Thanks to everyone who took the time to respond to the AOGT reader survey – you’ve been hugely helpful! Let’s take a look at what you said, and what I’ll be doing or changing as a result. Note: I’ve rounded the numbers to the nearest whole percentage point.
On posts per week…
I asked: Currently, AOGT publishes 5 posts per week. What do you think about this posting schedule?
57% of you said: “It’s perfect as is.”
34% of you said: “I’d prefer 3 posts a week.”
9% of you said: “Information overload! 2 posts a week please.”
It sounds like nearly half of you are a bit overwhelmed by the 5-posts-per-week schedule, and half of you are happy with it.
Action plan: let’s compromise and take it down to 4 posts a week, then see how things play out. What do you think?
On guest post Friday…
I asked: What do you think about Guest Post Friday?
75% of you said: “I like it the way it is.”
20% of you said: “I’d rather have guest posts once in a while, not every week.”
3% of you said: “I’d prefer more guest posts each week.”
2% of you said: “I don’t like guest posts.”
Seems like guest post Friday is a big hit for the most part.
Action plan: let’s keep guest post Friday running as is for now, but plan on throwing in a few “different” posts every few weeks or so – perhaps surveys like this one, or interviews with brilliant people, or even book reviews (I’m working my way through some AMAZING books at the moment).
On DISQUS comments…
I asked: AOGT uses a comments plugin called Disqus. What do you think about it?
68% of you said: “I like it as is.”
32% of you said: “I find it annoying. I prefer the normal Wordpress comment system.”
I’ve been having problems with DISQUS loading slowly and failing to send email alerts, and it seems like a significant percentage of you don’t particularly like it either.
Action plan: I’ll be working on transitioning back to the “stock” comment system this weekend. Assuming nothing goes horribly wrong, all of your existing comments should remain as they are.
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Again, thank you to everyone who took the time to respond to our little survey. I hope you like the changes I’m planning, but if you don’t, please let me know immediately via the contact form.
This might also be a good time to tell you that I’m working on a full redesign of the site, which I hope will be done by early April. More details to come as we get closer to launch – but I expect the new design to be fantastic.
Have a good weekend, everyone. Do something fun and productive, and I’ll see you next week!
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