How frequent do you add a post to your blog? How many words per post?

Hello there! You knew I'd drop in and comment... can't miss your excellent discussions! Originally, I aimed for a daily post on every blog, even when I was maintaining five or six. Now, though, I only maintain two (plus occasional posts on another) and aim for a post every two days or so. Daily is also good, but I've found that a longer post less often works just as well (as you so rightly pointed out in another discussion somewhere). This is particularly true if your 'audience' is mostly in another time zone - it gives them more time to find one post before you slap another up. Since I'm doing paid blogging on two other sites and working on a BIG freelance editing project at the moment as well, I find that's quite enough for me: any more and I start to run out of ideas, get tired and feel annoyed. I don't know how well a weekly post would work. Bear in mind that I don't monetize my main blog any more. I suppose the success of a bigger post would depend on your readership and how you publicise it - Digg, Reddit, Stumble and so on would become more important on longer, less frequent posts, I would think? All your experiments keep making me think too much. My brain hurts now.

My blog varies. It all depends on my inspiration! Sometimes, I post a couple of times a day. Sometimes, it is only once per day. Other times it is only a couple of times per week. If you are blogging only for yourself, do what ever makes you happy! If you are blogging for an audience, shorter, more frequent posts are best. Many people get intimidated when they see a long blog post. When this happens, many of them simply wont read it! The other thing to consider is that some people check blogs frequently. When they see that you arent posting much anymore, they may stop checking your blog altogether. With my blog, the posts that get the most views are the shorter ones. Pictures are also a huge attraction. When people see pictures, they are more likely to read! I have also noticed that if I go away for a week, people stop checking my blog.

I blog on about four different sites. Ideally, I would like to update them each everyday but life sometimes gets in the way of your blogging plans. I do, however, accept for last week when I was bedridden (thank God that's over) and the week before because I was in D.C. doing activism update at least one everyday.

I blog about hobbies and interests I have and even then I find it hard to keep coming up with content. But I have 30 some blogs so I get myself a little stress every so often. I have been blogging for a couple of years now but most of my blogs aren't a year old yet. I do have about 6 or 7 that have been going for more than a year, those are the ones I earn my living from. I post at the least 3 times a week on each blog with a minimum of 200 words, usually more.

It depends on how much you like blogging. Of course as you get started you have to establish your blog, so you have to be more vigilant when it comes to posting. I've been blogging since 2002, but I shut down my first blog about a year later. I started blogging again in 2006, but that was just in MySpace. I didn't really get back into the swing of blogging until 2007. I don't do a word count when it comes to posts. Most of the time I even include pictures. Anyway, for my personal blog (http://spinninglovelydays.blogspot.com), I try to update it everyday, but I don't fret if I don't get to. With my work-at-home blog (http://wahmtravails.blogspot.com), I update based on what's going on in my work-at-home life, so I admit posts here are a bit more sporadic than those of my personal one. My cooking blog (http://kitchennewbie.blogspot.com), I update this based on my activities in the kitchen (there are also lots of pics here). :)

I used to be very addicted to blogging but about 3 weeks ago, I got blogged and my blog post weakened. I can still remember myself posting at least 3 entries per day. When I'm in the mood to blog, I usually make an entry with more than a thousand words. But as the days went by, I lessened the words and summarized my posts because I'm afraid that my readers might lose interest in reading it because it's too long. I've been blogging since September 2008 and I've had no regrets regarding it. Blogging is a fun and nice way to express yourself and let your feelings out. It's like a shock absorber that you can count on whenever you feel sad, depressed, or happy. I love blogging but unfortunately, I lost interest in it. I now make an entry every week. While in the past, I used to post 1 entry every 2-3 days. What a huge change, right? But I'm hoping against hope that my interest in blogging would come back. And oh, you can check my blog on my profile. The link is there. This is such an interesting discussion. Thanks and happy Mylotting to you!

I blog on about four different sites. Ideally, I would like to update them each everyday but life sometimes gets in the way of your blogging plans. I do, however, accept for last week when I was bedridden (thank God that's over) and the week before because I was in D.C. doing activism update at least one everyday.

I tend to write at least five posts a day. On a bad day I'll only manage three. When I have to I take a day off and post none...but generally I post on my blog daily. I dunno how many words per post, but I do alot of tags, and my content brings all the subs I need. I've been blogging for a little over three years, ^_^' ...but then, I was a writer before I was ever a blogger. Fiction, series', novels. And it's been speculated that I could write an entire book (200-300 pgs) in a week if I were allowed to stay in my room with a computer for a week and didn't sleep much...and I'm inclined to say they're right, as my record time's been a month for writing books of that length when I wasn't as busy as I normally am. That said, I'm sure you'll find your own niche. I wouldn't recommend others trying to do what I do. It's rather exhausting and not very fun once you burn out your inspiration at the end of the month after having it on for all that time. Take your time, pace yourself, experiment, see what works...think about your content, work on getting a reader base.

This is such a good discussion. I thought I was having this 'problem' alone, but no.. Please bear with me, because I've always wanted to talk about this with anyone who blogs and since you are on this topic, here we go. I started out blogging for about 1 and a half years ago or so. Close to 2 years. And in those times, I've been so active that I can confidently say, almost every day, I have around 1 post or so. But I only started to become active a year back. And right up to this date, I have around 408 or 409 posts. But...there's a but. I've since locked up my blog and put it on private. I feel so burned out. All of a sudden. You can also call it writer's block. I feel that I am obligated to blog and it is not an enjoyment for me anymore. There were also some expectations from others (though they did not make me do it), I sort of gained a small audience. And now that I've locked my blog on private, there are friends asking me why. And I feel bad. I didn't want to keep the blog open, because I just don't feel like opening it. I wanted to lock it up first, and sort my thoughts. Only to open access once I have the energy to blog again some other time. Since 1 May, I've stopped and right up till today, I still am feeling burnt out. And when I came to your post, I feel like I could relate to it. And I've been micro-blogging since. Which means whenever I feel the urge to blog, I will type out some snippets on Twitter. But I do miss blogging very much, but I just couldn't find the drive to do it yet. Perhaps I need a holiday from blogging. I hope I'm not being too long-winded. Have a nice day...

I try to post one day. There are times when I miss, that's when I try to make up for it by posting several on a day that I actually have several ideas for it :) The least number of posts in a month I made was on my third month (5 posts for the whole month). I think that's because I haven't captured the "art of blogging" :P However, from then, my blog post number have fluctuated from a dozen to two dozens :D I mostly miss weekends since I make it a point not to use the computer as much as I could :D Thanks for the response on my discussion!

ooops, i am really a lazy and forgetable girl.my blog is always empty, once i registger some blog or social network account, i will forget all about this after few days. like forget updating, forget logging,even forget passwords.lol so there is no frequent for me to add a post to my blog. maybe one post per months, but once i write, it would be a long article. lol have a good day

i really don't know the pupose of blogs so i am not making any.

Well I am new to this site so I have only posted 2 times on a blog. My blogs are usually 7-10 words, not that long because you can double post on them so what is the point of posting long posts like this.

well iam blogger even iam not reallt active. i began to blogging since 2006 but i use blogs in friendster.com, but i change to blogspot.com untill now. first i only say my feeling in blogs (like diary in home) but after iam interested make money in online i change my content of my blogs, say my experience in make money. i write when i get idea so i can not know detail frequently, and did not know about word count. i only write what in my mind..:)