I suppose this is really an apology. I’m sorry I haven’t blogged more in the last couple of weeks. If the truth be told, I have things I intend to say but have no time to do so. I have been running around like a mad thing trying to sort out this Lenten/Easter malarkey. I’m also trying to write an essay for the MA I erroneously started to do at the beginning of the academic year. On top of this I have spent the last two and a half weeks suffering a lot of chest pain with what the doctor said is “probably a bit of pleurisy”. Orange tablets and paracetamol all the way! So to those of you who read my blog regularly, I will try to be better at it in the future.
That aside I received an email today and this is the subject of my fail. The email came from wikio who rank blogs. I know nothing about the way in which they rank them but the heart did a little leap at the prospect that it may mean something. With a rush of blood to the head I placed the little badge that says the ranking at the top of the left column. Then I realised I was an idiot. Self congratulations based upon something I don’t even understand? Learn From My Fail people! LFMF!!
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Sorry to hear things are tough at the mo, it seems to be in the blogging air.
I’m with you in that I don’t advertise my blog rankings for anything. Becoming that way focussed becomes counter productive at best.
It took me a while to break my stats obssession.
Thanks. I’m doing my best to keep going without moving too much.
I don’t really see how it changes anything. What do we actually learn. The purpose of my blog is not to promote anything – I’m not a photographer trying to make a living out of photography for example, I am a follower trying to make life easier for others by sharing what I’ve got. What could stats possibly tell me?
Bingo. That’s exactly my sentiment. I fell into the trap of thinking that the more visitors, the more ‘successful’ the blog. But successful by who’s standards…Gods?
Probably not.