For Bloggers Only
The contents of this post are directed at, and will only be of interest to bloggers who read and link to this site, so I've tucked it away in the extended entry.
In looking through my site logs over the past couple of months, I've noticed a rather discouraging trend: although my overall traffic has climbed steadily since I've moved to the new site, the number of referrals I'm receiving from other weblogs has not. In fact, it's dropped dramatically. The increase in traffic I'm seeing is coming almost exclusively from search engine hits, and almost all of it is in my image galleries, not my blog posts.
I'm at bit of a loss to explain why interest in linking to the content I post here has dwindled so significantly. I've posted a number of what I consider to be very fresh and interesting links over the course of the year, but with a few notable exceptions, they seem to languish here and go no further. Lots of bloggers tell me that they love the Goof, so it's puzzling to me why it seems to be turning into a graveyard of dead links. If this trend continues, I'm going to have to seriously re-evaluate whether or not it's worthwhile for me to continue as I have in the past, or change this site into something else entirely.
So with that being said, I'd like to solicit your opinions as to what has caused this situation to develop. I can think of a number of reasons, but I'd rather hear it directly from you without predjudicing the discussion. Feel free to leave a comment or send me e-mail.
I hope this doesn't sound like I'm whining, begging, or making threats. I'm genuinely interested in hearing from you about what I can do to make this site more linkable. For those sites that *have* referred to my content over the past couple of months, I don't mean to diminish your support and interest in any way. I'm always grateful and appreciative.
Thanks and best regards,
Mr. Bali Hai