A blog milestone

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Today my WordPress blog officially made 19,000 hits and that’s something to be happy about. I know my blog is very credible and very well read. I worked hard for my blog and where it is and now at 19,000+ and going on to 20,000. Means for me, I am a very serious blogger and no longer an Amateur blogger like those who use Blogger or live journal as their blogging platform.

My blog will get better and better over time and eventually I’ll be at a level where I am taken very seriously as a blogger and as a writer.  I know most bloggers take a long time to get to this level and I know some like me work hard at it. That’s why I was very happy when I switched from blogger to WordPress and since then I am very happy with WordPress. I always tell my friends and family about WordPress and how it’s way better than Blogger and how blogger is for amateurs. Those who have a blog on blogger are never taken very seriously and quite frankly are seen as beginners.

On Blogging

I blog as well and I read other blog’s such as the unofficial CGBlog, Combat fleets of the world blog and Christiaan Conover’s blog. With my own blog, I blog every now and then. It largely depends on what I have to say, what’s on my mind and what’s happening in the news that I want to comment. I have been blogging for at least 10 yrs now and I can pretty much say I am an advance blogger. I started out blogging with Blogger and then moved on up to a more advance blogging platform such as WordPress. I see blogging as more as a new, information and commentary platform and I like to blog a lot of things that are on my mind as well. Even with my personal blog, I every now and then showcase my latest poems that are going to be on my book. So yes, I do blog alot and I do read other’ bloggers blogs.

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Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter

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As you can tell, their is a huge decline of blogs in the younger generation and that the younger generation are moving away from blogging to sites like Facebook and Twitter. Today the New York Times wrote an article called  Blogs Wane as young drift to sites like Twitter.  You can really tell, the younger generation who are more in tune with Facebook and twitter vs blogging. The age gap is right their to show that those between 34 and 45 tend to blog, though you still see some who use a combination of Blog, Facebook and Twitter. Where as the Younger generation still Facebook and Twitter as well.

I still believe the reason why Blogs are losing their allure is that much like Myspace which is losing it’s appeal within the Younger generation. Blogs are losing their allure and their appeal to the more instant feedback younger generation. Blogs are losing their appeal because it’s not like instantaneous like Facebook and Twitter. Their are sites like Blogger and live journal are losing their appeal and allure to the younger generation where as sites like Tumblr gaining younger generation because Tumblr has made blogging easy and has blurred the lines of what is blogging. Where as services such as WordPress has avoided the decline and that is because WordPress is for serious intermediate to advance bloggers and writers. I agree with what WordPress has said in the NYTimes article. WordPress is not for amateur bloggers, it’s for serious writers and serious bloggers.

What this article has shown that blogs have hit their peak and they are either flattening out or starting their decline in the younger generation and being replaced with Facebook and Twitter. Where as those in their 30′s to mid 40′s are still using blogs or a combination of Blogs, Twitter and Facebook as well. I believe that the Internet is adapting very quickly to the needs of the Younger generation and it is showing that Facebook and Twitter is here to stay. That’s why you see business and everyone adapting to the Facebook and Twitter generation.

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2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is doing awesome!.

Crunchy numbers

A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats.

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 5,600 times in 2010. That’s about 13 full 747s.

In 2010, there were 58 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 456 posts. There were 2 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 116kb.

The busiest day of the year was October 5th with 87 views. The most popular post that day was So called Greek life.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were facebook.com, networkedblogs.com, twitter.com, and youtube.com .

Some visitors came searching, mostly for nicky’s world, best blogging platform, nicky world, nickys world, and nicki’s world.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

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So called Greek life October 2010

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New Theme: Coraline (via WordPress.com News) August 2010
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3

About September 2008

4

Best Blogging Platform? June 2010

5

Topless women may be welcome at Asbury Park beach, if city council says OK June 2010
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Best Blogging Platform?

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Best Blogging Platform?.

Okay, my opinion on the best Blogging platform is  WordPress.org and WordPress.com. Both come from the Same WordPress family and both tops my list as the best Blogging platform their is. I used to have Blogger when I started blogging and when I realized that Blogger is not professional and that people who use Blogger are amateurs who are trying to get into blogger. I made the switch and moved on up to a more professional blog and a blogging platform that lets me take control of my blog. I Praise WordPress for it’s service and how WordPress is highly regarded as a professional blogging platform.  That’s why I don’t like Blogger because I learned that all the post that people make in Blogger is not owned by you and it’s owned by Google.

WordPress to me is one of the best blogging platforms their is and I Highly recommend WordPress to anyone over Blogger or Livejournal.  Both of which I regard as amateurs blogs and blogs for beginners. Even moving from Blogger to WordPress is very easy and Seamless. I like WordPress so much and I am one of those that I would Highly recommend to anyone who wants to get into blogging and start of on the right foot with a professional looking blog.

So if anyone out their is still using Blogger or LiveJournal. Take a look at WordPress.org and WordPress.com because WordPress is way better than Blogger and WordPress is very professional and highly regarded in the blogging community. I don’t even comment blogger because Blogger’s commenting system sucks and Blogger in it self is to beginners like.

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