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	<title>Comments on: How Big Do You Want To Be?</title>
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		<title>By: Chris Lodge</title>
		<link>http://blog-op.com/how-big-do-you-want-to-be/#comment-3682</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lodge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 08:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I know what you mean K, if I have an unplanned day away from the blogs, you know like interacting with my family or something, I get the same pangs ;-)

I really don't know how Steve does what he does Matthew - anyway, I think even the most impatient readers will give you at least a week before not returning....I hope.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know what you mean K, if I have an unplanned day away from the blogs, you know like interacting with my family or something, I get the same pangs <img src='http://blog-op.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I really don&#8217;t know how Steve does what he does Matthew - anyway, I think even the most impatient readers will give you at least a week before not returning&#8230;.I hope.</p>
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		<title>By: Matthew Jabs</title>
		<link>http://blog-op.com/how-big-do-you-want-to-be/#comment-3678</link>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Jabs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 21:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I'll have to check out Sputtr.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ll have to check out Sputtr.com</p>
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		<title>By: Matthew Jabs</title>
		<link>http://blog-op.com/how-big-do-you-want-to-be/#comment-3677</link>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Jabs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 20:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good Point K...

I too start to worry, but I figure, they'll come back if I have good content.  There are a lot of popular blogs that post like once to twice a week.  Steve Pavlina is a good example.

His posts are much more detailed however!

Let's just keep on trucking!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good Point K&#8230;</p>
<p>I too start to worry, but I figure, they&#8217;ll come back if I have good content.  There are a lot of popular blogs that post like once to twice a week.  Steve Pavlina is a good example.</p>
<p>His posts are much more detailed however!</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s just keep on trucking!</p>
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		<title>By: K-IntheHouse</title>
		<link>http://blog-op.com/how-big-do-you-want-to-be/#comment-3676</link>
		<dc:creator>K-IntheHouse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 20:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I feel motivated to blog everyday with the 125+ subscribers and the few hundred visitors a day. However small it might seem, when I am going away in the weekends now I feel a little pang of anxiety that the readers might not come back after a 2 day break. I can only imagine the pressure one would feel once they break into the A-List. 

But, I started it out as a hobby and I guess I will adapt as I go.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I feel motivated to blog everyday with the 125+ subscribers and the few hundred visitors a day. However small it might seem, when I am going away in the weekends now I feel a little pang of anxiety that the readers might not come back after a 2 day break. I can only imagine the pressure one would feel once they break into the A-List. </p>
<p>But, I started it out as a hobby and I guess I will adapt as I go.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris Lodge</title>
		<link>http://blog-op.com/how-big-do-you-want-to-be/#comment-3672</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lodge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 17:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Scott :lol: I was trying to shorten the post title slightly...

You make some good points Matthew, and I do keep reading that most blogs take at least a year to really get going traffic wise. Blog-Op's 9 thousand and something in Technorati, and running at about 3K visitors and twice the page views a month which isn't bad.

I know what you mean about the A-list RT, they may be making cash, but a lot of them seem joyless places. I guess that's where the choice in my question comes in: Cash or fun? Fun means you can take an unannounced 2 week break and not worry about it, but if it's cash....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scott <img src='http://blog-op.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif' alt=':lol:' class='wp-smiley' /> I was trying to shorten the post title slightly&#8230;</p>
<p>You make some good points Matthew, and I do keep reading that most blogs take at least a year to really get going traffic wise. Blog-Op&#8217;s 9 thousand and something in Technorati, and running at about 3K visitors and twice the page views a month which isn&#8217;t bad.</p>
<p>I know what you mean about the A-list RT, they may be making cash, but a lot of them seem joyless places. I guess that&#8217;s where the choice in my question comes in: Cash or fun? Fun means you can take an unannounced 2 week break and not worry about it, but if it&#8217;s cash&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: eJabs Hooks Up - May 23rd, 2007</title>
		<link>http://blog-op.com/how-big-do-you-want-to-be/#comment-3671</link>
		<dc:creator>eJabs Hooks Up - May 23rd, 2007</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 17:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] ever inquisitive Chris over at Blog-op wants to know how big we want to be.  Although our minds could take this question in the wrong direction, Chris is always really good [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] ever inquisitive Chris over at Blog-op wants to know how big we want to be.  Although our minds could take this question in the wrong direction, Chris is always really good [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Matthew Jabs</title>
		<link>http://blog-op.com/how-big-do-you-want-to-be/#comment-3669</link>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Jabs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 16:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>RT is semi-right...

A lot of the bloggers who have been part of Blog-op for awhile now, are in the Technorati Top 30,000 or better...that's saying something.

I know that when I started eJabs in November of 2006, my blog was ranked 1,600,000 something by Technorati.  Now, just 6 months later, it's ranked 28,000 something.

PS...on a side note, it looks like today Technorati took those number rankings off &#38; just give the blogs "authority" which is link authority I believe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RT is semi-right&#8230;</p>
<p>A lot of the bloggers who have been part of Blog-op for awhile now, are in the Technorati Top 30,000 or better&#8230;that&#8217;s saying something.</p>
<p>I know that when I started eJabs in November of 2006, my blog was ranked 1,600,000 something by Technorati.  Now, just 6 months later, it&#8217;s ranked 28,000 something.</p>
<p>PS&#8230;on a side note, it looks like today Technorati took those number rankings off &amp; just give the blogs &#8220;authority&#8221; which is link authority I believe.</p>
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		<title>By: RT Cunningham</title>
		<link>http://blog-op.com/how-big-do-you-want-to-be/#comment-3668</link>
		<dc:creator>RT Cunningham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 16:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don't know about you guys. I think I'm pretty big now with 5,000 visitors a month on average (except that time where I got digg-dugged into 11,000 in one day and that time I got reddited into 1,100 in one day).

Sure, I'm no A-List blogger, but from what I've seen of the A-List, no thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know about you guys. I think I&#8217;m pretty big now with 5,000 visitors a month on average (except that time where I got digg-dugged into 11,000 in one day and that time I got reddited into 1,100 in one day).</p>
<p>Sure, I&#8217;m no A-List blogger, but from what I&#8217;ve seen of the A-List, no thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: What New Bloggers Are You Reading?</title>
		<link>http://blog-op.com/how-big-do-you-want-to-be/#comment-3666</link>
		<dc:creator>What New Bloggers Are You Reading?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 15:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] at Blog-Op.  I started reading Blog Op after I submitted a post to his blog in order to get some traffic and [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] at Blog-Op.  I started reading Blog Op after I submitted a post to his blog in order to get some traffic and [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Blog News Watch</title>
		<link>http://blog-op.com/how-big-do-you-want-to-be/#comment-3665</link>
		<dc:creator>Blog News Watch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 14:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Wednesday Roundup: May 23, 2007...&lt;/strong&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Wednesday Roundup: May 23, 2007&#8230;</strong></p>
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