Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Here's a Curiosity

Here's a curious thing; I have three blogs on here at Blogger, and the one upon which I focus most of my efforts has only 1 follower.  This one here, which is a blog of a more personal nature, has 2 followers.  How is that, or better yet, why is that?  I'm not certain.

One thing that is certain, however, is that some things need to change if I'm going to get more traffic to the Tamalarian Tales blog (www.tamalariantimes.blogspot.com).  I post updates on my Facebook main page and my groups there each time I put up a new installment.  Archived entries, I suspect, get few if any views, which is too bad.  I try to encourage my readers to go back and make sure they haven't missed anything.

But I have the distinct impression that very little of that blog's traffic is returning readers.  I suspect that I get a few curious nibbles here and there from various members of my friendslist, and some members of my groups on Facebook.  I don't know if I have any regular readers, because I never get any feedback, either on the blog, or on Facebook.

I've used Twitter a couple of times, but to little avail.  That might change soon, though.  The whole '#' trending thing could be a powerful tool, if used correctly.  I may have to look into doing what