tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287550692312955328.post4251977216772538172..comments2023-04-07T01:24:10.515-07:00Comments on No School Grognard: Daily Posting, Double PostingMark Langsdorfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00301984145275679568noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287550692312955328.post-72668007807121887022013-03-24T16:22:35.053-07:002013-03-24T16:22:35.053-07:00I've started following Doug's suggestion o...I've started following Doug's suggestion of writing stuff when I think of it, and publishing daily. I've got a lot of stored rants/thoughts to get out, so I don't think I'll run out of material soon. If nothing else, running a game is good for a pair of posts a week (comments on prep, comments on play).Mark Langsdorfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301984145275679568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287550692312955328.post-27521322747133361432013-03-24T15:10:38.262-07:002013-03-24T15:10:38.262-07:00I shoot for three posts a week. I'm impressed ...I shoot for three posts a week. I'm impressed with people who can keep up a faster pace than that.<br /><br />The most pageviews I've ever gotten in one day was 107, after Peter linked to something I wrote. He really does drive a great deal of traffic.Grouchy Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02373507172047421320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287550692312955328.post-68954773339393985192013-03-23T19:06:30.284-07:002013-03-23T19:06:30.284-07:00The new way stands out great. Nice.The new way stands out great. Nice.Douglas Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292678529266123501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287550692312955328.post-85237135540064393872013-03-23T15:38:46.977-07:002013-03-23T15:38:46.977-07:00At my wife's suggestion, I made the visited li...At my wife's suggestion, I made the visited links green versus the light blue of unvisisted links, which should provide enough contrast without making the entire thing look washed out. I liked the light blue/purple/black for links, visited links, text but I can see how they might be a bit washed out.<br /><br />I'd underline the links if I could but apparently that option went away in 1996.Mark Langsdorfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301984145275679568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287550692312955328.post-57167806144537080762013-03-23T07:01:29.761-07:002013-03-23T07:01:29.761-07:00Sorry, one more thing: I see that you DO in fact l...Sorry, one more thing: I see that you DO in fact link to Peter's stuff - but the links are pretty indistinguishable from regular text, at least on my screen. I would suggest changing the link color if you can to something with a bit more contrast.Douglas Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292678529266123501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287550692312955328.post-55717993899161999352013-03-23T06:56:46.748-07:002013-03-23T06:56:46.748-07:00Some of what you say I've also commented on, i...Some of what you say I've also commented on, in my "Metablog" subject type at Gaming Ballistic. <br /><br />A few things: daily posting isn't necessarily the best for hits. It's good for maximizing hits on certain things - say, commentary that's interesting but not going to generate a lot of repeat views.<br /><br />For really heavy posts, such as my "skill levels for melee combat" or even the two posts I did on Jason's Krail concept, it's best to leave a day or so between posts, so that the title is in the top and on people's blog rolls longer. <br /><br />In short I've found 2-3 "heavy content" posts per week, plus 1-3 "fluffy" posts, which can include actual play writeups, my "Apropos of Nothing" comment type makes for a good steady stream of stuff. Hitting 4 posts per week is pretty good.<br /><br />Finally, if you want views, link like crazy to other people's stuff. I get a metric crap-ton of traffic from Peter's site, and I'm quite positive that if I'm on the map at all, he put me there. Dungeon Fantastic is a great place to start linking, and it will generate traffic and comment.<br /><br />Bar none, though, the #1 source is Google+. I "share" my links with quite a few forums, and it's the source of four times more traffic than the #2 spot in Blogger's statistic page. And #2 is the SJG Forums, since I put a link to my blog in my sig file.<br /><br />Finally: what I do is use the scheduling feature extensively. I tried to make a regular schedule (of which I only have really kept up Thursday is GURPS-day), but I write posts as I think of them, then publish them out every other day or so. If a topic hits (like the Krail posts) and generates a lot of views (nearly 500 in a 24-hour period and a few dozen comments), I push out new content to allow the interest in the first one to sustain.Douglas Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292678529266123501noreply@blogger.com