Tuesday, August 22, 2006

How to build your blog

There are several factors that go into building a blog. The point of this post is to
help new bloggers and learn from my numerous mistakes. Anyone can point to a blog and roughly determine its growth and management.

Falacy Blog growth is determined by the quality of its posts.

The highest quality of posts that I have read so far belong to two smaller blogs. Freedom Now and Possum have high quality original posts with low traffic. Possum does not push her blog and is not a part of a community. Freedom Now is a part of a community but his frequency of fresh content is not as high as some of the otherers.
His social skills are superior and he does have a caustic wit. You may find yourself insulted and not figure it out for a month.

Learn Fresh original content keeps ratings high

The best example of this is AOW. She has quality that rivals Possum and Freedom Now but serves fresh material daily. This blog also works on the fresh lively content but our quality is clarly lower then most.

Learn Be Yourself unless you are a natural jerk.

AOW is an excellent hostess and is charming in real life. MZ is a suprisingly adept moderator. Mr Beamish is an amazing comedic talent. My style is more unpredictable
and this keeps readers interested. Am I going to go off on a rant, veer into Coulter mode or be a good host. People fail to note that when I do an interview my tone rather different than the one used in normal moderation. When I am interviewing I am functioning as a host a host never mistreats his guests.

Weazie and Gertie are examples of failures due largely to a decided lack of Social Skills. Weazie has the mannerisms of an axe murder, consequently he has no readers.
Gertie, projects as an arrogant prissy fop much like Dr Smith in Lost in Space. This may amuse people for a short period of time but it wears thin quickly.

Learn Less is more

Gert is also the clearest example of how to bore the daylights out of readers. His long winded sominex style posts are a chore to read. Even people that interact with him do not seem to read his posts. Mr Beamish provides short snippy posts that are often master pieces. AOW is the ideal as her posts run just the right length. Freedom Now can run long at times but his quality is so high you seriously don't notice it.

Learn Be Unpredictable and Experiment

Mr Beamish may have a comedic gem, photoshop classics or a high quality post. This blog has several staples book reviews, interviews, rants, serious posts and the rare Dean Martin style Blog Roast. There are many who complain that I focus on the far left too much but that is my niche.

When I visit AOW I may get a movie clip, a studendts poem or general news. When I visit Jason Pappas I know what I am likely about to read. He does have superior readable content and is an effective moderator.

Join a Community and build relationships

Building a community takes time and is a long process. Warren and I built this community from scratch. Warren's social skills and a talented newcomer AOW were the key factors in the growth of our community. Welcome people in but be careful there are drama queens and psychos.

Pychos are stalkers who spam a blog saying look at me and clutter your boars with off
topic craziness. Posts about head coffins and Muslim goblins were the norm for my psycho.

Drama Queens- These are posters whose up and down emotioal twists are a chore. Who wants to deal with a wacko who wants to be the center of attention everywhere. This
is in reference to our friend in Israel who is unstable. MZ had the correct solution,
ditch them and move ahead.

Good Dissent: Ducky excells in this role and is fresh. A good dissenter is seldom vulgar and has some social skills. Duckie has above average social skills and his banter promotes interesting responses most of the time.

Rob Bayn also excelled at this and never should apologize for posting his on topic views. If you are on topic it is okay to be passionate.

Comedian: I fill this role on some other blogs. Mr Beamish is a star and the Purple Avenger also adept in this area.

These are the basics but the best place to learn is at AOW or Democracy Frontline.

There is a rumor that we may do a blog Roast on Friday. The guest of honor may be from OZ but this is only a rumor. Warren is gathering cheap alcohol. Mr Beamish is out creating fress Roadkill. Nanc is going to serve as hostess for the this new event.

78 comments:

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Most of my best posts are on other people's blog comments. That way, people come to my blog and think "what the fuck?"

I know I do.

The Merry Widow said...

I'll bring dessert!

tmw

Dan Zaremba said...

