i was IMing with a good friend about my blog and how since the end of the semester i have had very little time to update it, though i have about 10 posts half-finished. she felt the same way and said that if it weren't for RSS feeds, no one would be reading her blog, because the lack of posts recently would have seriously reduced traffic.
this made me think about a few things:
1. i spend way too much time tweaking the CSS of my blog given the fact that most people read it via RSS feed. (that won't stop me for playing with it, but maybe it will help me prioritize.)
2. if people are reading blogs using RSS feeds, then elements like the title of your blog, the title of the post even, are much more important than we think they are.
so how do people read your blog?
how many RSS subscribers do you have?
do you offer your full post to RSS readers or simply a snippet (note: offer more than a snippet, plz)?
do your titles make sense (or, if they don't, are they at least amusing)?
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