Search Engines, Referrals or Direct Traffic?

Is your blog being found by search engines, referrals, or direct (bookmarks, or someone types in your blog URL)?
I have two blogs, and interestingly enough, readers are finding this blog, by referrals, almost exclusively. (A lot of my referrals, become “direct”, due to bookmarking.)
My second blog, Observation Mountain.com , is being found mostly by the [...]

Niche, Or No Niche, That Is The Question…

I’ve read many articles about blogging. Many state that you need to “pick a niche” and create a blog around that niche.
Curiosity got the best of me, so I went to Technorati, and took a look at the top ten blogs.
What did I find? Well, most of them have a huge [...]

Should You Edit Your Reader’s Comments?

When you receive a comment on your blog, and the author makes a typo, should you correct the error?
If the author of the comment, uses improper grammar, should you change it?
If the author of the comment, forgets to capitalize the first letter of a sentence, should you correct it?
I have read many comments on other [...]

Monetize Your Blog?

Should you monetize your blog, by inserting ads? Or should your blog be free of ads?
Should you insert ads as soon as you set up your blog? Or, should you wait until your readership increases, and then add Google AdSense, affiliate ads, etc?
Most bloggers do write, because they love [...]