Two Years Old Already?
June 11, 2008 by Lillie
A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye was born two years ago today. Many bloggers celebrate the anniversary of their blogs, their blogiversaries. However, since this blog is my baby, I’m celebrating my baby’s birthday and the following highlights:
- 376 posts, including 15 series of 2 to 15 installments
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Nearly 3200 comments, which have educated, entertained, and inspired me far more than my posts have done for my readers
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Nearly 70,000 spam comments caught by Akismet in 18 months (I didn’t have any spam control in the first 6 months … and got little spam)
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More friends than I can count – many of whom are listed in my blogroll
On my blog’s first birthday, I reviewed how my understanding of blogging had changed.
I discovered that my blog is not just a place to share what I’ve learned. Blogging is a large city with hundreds of small neighborhoods. It’s a place to make new friends, a place to learn and share. It’s synergy that makes the whole more than the sum of its parts.
My understanding of blogging as community has developed even more in the last year. The number of blog posts increased about 35%, but comments increased by more than 500%.
I said last year I was going to work on SEO and promote my blog better … but I didn’t. This blog is pure fun for me, and SEO and promotion isn’t fun to me. I’m glad I have a handful of subscribers and some loyal readers. If I were serious about blogging, I’d focus on the topic of writing rather than covering whatever interests me at the moment. But that would be too much like work. So I’ll keep having fun and hope you’ll come along for the ride.
Thanks to each of you who subscribe or read regularly and to those of you who visit occasionally. I appreciate each one of you, value every comment, and love our friendly little neighborhood in the big city of the blogosphere.
Put on your party hat, have a slice of birthday cake, and release a balloon to say “happy birthday” to A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye.
Now I just hope my blog isn’t going to start having tantrums like a Terrible Two!
Thank you so much for the visit and the lovely comment.
It is so nice when blogs bring so much joy for the readers.
Irene,
Thank you for the lovely compliment.
Happy Belated Birthday! I just discovered this blog and am enjoying takiing my time reading through it. And I’d never heard the term “blogiversary” before reading this post, so it just goes to show that you are never too old to learn something new.
Thank you for sharing this little “neighborhood” with the rest of the world, and I wish you many more years of successful blogging!
I’m glad you’ve discovered my blog and are enjoying it. Please come back often or subscribe by RSS so you always know when I post something new. Thank you for the good wishes.
I’m always encountering new expressions – like blogiversary – online as the language seems to be constantly evolving.
Am I a looser? I couldn’t wish the blog on date. Perhaps your this posts was too down from the first page and I couldn’t catch it. It is a great feeling if some of yours siblings have a birthday or have completed one whole year of life. I hope with the passage of time or may be in third birthday, this blog will be doing very well.
Frederick,
I appreciate the birthday wishes even if it’s not on the actual date. It’s nice to be reminded of the birthday again. Thank you for your good wishes.
Hi,
Congratulations Lillie – This is really encouraging. I am over the one year mark but I’m flagging lately.But it’s this sort of post that reminds me that it’s worth keeping on going.
Thanks.
rajiv,
I’ve been at it another year since this post was written. I recently celebrated my third blog birthday.
Glad this was encouraging and wish you continued blogging joy and success.
Joanna,
Thank you so much for the lovely compliment. I’m honored to be one of your favorite blogs. I’m a fan of your blog also.
Thank you, Jasia. I’m glad you enjoy my blog.
Thanks for the toast, Jacob. Apple juice and arrowroot cookies make a lovely toast for a toddler.
Thank you. I’ve had a lovely party.
Thank you, Karen! I appreciate the good wishes, and I’m a big fan of your blog as well.
Thank you, Mark.
sanctus,
I’m amazed at how many comments I get from people who blog in other languages. I always visit the site of every commenter, and often I can’t read the blog because it’s in another language.
ronny,
Yeah, two is pretty old in blog years, but not as old as I am in real years.
Thank you, Simon. I’m having a lot of fun with the blog.
Thanks, Renae. Your coming in late just extends the party longer.
Thanks, Karen!