16 Comments to “ Question: where do you see your blog in 1 year? .” Please leave a comment below, thank you.

1. # 1
   inspirationbit :
   ( May 20th, 2007 at 12:36 am )

   I see a new design, more guest writers on my blog, more guest writing on other blogs.
   Hopefully, more RSS/email subscribers, more interaction.
   … and more of my comments on The Reasoner



2. # 2
   Bes :
   ( May 20th, 2007 at 1:06 am )
   

   Nice! Your current blog design is already nice. I am looking forward to applying as a guest writer on your blog, and I am also looking forward to your guest blog on this site.

   More interactions are awesome, and more subscribers are nice too. More subscribers can probably amount to more interaction, hopefully.

   More comments from Vivien-inspirationbit are of course something that “must” be seen in the future.

   Thanks for sharing, I really appreciate it. Can this be a group project for the future?



3. # 3
   Jess :
   ( May 20th, 2007 at 3:25 am )

   SP was right, you are definitely a thinkerblog =D I love it.
   Well, my site/s have been around for 3-4 years with soo many changes… but I have grown (I mean, I learnt how to vector just two weeks ago and now I’m incorporating that into my site).

   In my own participation, I see myself slacking off… I’ll find nothing to blog about, and being lazy to comment on everyone. That will then lead to people abandoning my site and affiliates (or me abandoning them first), then I’ll go on a break and miss webdesigning and come back.
   As it is I’m already halfway down the track lol. I am too lazy to comment or make new layouts, I hardly make content… but it makes me happy even for one person to read my blog.

   My comment doesn’t sound like a direct answer to your questions lol… very jarbled (is that a word?).
   Well, take care! (Just wondering, are all your blog question thinking blogs or do you blog about your own thoughts and events in your life too? Heh.)



4. # 4
   Bes :
   ( May 20th, 2007 at 3:57 am )
   

   Jess, welcome to the site, and thank you for commenting. Thank you also for the kind words; I really appreciate them. SP is way too kind and nice to me.
   Your comment is a direct answer to the question, so please don’t worry. What you are describing can be something like working on a project and then taking a break, only to be refreshed and come back again with full force. I see that you have some creative design skills, so that would probably mean that your skills and the output on your blog keep getting better each time.

   Sometimes I also become so occupied with some things that some site aspects like design tweaks or even returning comments take a while. In the past that has also sometimes resulted in people unsubscribing if they did not hear back from me right away.

   I do blog about events in my life from time to time, though not all the time. I try to take some event or thought and apply it to something, like the concept of blogging. I have yet to start a completely personal diary that depicts my daily life or events in my daily life on a daily basis, if that is what you meant to ask. That may be one of the many things I may see in a year; a site dedicated to writing daily about the daily events of my life, as they happen, like a personal journal. I am not sure yet.

   Thanks again Jess. I am hoping you will comment more on the site in the future.



5. # 5
   Simonne :
   ( May 20th, 2007 at 4:02 am )

   Hey, Bes, you made me think again! I had to re-evaluate the plans for my blog anyway, so here we are in a year from now:
   - Comments: so many, that I’ll be shifting the whole comment section into a dedicated forum attached to my blog
   - Visitors: 10,000 uniques per day (from the current average of 500)
   - Feed/e-mail subscribers: some 2,000 (from 150-170 as of today)

   From the blogger side, I will change the layout, as soon as I’ll manage to defeat the code monster which does not obey my thoughts and refuses to make my headlines bigger, or to change their color, no matter what I try. I believe that the best thing would be to start my own theme from the scratch.

   I’ll be posting with slightly higher frequency then I do now (maybe 4-5 posts per day), and I’ll focus more on branding and marketing my blog. Actually this is part of the initial idea: the first year to be dedicated to experiments, while learning, then go focused and grow.

   I’ll come back next year to read this comment and see how I stand



6. # 6
   Bes :
   ( May 20th, 2007 at 5:36 am )
   

   Simonne, I am glad for that!

   I like your idea of comments, turning them into a forum. That is indeed a very nice plan. There are also a few plugins that allow you to do that. The visitors and the feed/e-mail subscribers plan also sounds on target, considering the nice quality of the posts you have right now.

   Starting your own theme from scratch is always interesting. That can be one of the things I see for my blog in a year; having multiple themes available for people to select from or download. Also, experimenting is very good, allowing one to figure out which things are good and which things need more work. Experimenting is also a good way to figure out which topics you want your site to revolve around.

   Yes please, I would love to see your update on this after a year. That is a good idea! I will try to bring up this post then also. Thanks for sharing Simonne, that was really helpful.



7. # 7
   Vera :
   ( May 20th, 2007 at 5:55 am )

   Hm, I see me trying to do both lol. I always aimed at doing both, but since school is blocking my path, I can see that maybe during the summer I can start achieving those two aspects that I’ve wanted to achieve in the longest time :)! How about you?

   RE: No, this month isn’t my finals.. next month is..some exams and summative presentations are due this month because they don’t want to leave it till the end or that will be stressful to the max O_O.. so I’m kind of glad that they did that.. but kind of sad that I have to work extremely hard now with other stuff coming at me like there’s no tomorrow O_O!! Okay, I was wrong about the “no tomorrow” part lol, its even worse to know that there IS tomorrow.. and the tomorrow after that because I see myself dying each day X_X! But now its cooling down.. just a ‘little’.. :D!



8. # 8
   Bes :
   ( May 20th, 2007 at 6:31 am )
   

   Vera, thanks for the comment. So in your case, school or studies are part of another important goal that sometimes take preference and the blogging goals then get paused or slowed down for a while.

