This blog got it’s name because it covers a diverse range of different subjects – I neither want to force myself to blog about one and only one subject, nor deal with the overhead of maintaining half-a-dozen separate single-subject blogs, each of which gets updated once in a blue moon.
Since I can’t imagine anyone out there is really interested in every subject I write about, what I’ve done is subdivide it by the different subjects you see on the menu above, using WordPress’ category feature, and each category functions like a separate sub-blog. Several of them, like Music or Testing have their own unique header images to make it clearer which part of the site you’re in.
I’ve considered getting rid of the all-subject fire-hose view on the front page altogether, replacing it with a static introduction page, and encouraging readers to bookmark individual category pages instead.
So, before I make any more changes, I have a few questions for those of you who read this blog.
Which of the subjects on here are you interested in reading about? Do any of the other subjects make you less likely to read the blog on a regular basis?
How do you read the blog? Do you just keep checking back on a regular basis, use RSS feeds, or follow the links I post on social networks? Or are you one of the many who just stumbles on random pages as a result of Google searches?
Answers in the comments sections.
I use an RSS feed. I don’t think you need to worry about segmenting your blog. When you post things I am not interested in (train stuff) I just skim or skip it.
I’m not interested in trains either.
I’m on RSS and like most of the articles. I may have skimmed a few train ones or some of the concert reviews if there were a lot close together.
I just pop in now and again. I would prefer all left together.
I tend to pop in intermittently and read a handful of articles together. There are some topics I’m not interested in but I often read those articles anyway, because you’re a good writer.
I posted a link to yours on my blog which updates whenever you post something new – I generally read all the music related posts. Keep it all together. And, thanks for the concert and cd reviews.
I enjoy reading the CD and gig reviews. Including those for bands who I don’t particularly follow, and those that are new names to me. I also look at the photo galleries and read the opinions and rants. The topics that I don’t read are software, games and trains. The site is well laid out and easy to navigate around.
As someone who does read about the games, trains and software, but not a lot of the Prog Rock I thought I ought to post just so that the other parts can be seen to have a readership.
However, I do not see any need to restrcture the site. I can find the bits I want to read and avoid the bits I don’t.
Mind you, your proposal to have a static entry page would probably work just as well for me.
Tim I enjoy reading erudite and passionate views of stuff. I have pals who have ( for example) abiding passions for restoring WW2 trucks, cakemaking, breeding butterflies and writing fantasy romance books ( sort of mills and boon meets David Gemmell) none of which are MY passions but I love to dip a toe into their world.
Same with your blog: it would not be nearly as interesting if it were just a catalogue of efficiently sorted stuff IMO.
Long may it reign ! And a pint in thanks when we next meet at a gig Tim
I just know the blog is here and check back every so often. I’m not particularly bothered about the music stuff but sometimes it’s interesting to read. If you partition it off then I would probably miss things that I might otherwise have read. Mainly I read the blog because you seem to be the only person who comments on Stabcon!