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Blimey, hasn't blogging changed over the last decade? Even over the last couple of years. For better, or for worse?
diamond geezer | Homepage | 04.01.11 - 12:11 a.m. | #
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I feel like it's back to the diehard bloggers now, that and the professionals. Now that it's no longer a 'trendy' thing to do, I think the blogs that remain will be better and the community feeling will return. Or else we're the last of the dinosaurs, who knows?
disgruntled | Homepage | 04.01.11 - 9:46 a.m. | #
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I'm unconvinced that blogging per se has changed all that much (give or take a lot less linky love between bloggers than previously); but the readers' mode of consumption/attitude/perception/participation definitely has.
I think that blogging remains a much more definite and permanent thing than other forms of internet/3G-facilitated communication. But also much more demanding and time-consuming for the creator.
Blue Witch | Homepage | 04.01.11 - 10:35 a.m. | #
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Are we to see an Initial Public Offering any time soon?
Mu | 04.01.11 - 10:37 a.m. | #
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Just thought I'd poke my nose in from my RSS feed so you know I'm still here. :)
ian | 04.01.11 - 10:41 a.m. | #
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Blue Witch is right in that blogging is much less ephemeral than twittering and of course it's demanding and time-consuming for the creator.
But aren't we writing primarily for ourselves? That we attract readers - tho' is anyone so 'popular' as DG? - is a reward, something intangible as money doesn't enter into it.
I hope we're not "the last of the dinosaurs" but will remain pioneers at the forefront of citizen journalism.
BTW. My stats have been reset so many times, that I've no idea how many 'unique' visits I've had over 7 years,Still, many congrats anyway to DG for being continuously interesting for so long.
Jakartass | Homepage | 04.01.11 - 11:16 a.m. | #
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I think that like a lot of things bogging takes work, both in time and effort. That in it's self will stop most people.
Michael | 04.01.11 - 11:25 a.m. | #
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Congratulations, although I'm not sure if I can forgive you for using the |
Erm, OK - so the comments software rendered [blink] tag in my comment above.
I hang my head in shame (although technically that's a security issue with the comments software)
IanVisits | Homepage | 04.01.11 - 11:40 a.m. | #
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The ones who use a feedreader cancel out the accidental visitors, I suppose. Congratulations on a fine achievement.
Z | Homepage | 04.01.11 - 11:58 a.m. | #
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Congratulations DG you deserve it I live 200 odd miles from London but read your blog every day with great interest and pleasure mind you when you go on about the tube for too long I do get a little restive but then no ones perfect.
At the risk of appearing thick I assume that`s 2,000,000 visits overall and not 2,000,000 individuals?
I wish I had`nt asked that
Bugger it,I`m not proud
[email protected] | 04.01.11 - 2:44 p.m. | #
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i'm 17th on that list, but i haven't blogged for over a year - huh !!?!
geofftech | Homepage | 04.01.11 - 3:37 p.m. | #
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I think not-blogging is the key to rising up the list Geoff....I'm sure I was higher when I'd stopped! ;D
NiC | Homepage | 04.01.11 - 5:28 p.m. | #
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Congrats! Bubbly tonight, then?
allotmentqueen | 04.01.11 - 5:32 p.m. | #
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Wow congratulations! That's an amazing achievement DG! I'm in no doubt that you will one day be compared to Samuel Pepys.
Pepys' Life in London in the 1660s, DGs Life in London in the 2000s!
CornishCockney | 04.01.11 - 6:08 p.m. | #
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Don't assume that those who arrive by search engine are a wasted effort. I did, orginally, around a year ago and have been reading daily ever since! Thank you for providing such interesting and common sense entries so regularly. Twitter? Facebook? Bah humbug.
Tim | 04.01.11 - 7:41 p.m. | #
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Or.....
One person has visited your website two million times, deleting all their cookies between each visit......
;-)
Flippy
Simon | 04.01.11 - 11:05 p.m. | #
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Congratulations! This devoted (once a week) reader came to you from a Time Out article on London bloggers. I recognized you from having read your Piccadilly article that was linked to a Wiki article on London. I'd never even looked at a blog before. I enjoy feeling connected to a city that I love but can't afford to visit often. I figure a 62 year old female working in San Francisco, California and living in Berkeley is probably not your intended audience, nevertheless, I enjoy your blog immensely. ( The Tube beats BART any day, despite the cattle car elevators at Queensway.)
Margot | 04.01.11 - 11:53 p.m. | #
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Can't remember how I came upon your blog - probably through another site re journeys through London and its history. Have always been interested in London's history as it's my home town and I lived there for - ahem! - decades. I hope you're keeping all your blogs on paper, just in case they disappear into the ether! All best wishes for 2011.
Vivien | 05.01.11 - 12:45 a.m. | #
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Wot Blue Witch sed.
I don't know that blogging has changed so much - evolved, maybe, become more accessible to more people. There's still the full range of bloggers evident (both amateur and professional writers) covering a world's worth of subjects.
Twitter and Facebook are quite useful for promoting the greater substance to be found in blogs. They allow things to spread much further much faster. There's a bigger ripple effect than blog rolls allowed. It's an interesting phenomenon, I think.
My initial introduction to your blog came via Ham and his London Daily Photo blog. I read the archives and stayed for the daily updates. At the time I was about to return to the UK, but that plan was shelved, and has been reshelved a couple of times since then - I keep reading on the off-chance I will be able to visit some of these very interesting places you write about. One day.
I'd be interested to know the geographic spread of your readership. I think you're probably DG, international man of mystery. :)
Rose | Homepage | 05.01.11 - 1:32 p.m. | #
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@Rose.
DG is a man of mystery, bur I do know that he isn't a Londoner.
As for geographical reach, I've been in Jakarta for 23 years and got a book about the city to my name. But you'll never get the Londoner out of me, which is why I regularly pop by here.
DG, you prove that nostalgia is what it used to be and I too would be interested to know how far flung your readership is. Have you thought about having a ClustrMap?
Jakartass | Homepage | 05.01.11 - 3:09 p.m. | #
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@Jakartass. The Extreme Tracker at the bottom of the page has some fascinating info about DG's readership, including the Geo Tracker which shows distribution of readers by country.
Great Aunt Annie | 05.01.11 - 7:25 p.m. | #
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The Pussy post still pulling them in then? ;) Congrats on the 2m!
Girl with a one track mind | Homepage | 05.01.11 - 11:19 p.m. | #
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