tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post8484287185658859275..comments2024-03-29T08:17:22.279-04:00Comments on Sew Many Ways...: List Your Likes and Dislikes About a Blog...Karen from Sew Many Ways...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05258367030113873230noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-78676481506574077442012-03-11T16:21:05.991-04:002012-03-11T16:21:05.991-04:00Very interesting Posting, thanks to you for bringi...Very interesting Posting, thanks to you for bringing it up!<br />I´d just change my blog outfit totally, <br />would be great if you´ll vistit an take a look.Bente-I like to QuiltBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09754730969378765787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-38039715067661234982012-03-02T10:36:07.481-05:002012-03-02T10:36:07.481-05:00I stumbled onto your blog and I pretty much agree ...I stumbled onto your blog and I pretty much agree with you and the comments posted about what makes a good blog. I have 2 blogs and after 5 years, I rarely received any comments at all from anyone, except a personal friend of mine, that I finally just recently turned off the comments altogether. I found it depressing that no one wanted to say anything to me at all. I see so many blogs that have so many readers that comment that I couldn't understand why I wasn't getting any,so I just decided that I was doing my blog for me first and if I had no place for comments then I couldn't get depressed about not receiving any. I do have an email button so if anyone wants to ask me something or comment that way they certainly can contact me.<br /><br />I feel like I do pretty much all the right things that were mentioned by you and others on my blogs and I've done so from the start. I see blogs that are too cluttered and try to sell way too much and that is a huge turn off for me. I have no online store so I have less clutter on my blog than most blogs. So many blogs are created as a business to sell something or link to their online store and if they don't have a reason for me to return to their blog then I don't.<br /><br />I had a tutorial blog that I just recently deleted too. I only did tutorials on that blog because I thought it would be a good thing. Well it was time consuming to create even the simplest tutorial, and I had so few hits on that blog after a few years, and no one made a comment that I wondered if anyone even cared at all? I decided if I wanted to do tutorials I would do them on my blog and not a separate blog as maybe that was the problem?<br /><br />I find too that most people tend to be what they call "lurkers" where they visit a blog but never comment or even sign up to follow the blog. I have so few "followers" that sign up on my blogs. I know people look because of the counter I have, but I guess I don't know what makes some people follow a blog and not follow another one, except for the reasons stated by you here and by others, which like I said I feel like I have been doing all along. Oh well,I blog because I enjoy it.Daryl @ Patchouli Moon Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06187456682218408410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-2206505863089063542012-02-22T21:10:11.688-05:002012-02-22T21:10:11.688-05:00This may sound a little mercenary, but I like to f...This may sound a little mercenary, but I like to feel like I am 'getting' something from the blogs I follow - inspiration, information (recipes, tutorials, hints and tips, genuine recommendations for products/services), the feeling that I am not alone (this particularly applies to mommy stuff) and maybe a new perspective on the world or something in it.<br /><br />I haven't come across either music or white text on a black background but I would hate both.<br /><br />I have no problem with bloggers making money out of what they do - I'd like to make money out of my blog one day too (still haven't actually launched my blog yet...) But I don't want to be sold to and I expect the bloggers I follow to have enough integrity to only endorse products they would personally use.<br /><br />I love personal stories (although I appreciate not sharing EVERYTHING) and like to feel like I am traveling along side the bloggers on their life journeys. One food blog I follow posts every day - great, interesting, honest posts about restaurants, holiday destinations and things she has baked, but there is no consistency to her posts. On Monday she has a post about a trip to Canada and on Thursday she's in New Zealand. Apart from the almost impossible ability to get to and from each place and enjoy the delights in the timeframe I can tell by the photos that she was actually in Canada last (Northern Hemisphere) Summer and was in New Zealand just before Christmas. I want to feel like I am traveling with her, baking with her but when the posts jump all over the place I feel disconnected. I am thinking about unsubscribing because of this.<br /><br />I love blogs. I've only discovered the blogosphere in the last 6 months but in that time it has inspired me so. very. much. Thanks!<br />KateKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911347559332913897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-22122884203583070692012-02-21T16:57:14.354-05:002012-02-21T16:57:14.354-05:00I definitely don't care for the music on blogs...I definitely don't care for the music on blogs. It takes too long to load and I'm usually listening to my radio anyway.<br /><br />Love the tutorials with lots and lots of pictures, that's really what got me subscribing to blogs in the first place, all the wonderful things I can learn.<br /><br />I proofread for a living so I definitely love to read. But even I would much rather read short paragraphs, short sentences.<br /><br />I love labels, too, so I can find related posts. <br /><br />I enjoy all the playful fonts but not light letters on very dark or black backgrounds. Some bloggers like to scan very busy prints - fabrics and papers - as backgrounds. All of these are just too hard on my age 50+ eyes!Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02636982537853525800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-84176808741633494212012-02-19T22:47:35.312-05:002012-02-19T22:47:35.312-05:00Thanks so much for bringing up this topic. I am tr...Thanks so much for bringing up this topic. I am trying to start my own blog and I know what I like, but it is nice to hear what others like and dislike!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08569681388532317977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-43553913632646573072012-02-19T17:55:55.473-05:002012-02-19T17:55:55.473-05:00I really intensely dislike:
