Is the number of comments on a post indicative of the post’s popularity and success? Is it the traffic that comes to that post? Is it the number of trackbacks? Is it the fact that the post got dug by Digg or linked to from a popular traffic-driving site? Is who linked to your post part of your determination of a blog post’s success?
Those are from Lorelle’s Blog Challenge this week. And needless to say, each of those factors is a very valid success measurement of a blog post.
Well, but I have a problem here.
My blog is not well-known. I have small-to-nothing traffic.
In other words, if I were to use those factors to see whether my post is successful or not, then damn, I’m screwed up.
I’m not one to let myself get depressed of course, so here’s my own success measurement:
My post is successful when it manages to convey what I truly want to say from my heart.
With this, I can proudly say that I do have a bunch of successful posts. Yes, some (even most) of them aren’t that good in terms of bringing traffic or trackback or whatnot, but I’m happy reading them myself since they sound honest and true.
As per the worldly statistics and such, I think it’s more of a question on how I judge the success of my traffic-and-link building strategy.
And that, my friends, would be the question for another day.
2 responses so far ↓
Lorelle VanFossen // July 15, 2007 at 7:01 am
Actually, you’ve found the real answer to the question. You are so far ahead of everyone else on the list…good for you.
The only one you will ever please, and who will judge you as a success or not, is YOU.
Hafiz Rahman // July 16, 2007 at 8:24 am
Lorelle, that’s really encouraging to hear! Thank you for the kind words.
It made me wonder though, I read all the time about “write for others”, but I also believe that the judge for my success is myself. I don’t know, there seems to be a (dis)connection in this, I might try to elaborate more on future posts.
Thanks again!