Contacts help in getting a readerbase quickly, and age does help in making people stay.

Though to be honest, I have no idea why people actually read what I write, even though I have no set formula or schedule. Or style even. I just write, and I have a ton of fun doing so. Maybe that’s why people return in my case?

My blogging has never really been about age, it’s been about establishing how my condition I was born with defines my identity and how I see the world, as well as the art produced by parts of the world I’m interested in. Even though, reading the With the Light manga, I have learned that the culture that produces manga and anime which I love isn’t the most understanding about people born with my condition or having a condition on the same spectrum.

But it still turns up in Anime. I for one think that even though people think Noe from True Tears is autistic, because my condition is on the same spectrum I’m a lot more sympathetic with someone with a similar deficiency of social skills as me. Say what you like about Noe being crazy, but if you were in a similar boat to her when you were young and coming to terms with a condition you were born with but didn’t yet understand, you would find her a much more relatable character.

That said, I do have epic fails/blunders on occasion, because of my age but also because of my condition affecting how I see the world, and sometimes I end up seeing the world very differently, and sometimes very wrongly. And when I realise I’m interpreting something wrongly I bend over backwards to fix it, desperate to claw back the shreds of dignity I have lost in an indiscretion.

blogs, websites or other virtual what-nots are like babies that need to be nurtured. this would include adapting to the needs (and wants) of the readers and the proper exposure/endorsements to get you to be known, among other things.

Your own vision for your blog/site will matter, too. If you would want it to be popular, then a certain drive will be there to push for it. If you write just to make a record of your daily thoughts and musings, then there is no need for you to join the popularity contest. There are even some people who don’t want their blogs to be made public. So, for me, it will basically boil down to the intent of the person administrating the blog/site.

As for me, I’d choose content. In the anime arena, Jeff Lawson is a great example, although he also has longevity to back up his content. If your content is good, the links will come (perhaps that’s the optimistic view). Longevity will probably happen if you enjoy writing your content.

Blogging and writing are only for a small of group of people. Everybody has an opinion so everyone wants to blog. Great, but most people still live pretty dull lives. They don’t live what they blog about. Big mistake and they won’t last long.

Seriously, I also think this is a “Chicken and Egg” question of what factor is the driving one among the two – content or number of links it has that contributes to blog popularity.

Anyways, I reiterate my previously mentioned points – “If there’s no readers reading the blogs, then no matter how fantastic the blog is, it will not get popular. Hence, all in all, I concur that who you are linked to will be very much the main driving force of blog popularity. The more links you have with other sites, a higher chance to let you get more popular.” If your blog is linked to many sites, it must mean that it has great content that attracts others to link with it, isn’t it? So the main driving force (primary factor) shld be the links, with content as a secondary factor.