Proof that Content is the Most Important aspect of Blogging

Content is king and readers expect fresh content when they visit a blog on a regular basis. The problem for me - and I assume this applies to others who hold down day jobs - is finding the time to properly research and write up an article that does the subject justice. Maybe I should stop sleeping :-)

I have to agree with you. Content is king.
Having said that I believe that comments are your loyal subjects.
Of course commenting on other blogs brings traffic to your site. The problem is that is does not bring the same amount of traffic to your site as the parent or original site.
I mean what did roman expect, thousands of visitors to his site, just because he is one of hundreds and thousands of other people that comment on Problogger.

I have proof that comenting on other blogs brings traffic to your site. THe things is that the more you comment on a wider selection, the more people will come. You could probably expect between 1-3 percent of your OWN traffic to come from different blogs, perhaps 1-3 percent from each blog. All depending on what niche, which blog, what your topics are, how often you comment, how relevant and usefull your comments are. A whole variaty of parameter will affect this.

Golden rule, comments are not about how you benefit your blog, but how you add value to other blogs.

Check out my post on comments and their value. http://www.integralwebsolutions.co.za/Blog/EntryId/264/Your-comments-mak...

I think also, in direct relation to this, a lot of people set out blogging with their primary objective to make money, and a good product (content) is secondary.

This is exactly how a lot of businesses don't take off, or fail quickly.

In any business, blogging included, you should set out with your primary goal of creating a great product, and providing value to your customers. If you can succeed in doing this, the money will follow.

Money is simply a byproduct of a great value offering.

This is a fascinating post.

As a newer newbie to blogging, my posting timetable is still a bit erratic. I would ideally like to post at least twice a week but sometimes, my posts can get pretty long and require some research first. And then I find that a couple of times I'm stumped for post topics and can go for two weeks without writing a post.

However, what I've personally noticed is that whenever I post a new topic and announce it on Twitter and to the Twitter12 members, I get a small increase in traffic. It coincides precisely whenever I post a new post.

Tim Ferriss, author of "The 4-Hour Work Week" actually only posts twice a week at most. His reasoning is that it gives times for comments on a blog post to accumulate. If you post everyday, then post get pushed down the line before people notice them and have time to comment. So, he's obviously puts a high value on comments.

Different strokes for different folks I suppose.

I post on other peoples blogs out of loyalty to encourage them, especially members of Twitter12.

Cheers.
Gordie Rogers (Twitter12 member).

Gordie Rogers's last blog post... Tim Ferriss's Tools And Tricks You Need To Know.

I always like reports which have data in'em, being statistics junkie I am. For some bloggers posting just once a week can be good enough (most likely the posts are longer then), and for some posting several times a day doesn't work. So I think that the key is quality content, bringing value to whatever topic you're writing about and being consistent about it.

Choose a schedule for your posts (once a day, every other day, 3 times a week, etc.) and stick with it. If you don't time/resources for it, don't try posting every day if you can't keep up (I did this at start and it was bad), I wish I'd saved and scheduled those posts and I'd had month worth of content "in the bank" at all times, now I only have some.

Zemalf's last blog post... Why Do You Blog?

Batch blogging makes a great deal of sense. I note with Live Writer you can schedule publication of posts - something to look into.