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What about the Integrity of Bloggers
I am getting a bit tired when I think of all the mistakes I am still to make, of all the pitfalls still to fall into, and all the rush-efforts that will turn out to be useless. You see, I am spending at least 2 hours reading posts on other blogs on how to improve SEO, on how to create more buzz, on how to make a better blog because I know that deep down I have the stamina not to give up on myself and my blog which is becoming more and more precious to me every day. But I am still having a hard time on truly finding my direction. I have thought a few times about throwing in some contest, give away entrecards in order to have people sign up for my rss feed or make more comments on my blog. I see many bloggers using neat tricks, giving away cool gifts and yet another e-book which is only going to either end up in my trashcan o have me reading things I have already read a zillion times before. Thing is, in the end I would not feel comfortable about having people sign up for my reader, only to win a lousy 1000 entrecards, almost sure that my words won’t be read anyways. I see many newbie bloggers (like me) ending up in frenzy over stats, feed and rankings and than publish their monthly earnings, which could only buy them a decent breakfast. Depending on where you live that is, at least over here in Spain they make a killer warm bun with manchego cheese and a cup o´tea for only € 2.40 ;) Maybe it is that I am caught up in this never-ending circle of moneybloggers, thinking I should just step out of there and focus more on my own goals and actually get to setting up my plan of action, finally. I almost find it funny to see posts on how to attract more traffic and the importance of a good design, great quality context blablabla, on blogs which could really do with a good clean up and maybe even a professional copywriter. Is that who I really want to become as well? The answer is a straightforward and loud NO! Last few days I can’t seem to stop pondering this thought, and I keep reaching the same conclusion time after time. No matter what, I want to stay close to my own values and myself, I want to remain sincere and don’t stare myself blind on stats and rankings. I don’t want to compromise my own integrity in order to have a killer money making machine, nor do I want to waste other people’s time by recommending some shortcut techniques which in the end only turn out to be yet another marketing trick. Maybe that sounds lame, but hey, that’s me! I’d rather know for sure that the people that walk in here enjoy their stay and maybe even share some good advice, build some friendships and base of support. But more important even, hold on to the joy I have in blogging, the growing passion I feel while my blog is creating it´s soul, and never forget that my readers are real people instead of walking money trees. Don´t you just hate the feeling you are actually being used by some bloggers as if only you were just another number on their list, just a bit of added value to their blog and part of their reason to brag what a wonderful blogger they believe to be? |
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Since Yahoo, MSN and Google search results can be seen on the same site; SCOUR and Internet behavior has changed with the flood of users, publishers, services, scams, advertising ... ~ SEO seems to be lost in the Internet Maxtrix.
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This intel was contributed by Mirjam
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