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All that starts well might end abruptly

As any other Internet feature, the blog sites are very easy to start & very difficult to maintain. Getting started doesn’t take much time. You think about an interesting & cranky nick that describes you the best, and get registered. The problem starts from there.

You never understand what you should blog about? You start off with a profile page, then some interesting events that took place in your life, and then? There is a HUGE mind block – you either stop blogging or you start finding a new focus in your life as a blogger.

Selecting a topic can give you sleepless nights

One of the most difficult things to keep your blogs running is selecting a topic. Your worries start from the time you get up in the morning – what should you blog today?

You go through your daily newspapers to see if you get any tip. Then you start staying alert & observant the whole day – you never know where you would get a topic from. If the auto guy takes you for a ride – you think you should blog about it, if you have a fight with your wife – you think that is a better topic, if you have water problems – you think what else can be more interesting than this. And, finally when you end up writing your blog your worry about the next blog already starts haunting you.

Is the attempt to keep your blog interesting worth it?

Bloggers try really hard to keep their blogs interesting. They know that they aren’t celebrity writers & that none cares about what they think about life. In an attempt to keep their blogsites live they add humour, they add colour, & they keep changing the design. It of course is a good sign but then it makes one wonders if the pain is really worth it – life can of course go smoothly without having a blog site. Thanks to Google – it at least gives some hope to the bloggers that you COULD make some money in future.

How we hate to read others’ blog & how we love others reading our blog

Most bloggers think – ‘They are the best.’ As if others are cranky nuts and are born just to read your blog and also leave a comment. The feeling of going to others blog is the most boring experience, and leaving a comment – My God. But then it is always orgasmic to keep a watch on our own page views & reply to people who have taken the pain to leave a comment. Also out of generosity we visit the blog of the person who has left a comment – so that he doesn’t feel bad, and he doesn’t stop coming to our blog.

The technical difficulties

You have less technical problems if you use some blog sites which provide blog interfaces – like that of blogspot.com and rediff. Maintaining your own site with your own domain like that of mine (askenni.com) or kiruba.com (I am not giving his hyper link, because I don’t want you guys to click on it and leave my blog midway) is a real head ache. You will never know what went wrong when & where. And there are only few people who help you in repairing yours site – I am yet to find those few people.

Attitudes thrown in Cross linking

Few bloggers have already started assuming that they are the best bloggers, and they are very choosy in cross linking others blog from their sites. Come on guys grow up – you are as deep in shit as the newcomers are! And it is still long way to go becoming a celebrity!

Need help in starting your own blog? Mail me at kennedig@yahoo.com