One of the things each blogger has to keep in mind is how to stay relevant. This is something we’ve been discussing over on Three Dollar Bill Reviews because we don’t put out a plethora of reviews each month. Some sites are megasites and can produce numerous reviews each day but other sites produce maybe one review a day or in some cases a week. TDB has several reviewers but with busy schedules the number of reviews is pretty sparse. Does that mean it’s not a viable resource? I wonder the same thing about my personal blog. I used to post every single day and now I try to post a couple times a week (at best).

So I struggle with how much content is needed to stay relevant and interesting. Do you need reviews every day and content posts as well? Is that too much, not enough, just right? It’s hard to strike a good balance and remain a resource that’s actually useful.

Not to mention those blogs and sites that seem to produce massive amounts of content are so much work that it’s a job in itself. Some of the bloggers I follow have quit their day job because they make enough money off their blogs to survive (ha how nice that would be). But the majority are doing blogs as a hobby and that can turn into a full time job if you’re not careful.

I’m always impressed with readers/reviewers/bloggers that can pump out the amount of reviews and content that keeps their sites super busy and interesting. That’s great! As a reader I like that sometimes, other times I get overwhelmed by the amount of missed posts and just give up. I’ve given up on quite a few sites because I get too far behind and can’t keep up. Since I feel the need to read in order (and everything) if someone is posting multiple times a day and I miss say a week, that site will probably be dropped because I can’t keep up and feel some kind of weird pressure that I missed something important.

So what about everyone else? What makes a site relevant as a resource and what is too much, too little, just right?

I’m back from vacation! Miss me? Eh, probably not but just in case you have .. it’s so good to be back. Vacation was pretty good, not as warm as I’d like it (the beach in Sept, what can you really expect?) but otherwise relaxing and enjoyable. Had some family drama but surprisingly none of it involved me in any way. I just sat there chanting “still as a stone” lest I become an unwitting target. So after all that hurricane drama, car drama (mazda’s apparently break down a lot), baby drama (yes 3 month olds do have stuff to say while 3 yr olds are like parrots), and so on… much fun was had.

That said, I got zero…ZERO…reading done. Didn’t even crack open a cover. I can’t remember the last time I went 10 full days without reading ANYTHING, let alone while on vacation. I wonder if I’m coming down with something. I did get this incredibly hard “challenging” 3d castle puzzle done. I guess yay for that.

So here I am with a pile of books and tons of internet posts I haven’t even looked at and just basking in being home again. *ahh*

Hope you all enjoyed your past week and I’ll be posting again tomorrow. More Rifter series coming up! I can’t believe that serial is almost over. Is anyone as sad as I am that it’s coming to a close?