1) music (although tha...I really intensely dislike:<br />1) music (although thankfully this seems to be a waning trend!)<br />2) partial feeds - I read most blogs in reader and so many of them these days have a partial feed. I will click through to read your blog IF I can see what you're posting about - if not, I'm probably not going to click through<br /><br />Those would be my big pet peeves, and then a follow up would be really messy blogs that have way too much in the sidebars etc (the side bar should NOT run longer than the length of the posts you show on your front page!!!)Pinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11773996448237708225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-13666096488836275422012-02-19T15:45:34.348-05:002012-02-19T15:45:34.348-05:00i think you said it all on your comments about wha...i think you said it all on your comments about what you love/dis-love about a blog...<br />i would add when a side bar is too busy it takes away from the post itself.<br />i also love when something is referenced, that there is a direct link to that something. <br />and i am all about the simpler, the better. a clear, easy on the eye blog is one i will come back to time and time again.<br />don't really mind when i have to click on to see the 'rest of the story'. it allows more looks at what else is on the blog.<br />thanks for the post. i had visited before, but it had been awhile.<br />~jjamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16703378165956643086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-5866496634892438682012-02-19T14:42:28.006-05:002012-02-19T14:42:28.006-05:00I love how you have the ability to get people talk...I love how you have the ability to get people talking so nicely about potentially hot-topic subjects.<br /><br />I love your blog and like everything just fine.<br /><br />BUT my pet blog peeves in general are<br /><br />1. partial feeds (because I read in Google Reader)<br />2. when I do click over, dark backgrounds<br />3. no sense of the person writing<br />4. perfection (i know this seems weird but I want to know I can relate to you and I am not perfect)<br />5. music<br />6. the ones that pretend to be a normal person commenting so you visit and then there's nothing but ads everywhere. ugh!Marcia (123 blog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15581613927187600748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-41623293601379059092012-02-19T08:01:59.972-05:002012-02-19T08:01:59.972-05:00Thanks for this post and caring what people think ...Thanks for this post and caring what people think in an effort to make it better.<br />I am new to the blogging world...but I agree with most of what I am seeing.<br />I love when I can easily find past posts, especially tutorials and projects!<br />Thanks, too, for the link about making sure our email is showing.themissymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08819103693231507447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-63954095538439494242012-02-18T23:27:58.509-05:002012-02-18T23:27:58.509-05:00I would like to know how to put a "follow me...I would like to know how to put a "follow me on pinterest" sign on my blogsJodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18141222037573550929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-35283965059697393942012-02-18T23:15:33.075-05:002012-02-18T23:15:33.075-05:00If the blogger is telling everything anyway, why j...If the blogger is telling everything anyway, why just say "United States" for where he/she lives?<br />Why can't bloggers leave their blogs alone? Why do they have to keep changing everything around? Makes me crazy when I have to search for something as simple as the archives.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791592886458322904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-73858956263292447392012-02-18T20:59:52.768-05:002012-02-18T20:59:52.768-05:00I too love the pics, not a fan of the music. I am...I too love the pics, not a fan of the music. I am usually listening to my own...or perhaps silence at my house if I am lucky. <br /><br />I like a touch of personal. I also think you are right - black background, white letters are very hard to read.<br /><br />I also don't like when comments slam the writer - gosh, if you don't like what you read - move on. If you don't like the style of the blog - move on. After all, we are all different.<br /><br />I think you blog is entertaining and informational. I am still relatively new at this and happy to read your hints, etc.<br /><br />I don't label - never thought about it...maybe something I will start doing - sounds like most people like them.Sherry :o)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16747069007845394339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-53881817252301270692012-02-18T20:50:42.190-05:002012-02-18T20:50:42.190-05:00I need the font to larger than 12pt, my eyes are g...I need the font to larger than 12pt, my eyes are getting older and it's a pain to read small fonts, the same with small pictures. Might as well leave them out if they're too small. I like stories about daily life as well as quilting (my main interest) and I don't dig music.