I have a feeling people only read those posts that are published between 6 and 9 am. Is that true? Do people read blogs with their morning coffee and then move on to other things?
I’m usually asleep between 6 and 9 am but I can schedule for all posts to appear only between those hours if that helps.
Also, when do you normally wake up? Is it normal that I sleep until 10 am every day?
I usually get up at around 6:30 A.M., read or at least skim 150 – 200 e-mails (most from blogs that I follow), look at a dozen or so news sites, have a bit of breakfast, research a subject that I want to write about on my blog, maybe write and post or hold it until the next day, and then go to bed at about 8:30 P.M. Then, I read.
Since many of my posts remain reasonably active for days or even months, the time of posting does not appear to be significant as to readership.
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I also get over 100 emails every day except on weekends. It’s no wonder my BlackBerry looks like it’s an antique artifact after 2 years of use.
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During the summer, I wake up around 10:00 AM! During the school year, I wake up around 8:00 or 8:30 AM. Speaking for myself, one of my favorite things about your blog is that new posts appear throughout the day. If I take a break or have lunch or need a moment to switch gears between different tasks, I know I can click on your blog and find a new interesting post or discussion. So for me, I love the posting throughout the day! But I don’t know if I represent a typical reader. 🙂
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\\Speaking for myself, one of my favorite things about your blog is that new posts appear throughout the day.
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That’s good to know because for me the main point of blogging is that I can post while I’m between meetings, classes, errands, etc as part of my mental hygiene. I vent and then feel better.
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You are an exceptionally valuable reader, Evelina, because you always make very good comments. Thank you for reading!
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I mostly read blogs in the evenings, after I come home. In the morning I am way too sleepy to do anything except get ready and run through the door (because I also sleep as long as possible and so I’m always in a hurry in the mornings, with no internet time before work). Sometimes I manage to check blogs during the day and, as Evelina says, I’m always happy to see a new post on your blog.
And, when I don’t have to go to work and can be in my own sleep rhythm I also sleep until 10am every day!
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It’s good to know I’m not alone! 🙂
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I think people who want to read your posts will scroll down to see if they missed anything. People who only look at the most recent ones aren’t your main readers.
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I really want to believe that most of my readers read everything I write. It is a very comforting thought.
Still, the posts published at 6 am, always get 10 times more hits than any other posts. Even when these early posts are quite trivial.
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I read at all different times of the day. Depends what day and what’s going on. Sometimes I don’t have a chance to check in for a couple of days and then I’ll read lots of posts at once. I try only to comment from home, not from work, so sometimes I’ll skip a discussion when it seems like interest has waned by the time I have a chance to comments, and other days, like today, I’ll comment on multiple posts. 🙂
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Yay! I appreciate your comments. I wish I managed to comment on blogs I like more often.
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As to when I read blogs, it sort of depends. On days I’m off of work, I do like to sit with my coffee and read them in the morning. However, on days when I do work, the whole thing has to wait until I get home from work — in which case, I usually look through all the titles in my reader and select the ones that seem most interesting.
As for waking up, I’m a 5am kind of person during the work week, which does not lend itself to sleeping much past 7am, even on the weekends.
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It depends on the day and the blog. I know you update multiple times a day, so even when it’s two in the morning and I’ve checked your blog throughout the day I’ll still check it in the hopes that you’ve posted something new. On weekends I try to limit my reading to the morning/early afternoon; on school days I check between 5:00pm and 10:00pm, and then intermittently as I do homework (more so once 1:00 hits).
Also, I’d love to be able to wake up at 10:00 every morning. That would be heaven. If I have an 8:30 class, I try to be up at 7:00. If I have a 1:00 class, I have to be up by 11:00, and if I have a 10:00 class I have to be up at 8:30 or 9:00. No alarm is set on Saturdays, but on Sundays I like to get up around 9:00 or 10:00.
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Well, when you become a professor, you will be able to tailor your own schedule and wake up when you want. 🙂
“so even when it’s two in the morning and I’ve checked your blog throughout the day I’ll still check it in the hopes that you’ve posted something new”
– Thank you so much, dear Pen.
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It’s also generally around now when I start to wonder if I’m singlehandedly inflating your stats counter. My productivity dwindles proportionally with the rate at which caffeine leaves my system, so I find myself here more and more.
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I’m out of your time zone so it makes no difference to me when you post. I get notified in my email and if I can read I do, and if I can’t I don’t. 🙂
I don’t tend to read blogs at the weekend.
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I wake up anywhere from 6-7, read blogs at random times– some during the morning, some at night, sometimes during lunch (like now!). Mostly, I simply do not have the time to read blogs– so I tend to read a bunch in a chunk when I have free time, but no book or access to my video game.
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