You'd think that the weekend would be the time when more people read blogs. They're more likely to have free time and be sitting down to check personal email, catch up on things, pay bills, etc. But Saturdays have always been the day that I get the lowest traffic.
Anyways, just as an experiment, I'd just like to see who reads on Saturday. If you're a regular reader or even a lurker or someone who usually doesn't comment because there are too many comments or you don't think I'd care about your opinion, it's okay. I won't bite. Leave a quick note and let me know that you were here. It will help me to decide if I'm going to keep posting every weekend or not.
While you're doing that, you can also do a little good for somebody else. On September 21, a fellow blogger, Debangel, is running the Boulder Backroads Marathon in Boulder, CO to raise money for the Lungevity Foundation, which is the only organization in the U.S. dedicated exclusively to funding lung cancer research. She's doing it for her mother, a non-smoker who died of lung cancer at the young age of 53.
Do you know anyone who's suffered from lung cancer? Do you want to help? Just go here to find out more information: http://events.lungevity.org/goto/leavenomombehind
Finally, for those of you who know and read the lovely and talented Nina, she's having a tough time right now and could use some support, whether it's moral, financial, or otherwise. Go show her some love.
And don't forget to check back tomorrow for the answer to last week's contest and my final contest!
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Comments by Amanda
I generally lag on the weekends. I'm commenting now because it's still Friday night! I try not to post on Saturdays either for some odd reason.
Comments by Hilly
I read on Saturdays, but only because the backwater burg I live in doesn't have a newspaper to sit and read while I am having my morning tea and breakfast. I get my news and Avitable fix on the web.... only way to go!
Comments by blondefabulous
I read on Saturdays!
Well, I read some people on Saturdays. I read you every day, though.
Anyway, did I pass the test?
Comments by Sybil Law
I don't post on weekends and I don't read on weekends, generally.
I came by via your tweet.
Comments by Undomestic Diva
I'm an insomniac, so I almost always read you in the wee hours of the morning.
I do check blogs on Saturdays, but I've noticed many bloggers take the weekend off.
Comments by Little Miss Sunshine State
really? Your final contest? Have you said before it was the last? i must have missed that!
Comments by bluepaintred
heya. im one of those doesnt comment because so. many. comments. thing. but ya. i read on saturdays. what i want to know is if i just read it in my feed reader does ithat mean that you dont get my traffic.
-cri
p.s. its very hard to type while holding an icecream sandwich
Comments by cri
Dude, I totally read on Saturdays. And Sundays and bank holidays.
Comments by Tracy Lynn
Av, you're the best for plugging my mom's fund! For you, I might even be willing to do the race in nothing but my running shoes. Hey, $50 a head *not* to see the video...a great fund-raising idea, no??
I read you every day! I would be bummed not to see anything new on Saturdays. You're like that extra-cool corner store that's actually open late when you're craving a snack
So, no weekend for you!!
Comments by DebbieS
I do read your blog and all of my other favorites on Saturdays and Sundays (usually my catch up time during the school year), but it is still Friday night here. Typically, I try to keep it light on the weekend on my own blog by completing another freaking meme on one of the days. BTW, I also seem to get more traffic Monday - Friday.
Dude, I've been meaning to ask: how do I get my avatar on your blog?
Comments by cajunvegan
I check my reader daily...it's a compulsion.
Comments by Tracy
I read blogs every day. But, then, I have no life.
Comments by Lexi
Double negative alert: I don't not read on Saturdays/weekends out of any desire to abstain. So long as I have connectivity I am all over my subscriptions pretty much every day.
Comments by raistlinsghost
Yep. I read on weekends.
Comments by Squeaky Wheel
Put me down as one of the no life people who read blogs on weekends too.
I guess so many people don't read or post on Saturday because they do all their blogging when they are on the clock at work.
What's the deal with people who don't comment on a blog just because there are so many comments there already? I don't understand that at all.
Comments by Jay
I read on the weekends...actually, whenever Google Reader commands me to read a new blog entry. I'm am Google Readers bitch...
Comments by RockDog
I do most of my reading on the weekends...and on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Oh yeah and Thursdays.
Fridays too.
I have no life.
Pity me.
Comments by Stephanie
i was here!
Comments by Tori
I read on weekends. I LOVE to read on weekends!