I am too busy visiting other blogs to write anything.
Fortunately I get others to slave for me. ;-)
Wher's the carion?

Mad Zionist said...

Want to build a blog? Make friends with nanc. She's the glue.

BTW, what do you mean surprisingly good moderator? ;)

nanc said...

oh stop...

elbro's sister is the glue!

FLORIAN said...

Nanc is #1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love her dearly.

Beaker: This is excellent advice from the guy who inspired me to start my own blog. Had it not been for you I probably wouldn't have ever thought of blogging.

nanc said...

quit!

i cannot take it! i've never built a blog for crying out loud and warren didn't create his years before just knowing i'd come along - at this point he's probably sorry he begged me to come on board...;[

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Warren snatched Nanc up 'fore I could.

nanc said...

ODG - NOT YOU TOO!

shouldn't've played so hard to get!

nanc said...

okay - go ahead - tell me i'm being punked...

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Nanc,

Seriously. I post more on other people's blogs than on my own. There was a time I wanted to be a homeless blogger too, remember.

Warren said...

You can't have her!

Cause you pimply faced woosies wuz too chicken squat to ask the purdiest gal in the class to the prom, the geekinator snatched up the prize!

Now, excuse me while I go wash my brain.

Warren said...

BTW,
anyone know how much wood alcohol you can add to grain sprits before someone goes blind?

The (road kill*) situation, doesn't look good. its tree rat season and all the boomin and bangin is making the critters lay low. We might have to go for kitty kabobs.

*(if anyone doesn't know that's Australian slang for "road kill")

Low Flying Angel said...

Isn't Freedom Now owned by a woman? As Nance calls her Fern? Which is surely a female name

The Merry Widow said...

Janice- Fern is Nanc's shorthand for Freedom Now, he is definitely a guy! All you have to do is drop half the letters and switch 2 around! Who wants to call him, Freedom Now all the time, too many key strokes! Of course it could also be short for Ferdinand!
BTW-o.t., Nanc, did the porte cochere survive the refridgerator and Nancpop? Did the refridgerator survive the porte cochere? And/or Nancpop?
Beaker-As usual you go the distance to assist others! Have a "Good On You" today!
Good morning, G*D bless and Maranatha!

tmw
"The Official Nanc Fan Klub"

nanc said...

nunya ahmadinejanice - he's my fern and that's all you need to know!

nancpop is afeared to move the fridge...he won't say why, just mumbles about it...i don't know what to do as i need a fridge!

Anonymous said...

...not everybody build a blog for others to enjoy. I do mine for purely selfish reasons. ;-)

-FJ

Always On Watch said...

Beak,
AOW is an excellent hostess and is charming in real life.

What a nice thing to say! [blushing]

There is a rumor that we may do a blog Roast on Friday. The guest of honor may be from OZ but this is only a rumor.

Another roast? I hope so! I love the roasts, though I can rarely come up with a barb.

nanc said...

i just knew if i hurled that grain alcohol at warren hard and accurately enough, he'd see things my way...

aow - you don't give yourself enough credit - i find you extremely funny (i.e. the ducktape incident...). nuff said? seems to me after that the plucky one went haywire.

The Merry Widow said...

Nanc- Didn't he though? hehehehehe!
AoW-Nanc's right, you can be very funny!
"we're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz!"
janice- Fern is reserved for certain secret members only!
Poor Warren, you trying to give him a hangover, Nanc? Or are you throwing it "on" him? In which case what a waste of perfectly good grain!
Tell Nancpop to take the doors off he fridge, use a dolly and teens are great packmules! Nanc can play traffic cop!

tmw

Anonymous said...

As one who use to blog and tries to post here when possible I want to say the following.

I enjoy the discussions with all the bloggers here more than any other. Discussions here tho lively are yet civil for the most part. The only time it has ever become un-civil is when certain people whom I will not mention post their insane rants.

