I try to write one blog entry a day.  That seems to be a good amount.  I don't want to over-produce, because, 'what is the point?'
     I also don't want to over-whelm people with how much I can write in one day.

     Some people will spend eight hours just on one blog entry.  I don't do that.  I am way too lazy to write anything resembling 'good-writing'.  I don't get paid for blogging, so I'm not going to sweat it out just for some casual reader.

     A point was brought up about blogs, about how they are all the same.
     I don't know, I don't read anybody's blogs.  The ones I have seen have been so disappointing that I don't bother to read them anymore.
     If people don't bother with Standard English at all, I ain't gonna read it.
     There is nothing wrong with making a mistake once in a while, but if there are so many mistakes that it shows the writer didn't bother to edit at all, I'm not going to bother with their crap.

     I have a brother who after I linked him to my blog, he said, "Have you ever heard of 'Tumblr'?"
     Why should I care?  I linked him a blog, what does it matter what carrier it is on?

     I like Blogger for its' ease of use, and I have one blog 'set to adult' so I can write and post anything that I want.

    
    
    

     "Boy, this is a popular blog," David thought to himself.
     He didn't care.  Writing blogs didn't really produce that much income.  He did it mostly for fun.
     "I mean, who even cares about the written word anyhow besides texting to some girl on your phone?  No one even cares about books anymore, for Chrissakes...sheez".
     So David just continued listening to 'The Phantom Menace' on audiobook, written by Terry Brooks, trying to make sense of that confused story, and mess of a movie.

     All I can say about blogging is that I write a blog entry a day, across a series of blogs.  Whatever blog I have that fits my mood is the one I write on. I've been writing a lot of stuff about Star Wars, and that is all I mostly care about right now.
     A new subject I am interested in, however, is online selling.  I have to make that happen if I am to survive in this world.
     "Hell, I wouldn't mind having a house, or living in a warehouse...anything is better than the hellhole I am living in now," David mused.

     "Damn, I'm hungry," David thought as he chose not to use the 'S' word.  "I don't want Google on my @ss for profanity."
     David had seen a man arguing with his wife in front of their four year old daughter using the 'F' word the other day.
     "In front of a four year old?  How nice of you!" the woman said to her husband.

     So you see, real life doesn't match what you can and can not do on the web.

     As a general rule of thumb, try and keep it clean on your blogs, except if you set it to adult.  But you can't make money with those blogs.  Advertisers won't touch you, as I found out.
   
     I don't want ads all around my written work anyhow, so I don't care.

     Also, don't spam on your blogs.  It's not a good idea.  Nobody likes that.

     Try and write something good, even though it is hard.

     Also, periodically go back into your blogs, and read them through to see if they make sense.  Sometimes you can gain insight later on that doesn't happen when you are writing.

     Edit, edit, edit is all I can say.  You don't want people thinking you are an idiot.

All Blogs Are The Same

     I heard somebody say that 'All blogs are the same'.

     Are they?

     Do people just write their own personal crap that nobody cares about?

     I wouldn't know.  I don't read other people's blogs.

     The blogs I did read bored me to tears, especially those ones with the big run on forever sentences all in one large paragraph.
     It was hard to make sense of those rambling diatribes.

     I could see what they were saying, but they weren't too good at saying it themselves.

     So, given this, blogs continue to rise in popularity.  More and more people write and read blogs.  It is an interesting development.
     You can read about blogs and blogging on wikipedia.  There is some good information there.

     Anyhow, the idea as a writer is to find your own voice, and that applies to blogs.

     I have over thirty blogs, that are intended for a General Audience.  On those blogs, I refrain from profanity, and naughty images.
     Then, I have one adult blog, where you have to verify that you are over 18 before viewing the material.

     Blogger is coming up with a new policy about adult material, where they will remove advertising.

     Knowing my luck, because I have one adult blog, which isn't really that bad if you look at it, they will probably strip all the advertising off of every blog I have.  Then, that ensures that they will never have to pay me.

     I have never been paid a cent by Blogger yet.

     My adsense account has accumulated $83 so far.

     Before I ever get paid, I have to file my tax return with adsense.

     No matter what happens, I'm sure Blogger and adsense will figure out a way so that they don't have to pay me, which is the real issue.  They don't really care about what people post.  But they don't want to offend the advertisers.

    Ironically, my adult blog is my most popular one.

    I like my adult blog, because it is the only place I can post a picture of two superheroes engaged in copulation.  I can't do that on the other blogs because the whole world is controlled by people under 18, Mothers, and Advertisers.

     I can join the military, and legally kill people in a war, but I can't post a picture of Pac-Man feeling up Ms. Pac-Man on the web.
     It's a messed up world.

Important Update to Adult Content Policy on Blogger 

 

You are receiving this message because you are the admin of a blog hosted on Blogger which is identified to have Adult content. Please be advised that on June 30th 2013, we will be updating our Content Policy to strictly prohibit the monetization of Adult content on Blogger. After June 30th 2013, we will be enforcing this policy and will remove blogs which are adult in nature and are displaying advertisements to adult websites. If your adult blog currently has advertisements which are adult in nature, you should remove them as soon as possible as to avoid any potential Terms of Service violation and/or content removals. Sincerely, The Blogger Team

 

 

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Ok, so Blogger sent me this letter.  I have one adult blog out of thirty different blogs.  All the other ones are clean.  I don't have advertising on the adult one.  That has already been taken care of.  My adult blog isn't even all that bad.  I put lots of different things on it.  They don't care about content, not really.  But when it comes to making money with advertisers, then they care.  Okay, no big deal.  The advertisers don't like it, so it is their problem.  I just don't want anything interfering with my Freedom of Speech.  I'm a grown man, and I hate catering to the morals of a twelve year old, like The Walt Disney Company.  I can't do it anyway, it doesn't feel right to me.  

      Ironically, my adult blog is my most popular one.  That's what people want to see.  They could give a crap about a blog about blogging, haha, for example.

     Always review your blog entries when you can.
     What made complete sense to you one day, when you look at it a couple of days later, might not be as clear as you thought.

      If you have the luxury of having somebody you know and trust who can read and look over your entries, go for it.  A second opinion never hurts, and sometimes another person can catch mistakes that you may have over-looked.

     No human being is perfect.  Even professional writers have somebody check their work for syntax, spelling, grammar, and style.

     I know it is cool to misspell words, and to write in the hip hop way or whatever, but to some people when you do that, you look like an idiot.

     To counter-balance that, if you want those kinds of people reading your...wait, those people don't read, not to my knowledge.

The Way To Get A Lot Of Hits On A Blog

     To be honest, write a lot of blog entries.  The more entries you have, the more your blog will get into searches.

     However, if you want people to keep coming back to your blogs, you had better have some good content.

     Also, vary your content.  Give people a lot to choose from.  They will be delighted.  Or, they won't care as is usual on the web, because nothing is good enough for anybody, as you know.  But if you vary your content, you'll have a better chance of getting through people's thick-headed skulls, so that they think of something besides themselves.

     Everyone is so entitled on the web.  They all want the red carpet rolled out for them, yet most people do not give much themselves.  That is just how most humans are.  Deal with it.

     Never give up is my final advice.  You'll have plenty of time to do nothing when you are dead.