Comments by Mary
Consider yourself read on a Saturday! :)
Comments by Shash
Yep I read on Saturdays - I catch up on all the blogs I subscribe to in the weekend.
Comments by Sarah
I'm useless as input, I'm totally sporadic.
Comments by Catherine
Not sure whether to dis you for such a shameless stunt to pad your comment count or to praise you for posting about something other than your penis. I read saturdays because I have no cottage.
Comments by Fantasy Writer Guy
Me! I read!
Comments by Dee
Still Friday night here but I do check blogs on the weekends and sometimes post too.
Comments by Mik
I read whenever something new pops up in my feed reader. Usually you pop up when it's still Friday night and I get Sunday's post on Saturday and so on. I always feel one step ahead.
But when I'm in school I usually do all my reading/commenting on the weekends unless I have a light work week.
Comments by Sarah
I usually read you in the feed reader because your blog takes so freaking long to load. And I read during the week because, duh, during work hours!
Comments by Suebob
I'm here everyday, lurking in the shadows.
Comments by Melanie
I try to read on weekends. It all depends on what sort of plans my husband has made that he doesn't tell me about until I wake up on Saturday afternoons. If there are no plans or just something going on later in the day, then I sit down in front of the computer for some very productive and enlightening blog surfing.
Comments by Kirsten
I'm here! I'm here!
I have nothing else of any real value to add, so instead I'll just click on some of the smilies.
Comments by Janna
My page views go down on a saturday, but my comments tend to stay roughly the same.
I read on saturdays and sundays, but might not have the same amount of time to comment as I've got the kids around swinging off my ear lobes.
Comments by Dan
I don't have your basic 9 to 5. Weekends are just another weekday as far as I'm concerned. I read you every morning over coffee before work, usually right after I've caught up on the world news because by then I need something to smile about.
Comments by Aunt Robin
I'm here every day, even if I don't say anything.
Comments by DaisyJo
Hi. I read usually on weekends in the morning
Comments by libragirl
I'm with Tracy, I obsessively check my reader every day, especially Saturdays, though. That's when I work and generally have plenty of time to check and recheck everything.
Comments by Ashley
Me readah dah blogs every day... I know, I'm weird like that
Comments by DutchBitch
I am one who reads and doesn't comment .. I guess I feel I'll get lost in the sea of the other comments.
I read ALL the time - not picky of the day of the week. :)
Comments by Chrissi
nano nano
Comments by Julia
I read on Saturday but I have seen the same thing, traffic on weekends is always low. Shows how many peole are getting their bloggy on when they should be working. When I post something on a Saturday or Sunday, I usually let it stay up an extra day or two.
Comments by always home and uncool
I read blogs every day. Now that I have internet at home again I will even comment sometimes. :)
Comments by Sandi
Catching up on my blog reading after ~ a week off.
I'm glad you got your Blogography t-shirt... :-)
Comments by Mike
Due to it being the Jewish Sabbath, I regularly hire a blog-reading service which, for a nominal fee, reads and responds to my blogs for me purporting to be me. In fact, I feel that they are grossly underpaid and deserve a hefty raise.
Comments by shiny
I don't miss a day. Ever.
Comments by Lori
Because of the blackmailing incident you and I are involved in, you already know the answer to that question for me.
Comments by whall
I lurk almost every day.
Comments by Cap
Comments by ~jtm
I read all 51 links in my reader that collect feeds several times a day in an effort to avoid my children.
Comments by Jennifer
I pretty much read blogs everyday unless I am doing something exciting. Even if I am away I still usually check my favorites on my pda. But maybe I am just a nerd.
Comments by Karen
I read!!
Comments by misi
I read on weekends although I think Saturday's a a 'lighter' traffic day in the summer. I'm going to be mixing things up with my posting now that I don't have the show on Sundays.
Anyway Hi Adam!
Comments by Turnbaby
I don't read every blog feed in my reader on weekends, but I do make it a point to read yours and Britt's and a few others every day.
Comments by Ms Batman
I read every day (the whole "no life" thing) I think more people read from work.They have a second to log on, comment, and get back to work.Weekends can be distracting.
Comments by metalmom
Reluctantly read almost daily....
Comments by Cary
i am standing for to be counted
Comments by Crys
I am generally a lurker, and I read whenever I can.
Here via Tracy Lynn!