Beak and AOW have always welcomed people with differing views with out becoming condesending in their responses. I have found that most of us have the same views on most things. And those we dont we always seem to be able to disagree amicably. Yes, even with the Instable Pundint in his gas mask and riot weapon.:) His wit and sarcastic take on things (and that is not meant in a bad light) are intriguing to say the least.

TMW: whom I love to see her views because I know they come from her heart.

Warren: Ah yes who can leave Warren out of the mix? Ummmm Warren no more than 5% wood alcohol to the mash. Of course I would know nothing about making home brew being from Texas

Even the Duck with his unbelivable points make the blog interesting and worthwhile.

Before I close I would like to put out a question (challenge) to all the bloggers and non bloggers If Beak will allow.

When and where was it common to see the following Placards.

"In heaven, Allah is your master. On Earth, it is Adolf Hitler."

Just keep it going guys you do a great service

Anonymous said...

Justin,

the marketplace in Tehran, Iran during WWII. Haj Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem then residing in Berlin and collaborating with Hitler, was probably the person most responsible for this polarisation.

http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=80733

http://www.jta.org/page_view_story.asp?intarticleid=16133&intcategoryid=2

http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16533

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/01/08/INGODGH99Q1.DTL

(internet searches makes it too easy!!)

Anonymous said...

Right answer Anon, I think it wont be long till we see the same thing only with Adolph Hitler Jr. in the place of Adolph himself.

The Merry Widow said...

Justin- Why thank you sir! If'n you spent any time in certain "other" states I'm sure you ran into "someone" who "just" happened to tell you old stories of their great-grandpappy and the revenuers! wink wink!

tmw

nanc said...

beak - rightminded is building his own blog - or so he says - perhaps he could use a few pointers - bwaaaaaaahhhh!!! of course, he calls the rest of us second and third rate bloggers.

Anonymous said...

nanc,

all great behinds NEED us lesser types to show their REAL brilliance!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

uptownseteve said...

What about me beaker?

I believe that I've involved in some of your blogs most memorable moments.

tee hee

nanc said...

name four.

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Ducky,

It's obviously because Guiliani is a stealth leftist in the Susan Sontag mold that felt America deserved to be attacked on 9/11 for all the cruelty shown Saddam Hussein.

For once, Ducky, could you at least pretend you're not stupid?

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Barring that, cite an example of a leftist that isn't / wasn't stupid?

Just one.

Anonymous said...

Little Che Sucky the Cowardly Liar already has his answer to his ignorance, but, still likes to try and blame a broken LEFTY institutional system on ONE MAN who tried to make things better, which he did.

Sorry duck sh!t, your question ignores the fact that even Rudy wasn't a dictator and could not make these decisions on his own. Until you want to bring all the other DEMOCRATIC and REPUBLICAN and INFLUENTIAL money types, who are neither, into the equation you questions simply display your IGNORANCE!!!

Tell me, why couldn't Clintoon implement his WIFE'S health care system while he was in office? Was it because he really believed it was bad and fought it himself??

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Your propagandistic ignorance never ceases to bring humor to your posts you Little Che Sucky MORON!!!

PS: I haven't reminded you of your hero the psychopath Che Guevara begging for his life like a littl girl before they executed him in the jungles of South America for his CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY lately!!! My BAD!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Freedomnow said...

This is the problem with Beak. He uses us bloggers like toys. First it was his interviews of the entire blogger world. He used these interviews to increase his readership through our exploitation.

Now its a "How to Build a Blog" reviews of other blogs. This is another dissappointing example of the dangers of Globalization.

When will Beak's capitalist exploitation end? If this was China he would be stopped. Cant you talk to your friends Ducky?

Having Nanc as my only reader, I feel that it is discrimination that Beak is so wildly popular. We need equality in the bloggersphere.

...And dont say that I am jealous, I am a Socialist!

Dan Zaremba said...

