Comments on: The religious blogging bubble http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/04/13/the-religious-blogging-bubble/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:27:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Bene Diction http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/04/13/the-religious-blogging-bubble/#comment-2140 Bene Diction Fri, 16 Apr 2004 04:18:22 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=776#comment-2140 Hi Michelle: I have great respect for any blogger that does their own coding. Something goes wrong at this blog I holler for help, it wasn't a slight just a reminder to linkers to be patient. We kind of jumped on your blog there, I've been looking forward to what you have to say.:^) I think you are mostly correct. I don't 'know' my full readership, the majority don't leave comments, I don't care what faith they are. I care about other things that a log can tell me. I care that I reach an international readership. I care that I occasionally get people in the government to pay attention, I care that I provide readers with good information so they can make up their own minds. I care that anyone who does email or comment is treated with respect and dignity and without assumptions. I care that commenters know they are heard. So your question makes sense. I can't know my full readership which is pretty cool. I can improve my communication on this blog with what I can know about my readers. Looking forward to more from your survey, apart from a few polls and a survey e-church send out, your contacting bloggers with in-depth questions is the only other god-blog survey I know about. Blog on! Hi Michelle:

I have great respect for any blogger that does their own coding. Something goes wrong at this blog I holler for help, it wasn’t a slight just a reminder to linkers to be patient.
We kind of jumped on your blog there, I’ve been looking forward to what you have to say.:^)

I think you are mostly correct.
I don’t ‘know’ my full readership, the majority don’t leave comments, I don’t care what faith they are.
I care about other things that a log can tell me.
I care that I reach an international readership.
I care that I occasionally get people in the government to pay attention,
I care that I provide readers with good information so they can make up their own minds.
I care that anyone who does email or comment is treated with respect and dignity and without assumptions.
I care that commenters know they are heard.

So your question makes sense.
I can’t know my full readership which is pretty cool.
I can improve my communication on this blog with what I can know about my readers.
Looking forward to more from your survey, apart from a few polls and a survey e-church send out, your contacting bloggers with in-depth questions is the only other god-blog survey I know about.
Blog on!

]]> By: Michelle http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/04/13/the-religious-blogging-bubble/#comment-2139 Michelle Thu, 15 Apr 2004 00:18:51 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=776#comment-2139 Hi Bene, thanks for your post here, I appreciate your thoughts. And, I have fixed the archives, I'm still working on the permalinks though! I'm still learning much in regards to coding webpages! In response to Trudy's comment, I don't think it is possible to fully know the precise nature of your readership. Visitor and hit logs don't tell us anything about a reader's faith. I asked survey respondents whether or not they were aware if they had any regular non-Christian readers of their blog... and I think most determined regular readers by comments left. I don't know if everyone's "regular readers" always leave comments. You can track regular readers so much with traffic logs, through this I am aware that I have at least one regular reader who never comments. People like that you can't determine their faith orientation. But if those you define as regular readers are regular commenters with blogs of their own that you read (or they email you, or you know them in the flesh), you can often determine whether or not they are Christian or non-Christian. I don't believe however that you can assume anyone who links to you or comments is a Christian. I know that it's not always true from experience. Is it essential to know who your readership is? I think that it is something to consider if you are writing for them, but it all depends on the goals of your blogging. Knowing your audience is one of the principles of good writing. I hope this makes sense... it's a mish mash of thoughts. Hi Bene, thanks for your post here, I appreciate your thoughts. And, I have fixed the archives, I’m still working on the permalinks though! I’m still learning much in regards to coding webpages!

In response to Trudy’s comment, I don’t think it is possible to fully know the precise nature of your readership. Visitor and hit logs don’t tell us anything about a reader’s faith. I asked survey respondents whether or not they were aware if they had any regular non-Christian readers of their blog… and I think most determined regular readers by comments left.

I don’t know if everyone’s “regular readers” always leave comments. You can track regular readers so much with traffic logs, through this I am aware that I have at least one regular reader who never comments. People like that you can’t determine their faith orientation.

But if those you define as regular readers are regular commenters with blogs of their own that you read (or they email you, or you know them in the flesh), you can often determine whether or not they are Christian or non-Christian.

I don’t believe however that you can assume anyone who links to you or comments is a Christian. I know that it’s not always true from experience.

Is it essential to know who your readership is? I think that it is something to consider if you are writing for them, but it all depends on the goals of your blogging. Knowing your audience is one of the principles of good writing.

I hope this makes sense… it’s a mish mash of thoughts.

]]> By: Trudy W. Schuett http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/04/13/the-religious-blogging-bubble/#comment-2138 Trudy W. Schuett Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:21:59 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=776#comment-2138 I just stumbled across this, so I wasn't aware of the survey before. But I wonder how anybody would know the precise nature of their readership. Short of posting a survey or some such, there's nothing in visitor logs that would tell you whether your visitors are Christian or not. Presumably those who link to us, and those who leave comments are Christian, except for the occasional atheist who just wants to argue with somebody ;>) Otherwise, readership could be anybody. In our case at least, it really doesn't matter who our readers are, so long as somebody's reading the blog! I just stumbled across this, so I wasn’t aware of the survey before. But I wonder how anybody would know the precise nature of their readership. Short of posting a survey or some such, there’s nothing in visitor logs that would tell you whether your visitors are Christian or not. Presumably those who link to us, and those who leave comments are Christian, except for the occasional atheist who just wants to argue with somebody ;>)
Otherwise, readership could be anybody. In our case at least, it really doesn’t matter who our readers are, so long as somebody’s reading the blog!

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