<br />I like to see design process,tutorials and recipes not just finished projects. <br />I like a clean look without too many graphics and side distractions and I'm learning how to achieve this for myself so these replies will be very educational for me. Thanks for your blog by the way - it's great!Dogwood Lane Rambleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11325307035803155779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-58987192491088627422012-02-18T20:38:37.917-05:002012-02-18T20:38:37.917-05:00Great points. I don't like it when I can'...Great points. I don't like it when I can't find "archives" or when people don't list the archives on their sidebar. Sometimes I remember a post that for instance was around Valentine's day last year. I could go to it much quicker through the archives than in other ways. Thanks for listening!!!<br />Hugs!Nancy at EmbroideryIt.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08462544567484306363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-22959407139325045942012-02-18T19:56:44.690-05:002012-02-18T19:56:44.690-05:00Oh gosh, here's one that will make me stop fol...Oh gosh, here's one that will make me stop following a blog asap: cutesy name calling. Like "Hey Dolls!" Or animal names. There's a blog that I would love to read because the content was right up my alley but I could NOT get past the horrible animal names the author used to introduce every single post. It turned me off so badly I unsubbed. I know several friends who unsubbed as well, and I wish one of us were brave enough to just tell the girl! She's probably very sweet and just doesn't realize how completely annoying that habit is.<br /><br />Other than that, no to music, no to black backgrounds, yes to lots of pictures and some humor thrown in. <br /><br />Mostly though, I try to cut every blogger I read some slack. After all, blogs are personal journals. Sure we're choosing to share them with the world at large, but in the end, it's someone's personal space. Worrying about too many rules or how the reader will take/react to something spoils the fun in blogging.angie.ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575366388194033626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-57619065841394448722012-02-18T15:26:36.328-05:002012-02-18T15:26:36.328-05:00Things I love:
Sense of community
Learning/Sharin...Things I love:<br /><br />Sense of community<br />Learning/Sharing/Tutorials<br />Clean layout with white background<br />Pictures<br />Short paragraphs <br />Real -- sharing of good news and not so good news<br />No music<br />Small header pix that don't take forever to load and take up half the screen<br />Not too many ads -- particularly not on both sides of the blog. <br />Too much "stuff" -- buttons, ads, etc.<br /><br />Things that I'd like to do be better on my blog:<br /><br />Make sure my posts are relevant and interesting<br />Figure out how to make the buttons on right all the same size and lined up<br />Post often enough to have something of interest but not so much that it's not worth scanning<br /><br />As an aside, I think you are great example of what's right with blogging! JanI Quilt for Funhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18344303465941082875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-11131799006994747382012-02-18T14:37:54.780-05:002012-02-18T14:37:54.780-05:00I think the main problem I run into with blogs is ...I think the main problem I run into with blogs is the backgrounds they use. I love them - they are so pretty - but I can't read the print.<br /><br />I don't like music because I'm usually listening to something else or don't want to bother someone else in the room<br /><br />It's hard to have too many pictures, especially for a tutorial. Sometimes it does take awhile to get through a post, but when that happens I just go straight to the blog and get out of Google Reader.Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16144919456834073050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-9044419442150465372012-02-18T14:26:35.162-05:002012-02-18T14:26:35.162-05:00I don't blog, I follow you by email, and have ...I don't blog, I follow you by email, and have for some time. I've participated in a swap, and although I haven't had a chance to use my red and white squares yet (new grandson!), I promise I will! I'm a very visual learner, so I love pictures, and tutorials, but don't like more noise. I'm from Kentucky. I like personal stuff, just not too much. Love the red. Don't mind the word verification, just like I don't mind if they check my ID when I use my credit card. I love to write but couldn't possibly do it every day. I truly admire those of you who can, and who can interest me enough to keep me as a follower and have me COMMENT!!pambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849412920321412531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-76112578160481721392012-02-18T13:04:05.876-05:002012-02-18T13:04:05.876-05:00Blog land
What I Like
Quick loading
Clear fonts