Beak,
You tell me now! (immediate respopnse
How is Giuliani related to this POST?

nanc said...

i am not his only reader - don't pay attention to the jealous man behind the socialist curtain - jeesh...linkster - i have a feeling we're not in kansas anymore...

The Merry Widow said...

FERNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll get you later!

tmw

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Would you care to play, Beamish?

Play what? Humiliate a leftist?

Now leftists know that a priciple of crisis response is unified command and control.

Sez who? Watch yourself here. Command and control / tactical planning is my bag.

Why did Rudi "Struttin' with My Chippy" Giuliani seperate C&C for police and fire?

Because the leftist "intellectual" :choke snort giggle: Susan Sontag wouldn't have been able to claim that America deserved the 9/11 attack for our cruelty towards Saddam Hussein with bodies still burning in the rubble otherwise.

I'd enjoy hearing your answer.

Happy to oblige you.

Generally you right wing 'tards don't know much that you didn't see in a Rambo film (miserable cinematography).

Given the universally confirmed fact that leftists are incapable of rational thought, I'll take that as yet another example.

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

And now, a serious answer.

Leftists want radiation detectors in every port on America's coastline, so the union schmuck with the geiger counter will have time to say "holy shit" before the nuke smuggled in by terrorists goes off, destroying him, the port, and the city around it.

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Leftist "command and control."

I'm sorry. This game of "Humiliate the Leftist" has turns, right?

Ducky?

uptownseteve said...

Hmmmm

It seems to me that radiation detectors at American ports makes more sense than the Bush's Saudi buddies MANAGING the ports.

Ya think?

uptownseteve said...

Any of you guys watch Spike Lee's Katrina documentary on HBO last night?

Poked a big hole in the rightwing propoganda that the black New Orleans displaced were all crack slingin, nine cappin, welfare check collectin cretins.

Looked to me like a lot of stable, hard working, tax paying, well spoken home owners who were failed by their own government.

"Refugees", indeed.

uptownseteve said...

Any of you guys watch Spike Lee's Katrina documentary on HBO last night?

Poked a big hole in the rightwing propoganda that the black New Orleans displaced were all crack slingin, nine cappin, welfare check collectin cretins.

Looked to me like a lot of stable, hard working, tax paying, well spoken home owners who were failed by their own government.

"Refugees", indeed.

nanc said...

sane people do not watch spike lee or hbo, steve - good try though. he'll always interview on a slant - wonder which slant that would be?

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Uptownseteve,

Why did areas with "right-wing" Republican governors and Republican mayors from areas that were actually hit by Hurricane Katrina (remember, New Orleans wasn't pureéd like Gulfport and Biloxi) have disaster relief in place and stocked public shelters?

Yes, New Orleans was failed by their local and state governments.

N'awlins refugees were here in St. Louis buying liquor with their FEMA credit cards within a week. Why so glum?

uptownseteve said...

Only crazy people watch HBO nanc?

I can figure out why you don't like Spike.

But all "the Sopranos" and "Inside the NFL" fans are nuts?

Yup, that sounds very sane.

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Uptownseteve,

Yes. President Bush shouldn't have used the White House time machine to give the Saudis port contracts in 1997.

This is why we need a President who has seen the future, a President from 2037 AD, who has come to save you from yourselves.

Vote Beamish in 2008.

uptownseteve said...

"Why did areas with "right-wing" Republican governors and Republican mayors from areas that were actually hit by Hurricane Katrina (remember, New Orleans wasn't pureéd like Gulfport and Biloxi) have disaster relief in place and stocked public shelters?"

I seem to recall the mayors of Gulfport and Biloxi complaining about FEMA's incompetence as well.

And New Orleans was the only place that sat below sea level, dependent on failing levees which the Bush Administration cut funding for repair, and left half of the city underwater.

uptownseteve said...

"Yes. President Bush shouldn't have used the White House time machine to give the Saudis port contracts in 1997."

That was well before Saudi terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center in 2001.

We probably should reconsider that relationship.

Ya think?

