Bloggasm down yesterday
Some of you may have noticed that Bloggasm was down for about six hours yesterday. As it turns out, because of large amounts of traffic over the last few months I’ve been exceeding my bandwidth for awhile. My server company has been sending me emails for a few weeks telling me to upgrade before my account gets suspended, but unfortunately it was to an email address I check maybe once every three months. So I didn’t think to check it until my site was suddenly non-existent.
So yesterday I reluctantly upgraded — I’m now paying $27 a month instead of $7 a month, making this website a much more expensive hobby. I have to be honest, there were a few moments when I really just considered letting it die. Other bloggers have talked about the guilt associated with not blogging regularly: You put in a lot of work to bring in a lot of links and traffic, and then you know that you have to maintain steady posting in order to make all the effort seem worth it. Some weeks, steady posting is easy. On others, the last thing you feel like doing after a long day of writing for other outlets is dragging yourself back to the computer to write.
But in the end, I decided to keep the website. It’s been around for over two years now and in that time I’ve published some high-quality online journalism. And something tells me that as the journalism industry continues to shift further and further online, this blog will serve as an asset to me for future career opportunities.
So onward. Keep your eyes out for a new feature article to be published next week. Hopefully I can get back into the groove here and start publishing more original content once more.
i, for one, am glad you have decided to continue with the blog. i found you a few months ago. based on information you have posted i have discovered many interesting and thought provoking articles.
thank you for that.
have you considered having a paypal donation link? i would contribute as a sign of appreciation. it wouldn’t be much, but if a few others who enjoy your site also chip in now and then, your hobby would not be as expensive.
again, thank you for your presence on the net.
Thanks Rowan. To be honest (and I should have noted this in my post), this blog pulls in more than $26 a month in adsense revenue, so it’s not only breaking even but making a small profit. The only difference now is that it’s bringing in a smaller profit than before
I am also glad you kept it up cuz I read your articles all the time and I love it. The sum you spent is nothing really-my monthly internet bill(home and mobile internet is well over 100 Euro(that’s 150 dollars) monthly and that’s much. I am not doing that nuch to afford this hobby but I keep on going even without Adsense. I guess your talent will help you break even it the future,too:)
Woot $1 profit!
Livin’ large my man