Successful Blogs

I've been looking at other people's blogs, determining makes a blog "successful" in my opinion. I think the act of publishing a blog is one success. However, to be truly successful, a blog needs readers. I think the blogs with many hits are those that focus on one subject. One interesting blog I came across was Vegan Lunchbox. It's a featured blog, and also one with really lovely pictures. Even though I am not a vegan, I found it interesting.

Another one I like is If Flat's Come Back in, We're Screwed. Also very funny. Both of them make me think I need more pictures in my blog. Pictures can make a big difference.

There are very successful blogs that are well-known. I'm not going to link to them here, because I don't know them.

I'm contemplating the construction of three additional blogs. That sounds like a lot, I know.

However, I am going to virtually abandon my homepage, perhaps updating every quarter. It's going to contain links to this blog, and two of my three new sites.

My first blog will be book reviews. I wrote them on my homepage for years, and I would like them to be archived. There are 10,000 book review pages online, but I don't care.

The second will be a blog for my fiction. I want to get it out there. This one will be difficult, because it's my most emotionally risky act; putting my own writing out in the world.

The third blog is going to be completely separate from these, and that's about all I'm going to say about it here. Ever.

I will make VGRandomized a little more like my home page, with a weekly report as well as my random ramblings.

I suppose my personal idea of a successful blog is one that gets visits; but also I want to look more interesting. So, stay tuned. Big changes may be in store here.