Comments by renn
I tend to check my feed reader and go through some of it, but normally on Saturday mornings before my wife wakes up (read: before coffee is ready). Then if I don't already have the day packed with all sorts of chores or shopping trips to Lowe's and the grocery store, then I check later on. I tend to Twitter more than I read blogs.
I do put some work in my Scooter Sunday post for my blog, adding things I think of and want to post on.
Comments by martymankins
Long time lurker
Comments by Melanie
Weekends are when I catch up on everyone's blogs...yours included.
Comments by Lisa
I only occasionally read on the weekend.
Comments by Em
I never read blogs on the weekend.
Comments by Dave2
I generally read blogs 7 days a week, but I find that I comment less on the weekends for some reason.
Comments by B.E. Earl
Weekends are off and on for me. It depends on what I'm doing. Typically, I get the kids completely on my own (no evening help from Ty) during one day (giving him a full day off) and then I get the next day. That full weekend day to myself, I'm typically doing a craft project. So, it all depends if I feel like reading or not. I know. I'm waffling. :)
Comments by Coal Miner's Granddaughter
I'm reading on the weekend because I'm weak and unable to do much else. Normally I blog when I'm at work and am chained to the computer. Given my 'druthers, on the weekend I'd rather do something else.
Comments by Grant
I read everyday, usually through my news reader, but yes, I even read on weekends :)
Comments by Cissa Fireheart
Lurker and weekend reader!
Comments by Nicole Miraty
I read every day, including Saturday.
Comments by Kailey
I never go online on Saturday. It is the sabbath, after all, and God has forbidden it.
Comments by Rattling the Kettle
PS - I'm sitting here reading blogs like crazy, trying to catch up but not really commenting much. Hrm, maybe I just don't *comment* on Saturdays as much?
Comments by Hilly
I read on Saturdays.
Comments by Angel
I don't read your filth. And NEVER on a Saturday. Nor do I comment. EVER. Including now.
Why do you make me do these things?
Comments by A Whole Lot of Hooch
I read on Saturdays. Nice scrotum, by the way.
Comments by Matt
I am way too important and busy to be bothered with reading BLOGS on weekends. I like to spend time with my children and smelling the flowers after a hard work week of saving the world on a daily basis and... wait... what's today?
Awww Crap! OK So I read you on the weekends too! Screw you, I have no life!! Thanks for the reminder.
Comments by Cris
I haven't been able to see since the post showing your - um - stuff. My vision just returned so hello!
Comments by Judy C
I sit and read blogs every single day and ignore everything else I am supposed to be doing. Kids have poptarts? Check! Cartoons on? Check!
I'm one of those dillweeds that click on you multiple times a day even though I KNOW you only post once a day.
But, I rarely comment because I am terribly insecure and think I am not really that funny and have nothing worthwhile to contribute.
Comments by Mona Mildew
I read on weekends.
But just today I was wondering the same thing. I've got something that's struck me as funny but I'm thinking I'll wait until Monday to post it.
Comments by delmer
Hey :)
I read everyday - you crack me up.
That's not a request to see a pic of your hairy ass....
No more contests? They were fun - no need for a prize.
Comments by Linda
I read blogs through my reader on weekends, and comment occasionally. I try not to spend too much time on the computer on the weekends, but lately it's all I do.
Comments by Fantastagirl
Feed reader. Everyday.
Comments by elfenkate
Here! *raises hand*
Comments by Been there Done that
I totally read blogs on weekend. But then I have no life, just ask my teenaged daughter Lillith
Comments by Maman
hidy ho neighborino!
It's Saturday and I'm reading.
Comments by kim
I was here!!!!!!!!
gramps
Comments by gramps
It's funny, I usually have more time on the weekends but I get distracted more than I do at work. There is probably something not right about that. I blog easier while at work because I need to be at the computer all day so I am kind of forced to focus.
Comments by Robin
I spend hours on Saturday mornings drinking coffee in my pjs and trolling around the internets. It's cartoons for grown-ups.
Comments by Gwen
I work about 16+ hours on Saturdays but I take a break to read while I'm eating.
Comments by penny
I read on weekends unless we have something going on.
Comments by melanie
Any time, even Saturdays!
Comments by Kath.
I try to catch up on blogging on the weekends because I don't get a lot of time during the week. So, yes, I read on Saturdays.
Comments by Stacey