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Beak,

Can we keep Uptownseteve in this round of "Humiliate the Leftist?" I know he promised to never post here, but C'MON, Beak. He's a leftist. Ever met an honest one?

Besides, Ducky's not here to take his turn.

There are turns, right?

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Why is it that only Democrats and Osama Bin Laden want to depose the Saudis?

uptownseteve said...

Democrats want to DEPOSE the Saudis?

uptownseteve said...

beamish

I promised never to post here if it could be proven that I threatened LaShawn Barber, which it wasn't and I didn't.

Keep it real.

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

I seem to recall the mayors of Gulfport and Biloxi complaining about FEMA's incompetence as well.

But Gulfport's and Biloxi's mayors did everything they could to evacuate people and had fully stocked shelters with food, water, medicine, and staff on hand. Their police departments weren't looting department stores. Their hospitals and nursing homes weren't filled with abandoned sick and elderly. Their emergency response teams and crisis management weren't getting shot at by gotta gitmine welfare idiots. Their school buses and city transit vehicles carried people away to safety when Katrina was still building up off the coast of western Florida.

Man, this game of Humiliate the Leftist is fun.

Kinda reminds me of Goose, Goose, Duck.

uptownseteve said...

beamish

Where are you getting your information from?

Some Disney script?

Biloxi and Gulfport public buses carried the citizens to safety??

You're just making this up.

Anonymous said...

Uptownsleeze,

Of course, the fact that for 20 years before Katrina the corrupt DEMOCRATS running Louisiana and New Orleans managed to reroute half the money that WAS availabe didn't make any difference.

The fact that the Ecofreaks, who the Democ rats bend over for, blocked every reasonable improvement of the levy system had no bearing on the failure of a couple of panels.

The fact that the Red Cross and Fema was stopped from going to the stadium to help out has nothing to do with it.

The fact that your moron mayor wnated the Feds to send Greyhound Buses to take your people out in style and drop them at the corner liquor store individually had nothing to do with it.

The fact that all those buses were also lost when they weren't driven to safety with REFUGEES (smirk, snort, guffaw) on board has nothing to do with it.

The fact that your MORON Governor would NOT give authorization for FEMA to take control of the situation BEFORE it collapsed had nothing to do with it.

The fact that the Chimp actually signed the disaster order before Katrina even hit has nothing to do with it.

The fact that people were ORDERED to evacuate before the hurricane hit and were TOO STUPID to do so of COURSE makes it all the gubmints fault!!! (we should have euthanised them years ago)

The fact that you can BREATHE, EAT, and SHIT has nothing to do with your intelligence either as BRAINDEAD people have managed that quite well!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

uptownseteve said...

There were many New Orleans residents who tried to evacuate on foot (they didn't have cars) only to be met by the neighboring township of Gretna by gunwielding (white) police officers who turned them away and back into flooded New Orleans.

The school buses were under the jurisdiction of Orleans Parish, not the city of New Orleans so Nagin had no authority to mobilize them.

Yo beak, what's this you said about "good behavior" being a requirement to post on your blog?

Do you read anonymous/johnnymac's posts?

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Biloxi and Gulfport public buses carried the citizens to safety??

Not all of them. Just the ones that remained after most everyone else left on their own days before the hurricane hit their city directly.

The school buses were under the jurisdiction of Orleans Parish, not the city of New Orleans so Nagin had no authority to mobilize them.

And the school buses under the jurisdiction of Mayor Nagin? And the police deparment under the jurisdiction of Mayor Nagin?

This Humiliate The Leftist game is fun.

You see, Uptownseteve, it's ideas like Ducky's game suggestions that make him welcome here when otherwise Beak would just drive him away.

But who's keeping score?

I've got 9 points so far, if we score by post. Anonymous is playing now, so I may have some competition in this game. Others may want to play too!

Humiliate the Leftist is an awesome game.

uptownseteve said...

"And the school buses under the jurisdiction of Mayor Nagin?"

