Comments on: Does the time you blog make a difference? http://neilmiddleton.com/2008/01/22/does-the-time-you-blog-make-a-difference/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:57:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Adam Tuttle http://neilmiddleton.com/2008/01/22/does-the-time-you-blog-make-a-difference/#comment-80338 Adam Tuttle Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:52:31 +0000 http://neilmiddleton.com/2008/01/22/does-the-time-you-blog-make-a-difference/#comment-80338 I base my posting habits off of my own reading habits: When I pull up Feed-Squirrel or any of the other aggregators, I don't read every post since the last time I checked up on it. I flip through the last 5 or so pages, grabbing anything with an interesting title. So ~ This translates to: If I'm writing a post that is on topic and I have high hopes of getting some hits from it, I'll tend to schedule it for right around 8am EST the following day, or if writing on a weekend, for the following Monday. I always try to think about the title carefully. It should be clear what you're going to talk about, but make it sound particularly interesting or like you've solved a huge mystery. For example, had I written your recent post on CF8 syntax highlighting in WordPress with GeSHI & CodeViewer, I would probably have titled it: "Wordpress ColdFusion Syntax Highlighting made easy!" I base my posting habits off of my own reading habits: When I pull up Feed-Squirrel or any of the other aggregators, I don’t read every post since the last time I checked up on it. I flip through the last 5 or so pages, grabbing anything with an interesting title.

So ~ This translates to: If I’m writing a post that is on topic and I have high hopes of getting some hits from it, I’ll tend to schedule it for right around 8am EST the following day, or if writing on a weekend, for the following Monday. I always try to think about the title carefully. It should be clear what you’re going to talk about, but make it sound particularly interesting or like you’ve solved a huge mystery. For example, had I written your recent post on CF8 syntax highlighting in WordPress with GeSHI & CodeViewer, I would probably have titled it: “Wordpress ColdFusion Syntax Highlighting made easy!”

]]> By: PaulH http://neilmiddleton.com/2008/01/22/does-the-time-you-blog-make-a-difference/#comment-80336 PaulH Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:49:27 +0000 http://neilmiddleton.com/2008/01/22/does-the-time-you-blog-make-a-difference/#comment-80336 i'm UTC+7 & find my stuff usually gets buried by other things if i post too early, and lately it's usually swamped by all the "me too" echoes that seem to be the norm these days. i guess they stopped teaching the "silence is golden" rule to this generation ;-) i’m UTC+7 & find my stuff usually gets buried by other things if i post too early, and lately it’s usually swamped by all the “me too” echoes that seem to be the norm these days. i guess they stopped teaching the “silence is golden” rule to this generation ;-)

]]> By: Todd Rafferty http://neilmiddleton.com/2008/01/22/does-the-time-you-blog-make-a-difference/#comment-80334 Todd Rafferty Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:27:02 +0000 http://neilmiddleton.com/2008/01/22/does-the-time-you-blog-make-a-difference/#comment-80334 As long as you get traffic, does it matter? Regardless of when you blog, you still end up in my google reader. The only exception is whether I'm being lazy with the "Mark all as read" or not, but I generally read all of my CF categories. As long as you get traffic, does it matter? Regardless of when you blog, you still end up in my google reader. The only exception is whether I’m being lazy with the “Mark all as read” or not, but I generally read all of my CF categories.

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