Here’s a response that another blog thought was too long to publish.
Rather than fight their system, I posted my response here, with a link to the original post and welcome your comments.
Tim & Titel,
Your comments are well taken, but they are just you telling me what’s in it for you. As the owner of 14 blogs in our network I can say without people reading on my site, getting me a visitor and a page view that I can show to advertisers, I’d be unable to continue to spend what I have to spend to keep 14 blogs going.
It may be great for you, but it won’t make the blog or the blogger any better off if you read the feed without clicking thru.
I have over 100 feeds in my reader and I click thru to the ones whose excerpt make me want more. That’s what it’s for.
People wanting to read my hard earned content, written on my time for free is not my idea of a friend.
It’s selfish, at it’s root. I find more content, ads that lead me to more good things, free reports, etc at each bloggers site that isn’t in their feed.
I also gain from those that comment. Their sites are often better than the blog I started out on.
Get over yourselves, click thru and expand your world out of a feed reader. Get the whole experiece.
If a blog wants to feed it’s readers for free and volunteer their content and time for no compensation, that’s their business.
If I’m not going to gain anything from my time, I’d rather be golfing, rather than fighting to feed my readers with good, quality content.
Here’s what I and thousands of bloggers think about those who want to read full feeds and complain that we won’t provide them…
” Some will, some won’t, so what, so who’s next “
That’s why there are thousands upon thousands of blogs, so each reader can find what they want.
I wish you well and wish you would participate..which you can only do if you click thru and comment.
In reality, bloggers who feed your habits with full feeds are really depriving you of the real experience of blogs – PARTICIPATION !
Shame on them.
Have a great weeknd and come visit the Carnival of Marketing.
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