DISQUS

And to clear it up, the Lohan Groupie blog that I write has different traffic patterns than what you'd see on a tech blog. The search ranking is steadily increasing on Google, second page and PR 6, but traffic comes to it in ways you would not expect. And lots of it.

Looking at Alexa and Google for a blog in the Entertainment world is like trying to judge wine based on its color instead of its taste.

The web 2.0 bubble is incredibly apparent in my world - I talk to the people in the bubble, but also those outside (yep, I'm that Lohan blogger). The contrast is amazing. People outside the bubble may not even know what Gmail is (really, I've had to explain it).

We make the assumption inside the bubble that it's about being tech savvy or not. I really don't think it is. It's just the real world. And the needs are different. 99% of the world doesn't need or want most of the Web 2.0 tools we build. Truth is most of what we build is for ourselves then we wonder why we don't have the audience.

You're right, we need to turn the tables. Think about the audience first. I've got a marketing degree and my advice is to listen outside the bubble. Ask real people what frustrates them, what they want, and how you can simplify what they do. If you want a large audience, you have to sit back and realize most of your cool ideas are not for them.

Totally with you. I go through cycles of loving some blogs, then hating them. It's hard to get through the times when writing them is not fun. I find that comments on the blogs keep me going and reinspire me, but when they are low, I tend to lose motivation.

For me, blogging is about the people. Without the feedback in some form, the blog becomes stagnant.

Well, Spring here and one month to the day for the wedding. Holy crap!

I would even prefer Starbucks over Seattle's Best too. I find that both have an icky burnt taste, but maybe it's the Vancouver in me that pushes me to Starbucks over the latter. But, as Ianiv said above, we really do have much more choice here in Vancouver. Ianiv and I are somewhat in the line of coffee buffs, so we try to check out the new places on a regular basis and then blog about it.