Almerimar Life Readers Question – Week 5
December 8th, 2008 - Chris MarshallHere is our fifth Readers Question from Mary:
You seem to get a lot of comments overall, but posts that I thought would get a lot of comments don’t and vice versa. Can you explain that?
No!!! Actually I can explain it to some extent but if I (or any blogger) knew the answer then every post would generate loads of comments. A lot depends on the type of comment that you are after, and that in turn depends on the profile of reader the blog attracts. I have a theory that people allocate a certain amount of time to reading and commenting on a site, and if the post is really long and complex there seem to be less comments than for example a really short one on, say, last nights TV Soap Opera!
Personal style posts like the recent Orla post will generally get a lot of comments IF you have a large readership that are interested in your lifestyle and feel that they have bonded with you through the blog.
Informative posts about a specific situation like the effect of the hauliers strike on Almerimar attract a large number of comments if they answer a specific question for a large enough number of people.
And of course people love a bit of a scrap, so when a large organisation picks on a smaller guy like InSpainTV did with me your readers will tend to jump to your defense, but only if you are right and they agree with the way you have handled the situation. I guess the Foro found this out recently as well.
On the other hand I can post a really well researched, detailed post like the recent Murtas post and get hardly any comments (although ironically the one I did get was the first and only one from that reader), although the recent places and their history post did pretty well.
As you say the site does pretty well and in general we get a comment or two on every post which shows the strength of the community that we have built, the large number of readers (it is horrifying the ratio of readers to comments for a blogger by the way!), and the relevance of what we post. One thing I do know is that if you write trying to generate comments you will fail. It has to be a natural inclination to comment for the reader, rather than making feel obligated to comment. People will comment if they want to, so a competition is a good way of generating comments, or asking for a specific opinion on something can work but at the end of the day people are reading your blog to see what you have to say, not because they have anything to say!
About Almerimar
Almerimar is located in the region of Andalucia, Spain. The nearest airport is 30km away in Almeria. Other airports that are within 3 hours include Malaga, Murcia, Granada, and Alicanti. Other holiday resorts in the region include Mojacar , Aguadulce and Roquetas de Mar
Almerimar is a great place to live as an expat amongst the expats, or to work amongst the Spanish. There are all kinds of properties including villas, apartments and town houses for rent or sale. It is a very traditional part of Spain, with traditional Spanish foods so if you plan to travel to Spain either to look for jobs, for your company to trade with companies in Spain, or to learn Spanish and enjoy the Spanish weather then come and take a look.
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Almerimar is also one of the largest marinas in Spain with over 2,000 berths and excellent boatyard facilities.
