FUTURE BLOGGING (2020)

Tuesday, 24 March 2020

FUTURE BLOGGING (2020)

I published my first set of blogs on Google Blog-spot, on the 24th of March 2011. The very first post to be published was called 'The Crooked Man' and it was published in dedication to a friend whose writing style influenced me in my early development. In the nine years since those first posts saw publication, I have successfully found my own style of expression but importantly; the continued support of those who have encouraged and inspired me remains worthy of acknowledgement. You know who you are and I thank you.

I have only few followers but I am averaging between 1,000 and 2,000 'hit's per month. A figure that I hope is fairly respectable, although I have nothing to compare it to. Most of my 'traffic' comes via social media or as I sometimes refer to it, unsocial media. Over the last year or so I have attempted to reduce my activities on this unsocial media and this has without doubt, affected my reach. It is a disappointment to have confirmed once again, how ridiculously dependent we as a society, have become on those overly convenient platforms.

As of today nine years after the launch of my Google blog-spot site, I have reached a grand total of 212,738 hits. An increase of 50,009 since 2018 or 25,000 per year. An average of 23,000 hits per year over those nine years does not suggest however, that such a number of hits has been constant from the beginning. It should be obvious or indeed common sense, that the number of hits in those first few years was much smaller and has risen over time. My peak appears to have been reached in 2017 or 2018. Today I have plateaued at a steady 20,000 to 25,000 hits per annum.

The majority of my posts it has to be admitted, do not have a huge reach and in consequence they do not garner a high number of hits. The majority appear to be read by barely a hundred or so people however, a steady number of exceptionally successful posts boost the statistics considerably. My most popular post has passed the 4,000 hit mark while others have passed the 1,000 and 2,000 hit mark. A consolation with regards those that do not fare so well.

In reviewing my approach to the World Wide Web and those unsocial networks, due partly to an ever growing distaste of the content and due to censorship difficulties, I have begun to re-evaluate blogging. Although Google Blog-spot will remain my primary mode of expression, I am now using Wordpress as a supplementary outlet for my material. At present there remains some overlap but the intention to separate the two sites remains. Google Blog-spot will remain primarily focused upon material of an esoteric and spiritual nature, while the Wordpress site will be used for more general and perhaps less niche material.

I hope and indeed I have set myself something of a target, to produce an original post regularly over the next year; in the run up to the tenth anniversary of blogging. Although I do not expect to see an increase in followers, I sincerely hope to maintain a standard of quality and to preserve that average of 20,000 hits per annum. So, here's to the next year!