Last week I asked fellow Christian Bloggers why they blog. I was surprised by how relatable the response was. Granted, I don’t have the reach to have best-selling authors or famous Pastors frequent this site, but it was still surprising to see that others are blogging simply because they have convictions they want to share.
Marshall Jones Jr brought up another point: “I think blogs by themselves are on the decline. There’s so much info out there, that simply putting up more info isn’t that amazing anymore.” That was an initial fear when I started to blog- that I was just another voice in the din. There are countless Christian blogs out there. There are widgets/subscription services that rank Christian blogs like http://christianblog.colossians2.com/ which presently counts up to 330 sites. High Calling Blogs, which is the circle of bloggers I’ve found myself most closely associated with consists of 120 diverse bloggers. Other networks likely see similar numbers.
Sadly, there just aren’t enough hours in the day to read everything. So my question this week is, how do you browse for blogs and how do you prioritize what you read? On the first, I’ve found my biggest source of traffic is SumbledUpon. I know others are very effective with Twitter or Facebook. I don’t know if networks like HCB are helpful or not. I have noticed that no one really checks “blog rolls” on your sidebar, but I have been visited via links in other blogs’ comments. When I first started blogging, I would find a site (sometimes by Googling a topic) and then follow their blog roll or comments down a seemingly infinite rabbit hole. I would get so far that I would forget where I began. And since I didn’t see the value in bookmarking the hundreds of Christian blogs I was finding, I’d be lucky if I could find and return to a site that I actually liked.
So I’m curious:
How do you browse for blogs (blog rolls, comments, StubledUpon, etc)?
How do you prioritize what you read (most recent, most commented)?
What’s one Christian blog that’s off the beaten path that others might not know about?
“Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole [internet] would not have room for the [blogs] that would be written.” (John 21:25)