   Me? I am trying to blend in the blog into my life, so as to make the online aspect of my life just another part of life. That way, it can be treated normally, instead of giving it attention that may be more or less than what it actually deserves. If I give it less attention, it might suffer. If I give it more attention, others parts of life may be affected.

   RE: thanks for explaining that. Good luck with everything! “No Tomorrow” sounds better than “yes tomorrow“? Hopefully the different due dates will help in accomplishing everything effectively, and without too much stress. Looking forward to the “what happened!” post.



9. # 9
   Qis :
   ( May 20th, 2007 at 7:12 am )

   First time commenting on your site, though I’ve been here a few times before. I like the questions in your blog posts. They’re pretty interesting.

   So. Onto your question about where I see my blog in a year’s time. Hmm. Hard to say, really. I already like the way my blog stands in the blogosphere; not too popular, but with several regular readers and commenters. I don’t blog about really useful stuff like CSS or vectoring, but I blog about whatever that comes to my mind that I deem worth mentioning in the Internet. So I’m pretty contented, no snazzy plans for me.

   Except maybe I would post on a higher frequency. If I can find the time, that is. And I’d like to see myself writing longer, but not boring posts. No changes in content, I prefer to keep my site as almost blog-only.

   Of course, the layout of the site will have changed several times over the course of one year. I make new layouts once every few months. Lol.

   But what about you, Bes? Where do you see your site in a year’s time? I quite like it how it is now.



10. # 10
    Bes :
    ( May 20th, 2007 at 7:53 am )
    

    Qis, welcome to the site! I am happy that you commented, and that you like the blog questions here. Thank you.

    Thanks for sharing your view on where your site will or may be in a year. I did notice loyal commentors on your site, so that is a good thing. You already have a really nice site design, by the way. It is good that you are content with what you post and with the regular commentors you have. That can allow you to focus on other things with more focus.

    As for my site, I am thinking there will be a forum-type community here. Posting at a higher frequency is something I may also do in the future, though I am not completely sure if I want to maintain an average of a single post a day or so, or two posts a day, or maybe something different along the same lines. I think I also want to see a more set schedule on the topics or types of posts I will be covering depending on the day of the week. Regarding design, I will probably have more than one design available for people to choose from within a month or two, I think.

    Thanks for coming Qis, I really appreciate it.



11. # 11
    Simply Precious :
    ( May 20th, 2007 at 9:35 am )

    Wow, you’re getting quite a few more visitors because of me… Hahah…

    Anyways, I don’t really have an answer to your questions… For right now, I want more visitors/commentors, because they’ve decreased recently… But other than that I think it’s going to stay pretty much the same, how it has been for the past 2 years or so… Hahah…

    What Simonne wrote, “Hey, Bes, you made me think again!” SEE?!! Didn’t I tell you that your blog DOES make people think?!! Hehehe…

    Oh, and thanks for what you wrote about me in response to Jess’ comment…

    OT: You got my text, right?



12. # 12
    Bes :
    ( May 20th, 2007 at 1:35 pm )
    

    SP, yes, thank you so much! I owe you lunch; I order for you, you pay for it.

    I am guessing the frequency of comments depends on the commentors? May be they are spending time looking for a job or working. I have noticed many commentors are also either going through finals or have finished going through their finals so they are relaxing in the offline world a lot.

    Yes, you did tell me that before, and I am so grateful for the support and the nice words. One thing I hope to see in a year is all my current readers, including you.

    Yes, I got your text and replied to it.



13. # 13
    Simonne :
    ( May 20th, 2007 at 1:42 pm )

    Thank you Bes. I saw this forum for comments at Steve Pavlina, and I liked it. However, it is very hard to kick off a forum. You need to populate it first, otherwise few people would care about it. I started one some time ago, and I abandoned it very soon.

    I’m glad you have such nice words for my posts. Coming from you, this means a lot.

    Now I’m going to visit Simply Precious, as it seems she needs some visitors



14. # 14
    Bes :
    ( May 20th, 2007 at 2:07 pm )
    

    Simonne, I see. You are right; more participants are needed first.

    There are a few plugins in WordPress that allow you to convert your comments community into a forum type community. Here are a few that I have seen in the past:

    Simple Forum Wordpress Plugin
    bbPress - this is by the same people as WordPress, so it may be easy to allow people to start commenting in a forum thread instead of in a blog post itself
    WPHBB - allows you to integrate PHPBB installation into the Wordpress database.

    Maybe one can try to let people comment in a forum thread directly instead of the normal comment system, thus leading people to start and add to forum threads automatically. Looking at a blog post can result in people to see the comments. Anyone who wants to participate can go to the forums page directly or go to a specific post and comment, allowing that comment to be added to the related forum threat automatically. Thus, the blog commenting system will still be the same, though each comment will become part of the forums. All the blog related threads can be kept in a separate forum category. What do you think?

    Also, thank you so much for supporting SP! I am really thankful!



15. # 15
    Simonne :
    ( May 20th, 2007 at 11:12 pm )

    Thank you for the links. I did not know that there are plugins for forums. I was thinking to install phpBB in the usual way, then direct people to comment there.
    SP has a nice site and a great sense of humour.



16. # 16
    Bes :
    ( May 21st, 2007 at 1:34 am )
    

    That is what I was thinking of doing also; install phpbb the normal way, and then install a plugin to allow phpbb users to log into my site [to comment] and vice versa.

    Yes, SP does have a nice site.

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