...Blog land <br />What I Like<br />Quick loading<br />Clear fonts <br />Tabs at the top that let me navigate to files of pictures, tutorials, recipes, ect<br />Humor and honesty and a little it of pain and anger when its due<br />I kind of like the blogs that load quickly with a picture and a paragraph and I can decide if I want to go on and finish reading that post or topic…<br />I like the side bars that include the blogs of others with name of blog and the heading of the moment.<br />You can find it here inserts in the text or the blog names so I can find the reference you are making. <br />What I don’t Like<br />Pages that take forever to load<br />520 different things on the side bar…<br />Music<br />Free stuff if you friend me on face book, you tube and baby needs a new pair of shoes blog.<br />Difficult to print recipes or patterns..all though that could be more my problem then the blogs.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06651396265516069702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-49691299641780103412012-02-18T12:25:13.209-05:002012-02-18T12:25:13.209-05:00Since I'm new to blogging - I appreciate every...Since I'm new to blogging - I appreciate everyone's comments. I will agree with just about what everyone says about the "cons" on some blogs. I have found some great hints from everyone and will apply to my blog.<br /><br />I am guilty of not having a picture on mine because that just happened to be a picture that I had downloaded. I will make sure to get that corrected soon!<br /><br />Thanks to everyone & I LOVE this blog!!!!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406245260599978396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-29498930666366596352012-02-18T12:22:10.614-05:002012-02-18T12:22:10.614-05:00A NOTE ON ADDS. I have read several people's ...A NOTE ON ADDS. I have read several people's comments about adds on the page. If you are using Wordpress and you are on a FREE account, then there will be adds. (Do other "free" blog accounts do this?)<br /><br />I was running my WP page for two years before I realized that they were doing this to me! I found out one day when a friend asked me about I product I was promoting via an add, and did I get a commission from a purchase via said add. The answer is an emphatic "NO!" <br /><br />If I really love and use a product I will tell you about it and why I like it. But rest assured I don't get paid for it. <br /><br />Don't know if your service is adding advertisements? You can check by logging out, and then visiting your site. ~ LyndaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-41577266182242202132012-02-18T11:53:33.908-05:002012-02-18T11:53:33.908-05:00Only three:
3. The verifications words to prove I ...Only three:<br />3. The verifications words to prove I am a human. Half the time I can't post because I can't read them well enough to type them correctly. If you make it too hard, then why bother?<br />2. Not being able to enter a post under Open ID. What good is my Gravatar information if I can't get the Gravatar up there with my comment?<br />And my number one pet peeve... <br />1. The inability to receive your new blog posts via email. Simply put, email verification is the easiest and most expedient way to receive a new post. I don't like having to join some cutesie "connect" ring (Google etc.) or set up for RSS feeds just to know what you are doing. There are a bunch of fabulous quilters and sewists using these, and I personally just don't have the time to try and navigate three different sources, on the off chance you may have done something brilliant!<br /><br />Glad you asked, and I hope I wasn't ranting too badly. ;)<br />LyndaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-40763719579217979102012-02-18T11:46:21.821-05:002012-02-18T11:46:21.821-05:00I'd like to add two more thing to my dislike l...I'd like to add two more thing to my dislike list. <br /><br />First, leave off those things that follow the cursor. Words, stars, whatever. They are SO distracting! <br /><br />The second thing is learn the difference between their, there, and they're. <br /><br />Thank you for letting us all vent!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15685952017183050898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-90842804687695303312012-02-18T11:18:35.662-05:002012-02-18T11:18:35.662-05:00I like your list. It pretty much says what I wou...I like your list. It pretty much says what I would say. Very interesting to read what others have shared.Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714577523744715551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444221130150558371.post-20728466580021092812012-02-18T10:56:40.357-05:002012-02-18T10:56:40.357-05:00Oh this is so simple......
Above all, writing wit...Oh this is so simple......<br /><br />Above all, writing with a sense of humor is the most enjoyable reading.<br /><br />Not everyone has the same taste in music so a 'mute' option would be greatly appreciated.<br /><br />Tutorials are so great! Just as great are other ideas expressed by people in their comments....the more, the merrier!<br /><br />Try as I might, pale, pale grey or faint yellow type on a white background or white type on black because it strains my eyes. A nice,combination with enough contrast for comfortable reading lets me stay and enjoy the company. <br /><br />Mysteries are great for quilts but why write a blog about something personal that you or a family member has been going thru while keeping the reader guessing about what that was is like a power failure at the end of a good movie! <br /><br />Our culture has become very 'self-protective' while advancing so fast technologically. I don't offend easily and it bothers me when people feel they have to protect a photo of their creation with a watermark or the person who loves that idea so much has to give copyright credit. If I'm not claiming something as my own why can't I just share it with someone and say "look at the great whatchamacallit I saw on a blog or on Pinterest? Isn't this a neat idea?" In the days of many community/school/church craft fairs (dating myself to the 70s & 80s here)when you had an original idea you had to make the best of it the first week out cause next weekend it was going to be on a lot of other craft tables. Imitation is the best form of flattery....blah, blah, blah.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468248280025055203noreply@blogger.com