Anyone out there?
By paul | July 29, 2005
I’ve been blogging for a little over a year now, and I think I’ve put out some fairly interesting content. According to my Webalizer stats, I had over 40,000 visitors last month. Yet, the one thing that continues to surprise (and disappoint) me is the lack of comments to anything I post. I’ve probably only had about 20 comments in all that time. Is my content that dull? Are my stats crazy and no one is really coming here?
Please do me a big favor. If you come here, leave a comment on this post as sort of a virtual roll-call. You can just say “Yo”, or “here”, so I know you really exist. Thanks.
33 Comments
Mark on July 29, 2005 at 9:16 am.
You are great!
(Happy self assurance.)
Dan on July 29, 2005 at 9:48 am.
I love the site.
Its full of interesting tid-bits that I would never have the time to find otherwise.
And each time i read it, i am slightly more inclined to switch to Mac … someday.
Mark Roberts on July 29, 2005 at 10:03 am.
Love your site :)
Just wanted to say ‘Yo’ for you.
jason on July 29, 2005 at 10:05 am.
paul, see my way-too-long comment on ‘IE Sucks’
ps:
I check in 2 or 3 times a day, so I am skewing your numbers.
Scinju on July 29, 2005 at 10:40 am.
Hey look, I exist!
Zosma on July 29, 2005 at 11:09 am.
Your blogs are entertaining and interesting.
I’ll keep reading if you keep writing.
Mike C on July 29, 2005 at 11:16 am.
We exist =P I went and bought a mac mini after a week of reading your site, thanks to you I’m hooked on tiger =/
paul on July 29, 2005 at 11:32 am.
Hi Mike C,
Very, very cool! I’m glad you’re liking Tiger.
Thanks to everyone for chiming in. It makes me really happy to hear that you like the site, and I’m glad to see that you really exist ;)
paul
Michael on July 29, 2005 at 11:49 am.
Hey,
Your site is great, people probably get so hooked to reading your content, they don’t have any time posting any comments.
2 thumbs up :)
Ron on July 29, 2005 at 11:53 am.
Hello from Canada! Great site – love it – visit it daily – even when you were on vacation I still checked, hoping there might be something.
Cheers,
Ron
Laurence Anderson on July 29, 2005 at 12:28 pm.
Same way with my blog nobody comments yet I get IM’s saying they like my blog. I like yours too just whenever I read I’m always doing something else you’re in my visit daily bookmarks folder so I’m here everyday.
Roy on July 29, 2005 at 1:49 pm.
ODL is one of the first good blogs and one of the few I’ve kept. I read all your stuff. I don’t get comments either — but in my case, I know why! Keep it up. Love the content, love the design.
M. R. Mongeau on July 29, 2005 at 2:12 pm.
I just came across your website the other day and have been reading throught it often, you have some great stuff, keep up the work!
Austin Burbridge on July 29, 2005 at 2:19 pm.
Love your site. And I sympathize with your puzzlement at the lack of comment. On the other hand — at least you haven’t had the problem of comment spam!
paul on July 29, 2005 at 2:26 pm.
Hi Austin,
Thanks, glad you like the site. Unfortunately, comment spam is the one type of comment that I have had an abundance of… hundreds and hundreds. Fortunately, I’ve taken a few steps and haven’t had a problem in a while.
Thanks again to everyone who has stopped by, keep those comments coming. :)
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Allen on July 29, 2005 at 2:54 pm.
Walked out this morning
Don’t believe what I saw
A hundred billion bottles
Washed up on the shore
Seems I’m not alone at being alone
A hundred billion casatways
Looking for a home
-Sting
Allen
livinglightning.com
Frank on July 29, 2005 at 3:11 pm.
I know how you feel! Keep up the good work.
Angie on July 29, 2005 at 3:11 pm.
Never been here before, but will start checking it out. And I love leaving comments — weird as they may be. :)
Andy on July 29, 2005 at 3:40 pm.
Sorry about never leaving comments. You do have some very interesting reads. I’m just usually not in a situtation to comment when I read your blog. But keep up the great work! I enjoy reading this blog. One of the few that actually interest me.
Mark on July 29, 2005 at 5:54 pm.
I’ve been blogging in one fashion or another since 1999, and I’ve only had a handful of comments too. I do enjoy your site, and visit several times a week.
Pedro on July 29, 2005 at 8:33 pm.
Hello from Salamanca. Spain. Of course we exists!. Congratulations, your web is fantastic! It would be perfect the site in spanish too…Come on!
matt on July 29, 2005 at 9:14 pm.
hey paul. i’m here and i check in about once a day to see what you’ve posted. keep on bloggin’!
kai on July 29, 2005 at 9:20 pm.
Great site, great info,thank you!
rowan on July 29, 2005 at 11:40 pm.
here
Petter on July 30, 2005 at 1:04 am.
Yes, I read you.
Sree on July 30, 2005 at 7:09 am.
I check out your site once in a while…
Ben Willmore on July 30, 2005 at 9:15 am.
You rock… keep it up.
Branedy on July 30, 2005 at 9:31 am.
Ah, sure now, it’ll be alright now. You should count your RSS feaders, and then count your blessings that you don’t get spammed.
nathan on July 31, 2005 at 10:17 am.
Hi there, I found your website a couple of days go by accident. I think its great, very interesting and looks way cool. I have downloaded Nvu and aim to have a go at my own website one day, what proram do you use for yours?
paul on July 31, 2005 at 12:15 pm.
Hi Nathan,
Thanks, I’m glad you like my site. This site is built using WordPress, so I don’t usually need an HTML editor. For other sites I build, I usually use Macromedia Dreamweaver. I switched to Dreamweaver a couple of years ago from Adobe GoLive. I switched because Dreamweaver is more of an industry standard. That being said, from a designers point of view I personally think GoLive is a better product. Of course this is all up in the air now that Adobe has acquired Macromedia. One product or the other is probably going to go away.
For those of you who didn’t see my post about Nvu, it’s a free WYSIWYG html editor.
nanukois on July 31, 2005 at 5:08 pm.
Hello from ARGENTINA!
Great site!!!
Thank you!!!
Hola saludos desde Argentina,
tienes un gran sitio,
Muchas gracias a ti por todo!!!
Victoria on July 31, 2005 at 7:20 pm.
I read it! Your blog is interesting and wacky. ;)