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Okay. "Everything from fixing your MTU settings on your Q1000 modem to Java framework tips I find handy to years worth of game and movies reviews to hilarious c

Okay. "Everything from fixing your MTU settings on your Q1000 modem to Java framework tips I find handy to years worth of game and movies reviews to hilarious cat pictures." Two words: brand consistency. People like to know what to expect. You aren't giving them that. Instead, you're offering an undifferentiated mishmash, not unlike a KFC Bowl. Only less edible. SEO is not your problem. No matter how good your individual articles are, you have failed at a core part of product-making. "If you build it, they will come" has always been wrong. If, in addition to having a fragmented and un-classifiable product, you aren't out there busting your hump trying to guest post, make connections, and whatnot, you're still gonna fail. If you want to succeed, look at all the genuinely successful sites. They all have a thread of personality, a pattern, a rhythm, and a predictable-ness -- that doesn't mean boring, it means they are graspable.

rkalla 16y ago
ahoyhere, Of course I agree with you, seeing things written out from a 3rd party perspective. I argue frequently with people about how the #1 thing resturaunts can suffer from is lack of consistency. When you walk in that door, you want to know exactly what your $10 is going to get you, yet I'm violating the sin out of that. Yet when it comes to my own tunnel-visioned quest for success, I missed the goddamn boat by a mile. I think this could also be a bad case of ego... suffering from the assumption that I thought I was so interesting people would inherently want to listen to absolutely everything I had to say. This post has been a lot like getting kicked in the ego-nuts, but it will be for the better. I appreciate the truthful reply... now just to figure out if I want to even keep doing this or not.
- ahoyhere 16y ago
  I applaud you for taking it so well! Most people given advice like that tend to argue why they should do it their way, even though all evidence points to the contrary. Even if you decide to not keep going on this blog, you'll remember that you need to apply the consistency thing to yourself for everything you do from now on :) Good luck! (And, if it makes you feel better, I recently had the same epiphany about my own writing projects. I figured it out by assessing what the blogs I love did, and realizing I did almost none of those things.)

rkalla 16y ago

ahoyhere, Of course I agree with you, seeing things written out from a 3rd party perspective. I argue frequently with people about how the #1 thing resturaunts can suffer from is lack of consistency. When you walk in that door, you want to know exactly what your $10 is going to get you, yet I'm violating the sin out of that. Yet when it comes to my own tunnel-visioned quest for success, I missed the goddamn boat by a mile. I think this could also be a bad case of ego... suffering from the assumption that I thought I was so interesting people would inherently want to listen to absolutely everything I had to say. This post has been a lot like getting kicked in the ego-nuts, but it will be for the better. I appreciate the truthful reply... now just to figure out if I want to even keep doing this or not.

ahoyhere 16y ago
I applaud you for taking it so well! Most people given advice like that tend to argue why they should do it their way, even though all evidence points to the contrary. Even if you decide to not keep going on this blog, you'll remember that you need to apply the consistency thing to yourself for everything you do from now on :) Good luck! (And, if it makes you feel better, I recently had the same epiphany about my own writing projects. I figured it out by assessing what the blogs I love did, and realizing I did almost none of those things.)