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How many blogs do you read everyday?

By khalid on July 27, 2007 11:31 pm
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I was looking at my Google reader earlier today to see how many blogs I am subscribed to. To my surprise, I had about 70 different blogs that listed. Thank God not everyone on my list posts every day; otherwise I wouldn’t be getting to client work.

How long does it take me to read through these blogs? I spend close to 2 hours every day reading any new posts. Of course I do not read every single post. I just scan the headlines, and if something interests me, I click on it and read it. If something really, really interests me, I jump on that blog to leave a comment. I normally open my Google reader within the first hour in the morning. I come back to see if there are any new blogs posted couple of times during the day.

How do I find these blogs? I definitely use mybloglog a lot. Since I was reader of top rank blog, they were one of the first marketing communities I subscribed to. The nice thing about Mybloglog is that it allows you to view other members of the communities you are subscribed to. So, I click on the community members in toprank; there are 1145 as of today. I am going through the list of 1145 bloggers by literally clicking on each of them, viewing their profile and visiting their blog. If their blog is interesting then I will add it to my Google reader. As of today, I am on page 7 of the top rank community; which means I have visited 235 blogs in the last couple of months.

Here is my list of blogs, not categorized in any alphabetical order (except for the first two!):

  1. TheVanBlog: Steve is always helpful in giving feedback and advice. He is probably one of the most active people I know in online forums.
  2. Lead Optimize: Chris’s comments are insightful. Each post is informative and will link you 3 or 4 blogs that are worth adding to your RSS reader.
  3. Andy Beal’s Marketing Pilgrim
  4. Applied SEO
  5. AVINASH 2.0 - Design, Web 2.0 & Web Standards
  6. Becky Ryan aka Webmoxy
  7. Blog Design, Optimization & Usability - TopRank Online Marketing
  8. BlogStorm
  9. Business Blog Consulting
  10. Businesspundit
  11. Can I Make Big Money Online
  12. Chris Garrett on New Media
  13. Chris Hooley’s -ThinkBait-
  14. ConverStations
  15. Copyblogger
  16. cre8Buzz Blog
  17. Create Business Growth Offers…
  18. Daily Blog Tips
  19. Daily Web Ideas
  20. Dipping into the Blogpond
  21. Duct Tape Marketing
  22. eMoms at Home
  23. Engine Strategies
  24. Engine Watch Blog
  25. FathomSEO
  26. FitForFreedom
  27. Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog
  28. Graywolf’s SEO Blog
  29. Jeff Clavier’s Software
  30. Jim Boykin’s Internet Marketing Blog
  31. John Wellis
  32. johnon.com
  33. JohnTP.com
  34. Katrina Blog
  35. Kyle Tully
  36. Marketing Hipster
  37. Matt Cutts
  38. Mima Search Marketing
  39. msdanielle
  40. One Powerful Word
  41. Online Marketing Blog
  42. Pipes ‘n’ Mash
  43. PR Squared
  44. ProBlogger Blog Tips
  45. Pronet Advertising
  46. Quick Sprout
  47. Ramblings About SEO
  48. RedFly Marketing
  49. Rhea Drysdale - SEM
  50. Search Insider
  51. SearchSandbox.com
  52. Sebastian’s Pamphlets
  53. SEM News
  54. SEO Book.com
  55. SEO News - All The SEO Scoop
  56. SEO News Blog
  57. SEOish - SEO Sweetness
  58. SEOmoz
  59. Seth’s Blog
  60. Shoemoney - Skills To Pay The Bills
  61. Small Business SEM
  62. Smart Wealthy Rich
  63. Social Media Marketing
  64. Socially Adept
  65. Stuntdubl
  66. The Article Writer
  67. The Real Ryan J. Parker
  68. Web Ink Now
  69. Worth Reading
  70. WritingThoughts

So how many blogs do you read everyday? do you have any blogs you recommend I add to my list?

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9 Responses to “ How many blogs do you read everyday?”

 
Matthew Says -- August 6th, 2007 at 12:33 am

I read about 80 blogs in my feed reader. I have guest posted on can i make big money online smilies/smiley.gif maybe you’ve read me

hope you decide to subscribe to our feed

 
Khalid Says -- August 6th, 2007 at 12:33 am

Hi Matthew,

I will definitely check out your blog. I think I have been there few times already. Plus I do recognize the name from the make big money online blog.

Khalid

 
Ayat Says -- August 6th, 2007 at 12:33 am

hmmm, that explains why Khalid falls behind on some of the work. 70 blogs per day! that is way too much. I have about 15 in my reader. So, is there a goal you are trying to reach?

Ayat

 
Khalid Says -- August 6th, 2007 at 12:34 am

hehehe, I have 70 blogs in my reader but I do not think I read 70 per day. Maybe I read 20 at best.

I do not know if I have a goal or a number I am trying to reach. Every few weeks I go back through my reader and remove some of the inactive blogs. I think my reader is very manageable at 70 but I am not sure how easy it would be to read something like 140 blogs.

 
Matthew Says -- August 6th, 2007 at 12:34 am

great

yeah i’ve contributed a few posts over there, latest one is about creating a buzz for your website with a contest

 
Mark Says -- August 6th, 2007 at 12:34 am

You’re missing:

http://www.doshdosh.com
http://www.bluehatseo.com

and my blog of course

 
Steven Bradley Says -- August 6th, 2007 at 12:35 am

Thanks for listing me first. I think I’m reading about 40 blogs daily or at least checking out the post titles.

I must have subscribed to over 100 though. So many I keep meaning to go back and look at in more detail.

40 seems to be the amount I can reasonably get to each day. Every few weeks I’ve been rotating some out of the mix and some into the mix.

 
Khalid Says -- August 6th, 2007 at 12:43 am

@Mark, these are excellent blogs. Thanks for pointing them out to me. I added your blog to my reader as well.

@Steve, I actually have to go through my list regularly and try to prune it somewhat. You have always been helpful not only to myself but to hundreds if not thousands of forum members, so your blog deserves to be first.

 
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