{"id":487,"date":"2009-04-25T08:37:45","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T08:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/04\/25\/blogging-for\/"},"modified":"2009-04-25T08:37:45","modified_gmt":"2009-04-25T08:37:45","slug":"blogging-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/04\/25\/blogging-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging for…."},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve had a bit of a crisis of confidence when it comes to blogging recently<\/p>\n

When i moved away from WordPress to my own hosted blog i was really excited but for some reason my enthusiasm has worn off<\/p>\n

One of the reasons i think is that I’ve gone back to lonely feeling you get when you first start blogging<\/p>\n

When i first created my wordpress account i knew full well no-one would be reading and i was effectively talking to myself<\/p>\n

Over time as other blogs linked to me and i wrote a couple of posts that people found via Google searches people left comments and all was good<\/p>\n

I knew when i moved to my own domain I\u2019d pretty much be starting again but for a while i really did feel like i was talking to an empty room<\/p>\n

When Microsoft release a new product sometimes people say their biggest competition is their previous version (XP vs Vista for example)<\/p>\n

In some ways I\u2019ve had this<\/p>\n

My old blog gets more comments and views then this blog<\/p>\n

If you do this Google search<\/a> my old blog appears fourth in the list<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve spent most of my time recently figuring out running the blog than actually posting stuff. Then i did start writing posts i started and then ended up trashing the posts as i didn\u2019t feel they were very good<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s my point here?<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have one really. <\/p>\n

Your probably thinking \u201cstop whining..it\u2019s just a blog\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a valid point but this was something i needed to get off my chest<\/p>\n

In my last post on the old blog i said i was going to leave the blog in place for archival purposes but I’m considering deleting it. I don\u2019t think the fact I’ve duplicated the content has helped on a Google search perspective (I’ve learnt more about sitemaps and the like recently more than I’d care!)<\/p>\n

Right\u2026I’ll stop the self pitying and get on with it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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