The school buses were under the jurisdiction of Orleans PARISH.

Can you read?

"And the police deparment under the jurisdiction of Mayor Nagin?"

What about them?

Most were doing their jobs.

Working under extremely stressful and trying circumstances.

There were some corrupt, criminal elements among the police as there are in police departments throughout the nation.

But when this element is white and victimizing blacks, people like you make excuses for them.

So far you're batting zero buddy.

But you already knew that, right?

Freedomnow said...

Were those school buses under the jurisdiction of FEMA? or are you leaving something out?

Face it, a state run by Democrats cant support itself.

No wonder they blamed the federal government for all of their problems.

Anonymous said...

Uptownsleeze,

I didn't even hear racist a'holes like Nagin and Sharpton spread myths like the turning back of the footloose!!

Of course, this was AFTER the fact anyway you MORON!!!!

The buses would have been under Racist Nagin (milkchocolate NO) authority in emergency situations just like everything else in N.O.!!!

You know, I think you are as stupid as MR John Brown Stain. Congratulations!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Come on back now ya heah!!!

I just LOVE b!tch slapping leftie MORONS!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

PS: This is an anticommie and antiMORON site. it is here to slap punks like you around. Ya heah BOY!!!!

Anonymous said...

Oh, and MORON UptownSleeze,

I told you before I am NOT JohnnyMac. He always signs his posts and is more of a gentleman than I am.

I am a 54 year old fart who would dearly love to take you out for a hike in the Sierras for a couple of weeks with what we can carry on our backs!!!!

You MORONS are so used to BIG Gubmint to suck off you wouldn't last 2 days!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

nanc said...

i've never seen an episode of "the sopranos" and haven't watched football in over fifteen years - that's nearly four or five hours a week extra time i have to whoop hiney like yours, uppity! i'm not into spectator sports! never really have been.

nanc said...

yoo-hoo, downtrodden?

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=4486412

nanc said...

oh uppity?

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=4486412

nanc said...

seteve? you there?

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/08/14/D8JGBLB80.html

nanc said...

those poor people...

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/14/060614184720.2qyv5mm1.html

i don't drink champagne even on a good day!

nanc said...

truth of the matter, ole spikey's going to pad his deep pockets how he sees fit - ain't about a thang and notta thang the rest of us can do about it but boycott the trash he putz out for putzes like you!

nanc said...

are we done here?

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Uptownseteve,

You're telling me Mayor Nagin runs a city with no school buses?

You're telling me New Orleans police officers were guarding the food stockpiles and medical supplies at the pre-ordained disaster relief sites (Civic Center, Superdome) and that according to state and federal guidelines, Nagin's city crisis response teams were in place as soon as the evacuation order was given 3 days before the hurricane passed New Orleans and 4 days before the levee broke? Cops weren't jacking Wal-Mart and driving away Lincoln Navigators from car dealerships? Everyone who showed up at a shelter had a reasonable chance of getting food, water, medicine from disaster planning stockpiles?

Are you sure about that?

nanc said...

anonymouse? guess i missed it about him(?) thinking you were j.m. - haaaaaaaa - j.m. is as distinguishable as beak!

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

So far the score is:

Mr. Beamish: 10
Nanc: 7
Anonymous: 2
Freedom Now: 1

Judges, is it against the Humiliate the Leftist rules for Uptownseteve to humiliate himself?

Oh, make my score 11.

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Oops. miscounted. Anoymous has 3 points.

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Anonymous even

nanc said...

it was the football statement that put me in the hole? dayam - i knew it would come back to haunt me!

nanc said...

not to fear - he's off diggin' up dirt on whitey...

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

I feel like a million bucks.

I love war.

nanc said...

all green and wrinkly?

Anonymous said...

Mr. BTIP,

does that point count include the one on the top of my head??

I'll take 'em any way I can get 'em.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

I see Ducky forfeited his turn. I guess he forgot we were playing.