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Hi

I have a link on my side bar to your London Geezer Blog.
I enjoy reading your blog, I dont get to London now that my daughter is no longer in London (free digs), so I look at blogs from London to compensate.

Dave Whalley | Homepage | 03.01.09 - 6:12 a.m. | #

They post pictures of their kittens eh? Maybe we need more links to blogs like that ...

Debster | Homepage | 03.01.09 - 8:53 a.m. | #

Well I use your blogroll, and often reference you, and have a link to you in my sidebar (one of a VERY select few), and today I'm writing about and linking to Nothing to see Here - and giving you credit for directing me to it, of course. Have never fancied RSS myself, takes all the fun out of boredom browsing... 'I wonder if so-and-so has updated yet.. no.. well I'll have a look at this one from their blogroll then...' Guess I'm just old fashioned.

Sarah | Homepage | 03.01.09 - 9:06 a.m. | #

carry on regardless...!!

Blogrolls are quite redundant.. but searches via giggle and ahoi still bring in looks of hits..

Perhaps the answer is to be found on this blog: (not mine!!)

Unclutter 2009 - Relieving ourselves of a thing a day, every day..
http://community.livejournal.com...unclutter\\_2009/

IsarSteve | Homepage | 03.01.09 - 10:27 a.m. | #

My stats have gone down considerably since I installed my RSS feed, but people do mention that they get loads of 'hits via MBIAT' - so there are still some old-fashioned people out there.

I prefer visiting a blog rather than use an RSS feed, so call me old-fashioned too.

zed | Homepage | 03.01.09 - 10:33 a.m. | #

I use an RSS feed because I visit an awful lot of blogs and I don't have time to check each of them to see if they've been updated. There are a few that have been neglected for months, but I'd not want to miss if they were started up again. I usually read the post on the blog, however, because it that's how it's meant to be read. And if you just read it on the feedreader you don't see the comments.

When Zed's site wasn't updated on Bloglines, I hardly ever visited her as I didn't think of it. Now I know when she's written a post I visit regularly.

I rarely go to a new blog because it's blogrolled now, but rather because someone has written a comment I like or else because a blogger has specifically recommended a site.

Z | Homepage | 03.01.09 - 11:13 a.m. | #

Comments are the best part of blogs. I discover new blogs through clicking links in comments. I always intend to add them to my blogroll, but never get round to it.

I don't use RSS because my Witchy Powers usually tell me when people have updated.

Blue Witch | Homepage | 03.01.09 - 12:07 p.m. | #

Still first? Crikey. You're more than welcome.

I'm with you on the blogroll thing, seems so redundant now (but if it sends traffic to others, I am happy to keep mine going!).

I also agree with Blue Witch about comments: that's usually how I've uncovered a new, great, blog to read. Sadly I don't click through from Bloglines as often as I should (or would like, given time constraints), so the comments
ew blogs lose out. Shame.

The Girl | Homepage | 03.01.09 - 12:48 p.m. | #

It doesn't seem like that long ago since you received your millionth visitor (it was at around 1:20pm on the 10th April 2008). Congratulations, even if the actual figure is becoming less relevant.

Of course, an increasing number of RSS readers could also mean that you get slightly fewer visitors to your actual blog in the future.

Still, keep up the good work DG!

Andrewh | 03.01.09 - 2:40 p.m. | #

Christ I must be an old fashioned blog reader. I visit your site everyday using a bookmark in my browser, I found it on a blogroll and I list it on my blogroll.

I don't even know what an RSS reader is.

Adam S | Homepage | 03.01.09 - 5:48 p.m. | #

Is it me? Am I the 1.25th? It's early evening ... maybe I'll go to different laptops and change IP addresses and try to hit you with as many unique visits as possible. What is the prize?

Congrats! Will you feature in Carry On Blogging?

clarissa | Homepage | 03.01.09 - 6:39 p.m. | #

I think the 1.25 millionth visitor surfed in around ten past six.

Broadband provider NTL, browsing using Opera, operating system Windows XP, probably from London.

For what it's worth.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 03.01.09 - 6:57 p.m. | #

I still click through from blogroll. Unless I'm on my moby; in which case I have a bookmark from my start page in Opera Mini. Even so, I still make a point of clicking through from my blogroll in Opera Mini occasionally. My RSS provider at the mo (Netvibes) isn't very up-to-date so I don't trust it as much as clicking through from my blogroll, plus I find it too much hassle adding a load of blogs to Netvibes or AN-other RSS aggregator.

Jag | Homepage | 03.01.09 - 7:31 p.m. | #

You managed to send seven visitors over to me yesterday with my link at #30. Cheers!

Dave | Homepage | 04.01.09 - 8:42 p.m. | #

well I would have clicked over to "The Girl"'s blog but it seems to be banned at work by the net nazis.

Jon Allen | Homepage | 06.01.09 - 3:32 a.m. | #

Many thanks for the explanation of how the blog rolls and rss feeds work. Well l sort of understand now but never have never worked out how to use RSS, but if l can not see the whole blog l am not interested. It is the full package l like.

I have not been blogging long and am sad enough to still look at my counter, get excited at the numbers and wonder if l should buy one as opposed to use a free one. There seems to be no point in spending money so you have saved me some money there which is useful ta :-D

I find that the blogroll is useful for me to link over to blogs l read. They are in my dashboard thing but if l am away then l do not need to sign in to have a peruse.
Facebook l never did like l have a “presence” there but never use it. Kittens ermm no not had them up had lots of other animals though. Do try and avoid the cutesy for the most part and keep it interesting.

I actually found your blog via your flicker album and the Catford stadium photo as l worked for a trainer that was licensed there in the early 80s. Many memories about the place. The name of “Diamond Geezer” reminded me that l had seen you on Tom’s blog "Random Realities" and here l am. A roundabout route but now another happy reader, and added you to my roll for daily reading :-D

Vetnurse | Homepage | 06.01.09 - 9:28 p.m. | #

By complete chance, I've just seen a post you made after your first year, at which point you were commemorating the fact your site had received 30,000 visitors

Yup, I just clicked on your link (in the RHS column) to see what you'd had to say about about wheelie suitcases, and there it was... your post from Saturday, 6 Dec 2003

RogerW | 07.01.09 - 12:01 p.m. | #

Oooops. Sorry, that should be September, not December

RogerW | 07.01.09 - 12:03 p.m. | #











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