Comments on: Game 20: #6 Seed Crime Fiction Dossier Versus #7 Seed The Writing Journey

By: Bob Younce at WJ

Bob Younce at WJ — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:26:54 +0000

Thanks, John, for your comment on the food blog series. To be sure, I’m not sure my comments dropped significantly enough to make the difference – only 4 of those 10 posts were from the series. Still, it might have been a closer match at least.

I know I’ve said it before, but I absolutely have loved this series. It’s a lot of time and commitment on your part, and I’m thoroughly impressed.

By: John Hewitt

John Hewitt — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:23:01 +0000

Hi Bob,

I did feel as if your comments had dropped a little, but I had to stick to the past 10 articles. I think the Food series is excellent.

By: John Hewitt

John Hewitt — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:10:38 +0000

I agree James. If I’m willing to put myself through this again next year, I expect TWJ to do very well.

By: James -Men with Pens

James -Men with Pens — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:03:20 +0000

I like Bob. I like Bob’s blog. I have a feeling he’ll be here for a while. He’s only recently come on the radar, as you mentioned, but I think he’s got something to offer. Good fight, Bob. Next year, you’ll crunch ‘em

By: Bob Younce at WJ

Bob Younce at WJ — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:15:43 +0000

Well, John, it was a good run… like I said, I was thrilled to make it to round 2.

Can’t say I didn’t see it coming. Like John said, I’m new. On top of that, I’ve noticed, in general, food blogs don’t tend to have much of a sense of community in general. Most comments are along the lines of “that looks great, mmmmm!” or “How do you get the consistency of the sauce right?” I knew that going into the series, and suspected my comments would drop. Didn’t know they’d drop so far, though!

I actually thought about postponing the series once the criteria for round 2 were announced. I’d already included a teaser at that point, and decided it would be silly of me to do.

So, was the series a success? I think it still was. I gained 50 feed subscribers in the 7 days from when I started the series until last Friday.

(Incidentally, I gained more e-mail feed subscribers, proportionately, than any other time. I’m not sure if that says more about food bloggers or about RSS. I’ll let you all make those conclusions.)

At any rate, I’d have called this game the same, I believe.

Good luck to the remaining sites

Now… next year… that will be a different story.