I decided to reach out to some book bloggers, and I came across quite a few sites that had no activity for a long period of time. I was saddened by some of the blogs that seemed to be abandoned for whatever reason, so I wrote a poem. Enjoy.
Blogbandonment
I stumbled upon your blog today The place you built to have your say A clever name Graphics much the same Stars twinkled between pages Of poetic thoughts, dreams and rages Shared part of your life right here For friends and followers to hear But where do you go? The last post was two years ago Why walk away? Was there nothing left for you to say Do you still look the same? Do you have the same name? I hope you left for good reasons Like the changing of the seasons There’s nothing I can do Except hope for you So I’ll go on pretending That you wrote a happy ending I closed your blog when I was done The visitor count read 3,471
I suppose you could say, "Old bloggers never die, they just disappear into the wayback machine."
Interesting poem about people who touch our lives temporarily through their words and then move on without us ever knowing their stories. Unlike the days when our social lives revolved around a community, the town centre, church, pub or club, sports interests etc. and in those small worlds we are likely to meet the same people many times, in this digital world we manifest only as apparitions, with no real sunstance to our being.
On a technical not I think so many blogs and websites are abandoned because, not knowing how to manipulate the search engines, many people find it hard to get their posts seen. Maybe I should write some articles on linking strategy, syndication etc. After a 30 year career in Information Technology I managed to learn a few things.
Nicely structured and some interesting information, too.
I don't have a blog. I started a website with some basic information on my books and where I post a poem every week since 1997. I don't have a counter but I believe the amount based online website tracker exceeds a 300,000 mark or more. My hits here are much more.
It seems that blogs are all the rage as far as promotions go along with a few other accounts like twitter, that I don't have. But you're right. I find that many authors have been holding back a story or a book for most of their lives and suddenly have the time and the capability to do it. The advice they get tells them to start a blog. They go through the template and start one but soon grow tired of updating. Some even run out of storyline after that first one or two. Other things crowd in their lives. The worst are those that think they are going to make a lot of money.
Reminds me of all the kids jumping on fads and then quickly jumping off them for some other diversion.
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Interesting poem about people who touch our lives temporarily through their words and then move on without us ever knowing their stories. Unlike the days when our social lives revolved around a community, the town centre, church, pub or club, sports interests etc. and in those small worlds we are likely to meet the same people many times, in this digital world we manifest only as apparitions, with no real sunstance to our being.
On a technical not I think so many blogs and websites are abandoned because, not knowing how to manipulate the search engines, many people find it hard to get their posts seen. Maybe I should write some articles on linking strategy, syndication etc. After a 30 year career in Information Technology I managed to learn a few things.
I don't have a blog. I started a website with some basic information on my books and where I post a poem every week since 1997. I don't have a counter but I believe the amount based online website tracker exceeds a 300,000 mark or more. My hits here are much more.
It seems that blogs are all the rage as far as promotions go along with a few other accounts like twitter, that I don't have. But you're right. I find that many authors have been holding back a story or a book for most of their lives and suddenly have the time and the capability to do it. The advice they get tells them to start a blog. They go through the template and start one but soon grow tired of updating. Some even run out of storyline after that first one or two. Other things crowd in their lives. The worst are those that think they are going to make a lot of money.
Reminds me of all the kids jumping on fads and then quickly jumping off them for some other diversion.
Ron