I was just thinking about how I feel about my blog and blogging altogether. If you noticed, my blog is still in a great chaos. I haven’t organized it the way I really wanted it to be. If your using Internet Explorer, chances are, my blog looked like abstract but if your using Mozilla Firefox…a little better.So, as I journey to get a Page Rank, all I got was disappointment and frustration. The more I pursue a PR the more I lost my identity and my desire to blog. You see, I have been removing a lot of things from my blog ever since I wanted to have a PR – loved graphics, favorite links, pictures, etc. Thus conforming my blog to what we call “google-friendly.” And that is where I found the problem! I have been so overwhelmed by my desire to get a PR but I have lost my identity as a unique blogger thus making me feel so frustrated and so unsatisfied. I became a sad blogger.
Well, honestly, I will still continue to pursue PR for the sake of my children. I really wanted to stay home with the kids. BUT, I will get it a PR – someday I hope – the way I wanted my blog to look. Meaning…I am going to make my blog look the way I wanted it to be. I will put back all the things that I feel good about and all the things I love to see. I love blogging and I want to blog the way I wanted it to be. I still have opportunities though but I guess I need to be contented at them (for now!) and just blog like I wanted. Besides, blogging is very fun when many of your friends stop by to visit and leave you their opinions.
Now, blogging for me is more of a self-expression and a way of living – not for money – but for the fact that I could stay home and earn a few pesos just for my kids. And, to earn more friends around the world!!
hi ruby. might help to take off paid ads. i don’t know how i got mine too but it rose from PR 3 to PR 4 last month. but no opps from smorty.
hey sis! good luck on your blog revamp! i know it’s hard to get a pr but you go girl.. kayang kaya yan 🙂
Happy Easter!
HI Ruby,
Thanks for setting up Project Exlinks. I am also struggling to get some PR so I know how you feel.
Hope we get it someday.
Have a great week ahead!!!
Hi, It is hard to get a PR but one day it will happen. I believe that sometimes the more you chase after something the less you will get of it and somehow that is the effect of PR. I don’t do link trains etc because I don’t think it is a good thing, I have done and still do sometimes link exchange but I prefer to get links from those who really enjoy my blogs. Of course you want to stay at home with your girls and want to do it through blogging if I understand right. But have you looked into doing other things or perhaps even setting up another blog? Then your chances would improve.
I don’t know if Smorty has anything to do with it but I do know that categorizing “paid links” or PPP could make Google a little itchy if you know what I mean. 🙂
A clean looking blog appeals more than a cluttered one, nothing wrong in having lots of things in your sidebar or on the blog in general but it can be a matter of how you add things that makes people stay or go. I have use flooble.com script for my blog rolls for example as well as blog listings on some blogs.
I wish you all the best and I don’t mind swapping links with your for Mama’s Coffee Corner if you like 🙂 keep up the good work! 🙂
Hi Ruby sis. I’ve link this post to my post today. I’ve learned some lessons from your post. So I hope you don’t mind. You have a great site and a lovely family. Take care always.