I am baffled by the number of hits I’m not getting at my new site. I’ve dropped like a rock. This site is getting triple the hits. This doesn’t make any sense. It’s nuts. So there’s this internal conversation going on between those two parts of me that co-exist in uneasy stability…
One side says, “You need to double post… here and back at our old home.
The other side says, “One of the reasons we came over here was to stop double posting on Blogger and WordPress.”
The nervous, jittery, twisting a tissue around her finger side says, “Then we need to go back to our old site.”
The calm side says, “Now we can’t do that, it’ll confuse people and they won’t know what side is up or down.”
The trembling side lowers her voice and says, “Then we need to double post.”
This side of me says, BLAH!
What is the deal??? Anyone know?? Got ideas??
So you just like it here better?? WHAT??
Oh and you all know right that all I did was change addresses. My blog continues on over there, from here. No content change. What was here is there. The biggest change is that I’m now with an addy that ends in .com.
Night, love ya,
Theresa Jane
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I’m just brainstorming, Theresa (my specialty as you know).
On wordpress or blogger, you are in a large gated community within the exterior cyberworld. When you are at your own .com, you’re in a house outside of town. Unless you already have a robust stream of visitors, your “hits” will go down.
I mean this next question gently. I know how sensitive you are, and I don’t mean to push any buttons or alarm you.
Are you blogging for “hits”, or for process?
Breathe, my friend, breathe…
LOL. Nah, not sensitive. Got a very negative comment a good month ago from someone and I commented, with agreement, right out in the open in my blog. I’ll have to find that post. I want criticism and others opinions. It assists me to stretch and grow. And I’ll be honest and open in my response. Last night I was very, very sleepy, boggled, and playing around. I can get silly when I’m tired and run with it. I even remarked in my post how I was about to make you smile. That was an indicator that I’m about run and have fun. I not saying those weren’t the conversations running through my mind, but I wasn’t as uptight as I think I came across to cause you to mention that you might alarm me. Probably should have re-read. At any rate I’m more contemplative about what the numbers are doing and telling me more than anything. I assumed if others were reading me then they would jump over to my new site, but the numbers aren’t indicating that that is the case. So wondering if the people that read blogs, prefer it inside of WordPress or like to stick to where they’ve been going and if that’s where they want to be than I need to stick to being here. Because honestly I just want to be in one place, not two. Not for the same blog anyway.
Mostly I blog to process and reach out. I want to take my pain and success and share it with the world. Hopefully to assist others and if that means hanging inside of WordPress then so be it. Just want to know what is the best for all involved.
And well, heck yes I would like to get read. Can’t deny that. But ultimately I would blog no matter what. This process forces me into an arena that isn’t found elsewhere. Going live with what I’m sharing sure has a way of making me dig way down deep and evaluate me and what’s really going on. The more I process the more clarity comes and the process just keeps getting better and better and better. So blogging, for me is healing.
Question do you really find me to be sensitive outside of yesterdays post? I’m curious. I do want to know. I guess I thought with all I share sensitive wouldn’t be how I come across. So, don’t be concerned about alarming me. Just shoot it straight. I’m strong
Theresa Jane
I said it because I would rather be cautious than cause harm. You do exhibit a dissociative affect sometimes in your videos, and I was not sure whether that is typical behavior, or just when you happened to be taping. By that I mean looking away while recalling painful events, and your voice becoming extra “even” in tone at times when it would make sense to be hearing pain in your recall. That’s an indicator of an abuse victim. It’s part of the radar I have from what part of our experience we have in common. But I know you are strong. You would have to be to have made so may positive changes lately.