cheers.

So, who is next up? Looks like Generator land have a dream, let's hear it.

Please don't think your blog is too serious or too trivial to provide the answers to these questions. Everyone has a story to tell and the interrogation is a good measure of your understanding of your blog. You get backlinks for good measure too.