What do you read?

Posted on October 23, 2003 @ 11:08 in Research

Q: When you first visit a new weblog, what do you read? Of course, you take in the whole design, maybe scroll up and down a bit, but do you a) read the main content/main entries, b) just read some headers, c) read the sidebars, d) read "about me" info, e) some combination of the above, f) EVERYTHING, g) something else entirely?

Q: On repeat visits to known weblogs, what do you read?

Q: Do you read weblogs primarily in your browser or in a RSS newsreader?

Thanks for your time :-)

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  1. b and if interested a then occasionally d, and rarely

    b then a sometimes c, like alex halavais's c where c contains recent comments

    newsreader first, then browser if interested.

    Posted by jeremy hunsinger on October 23, 2003 @ 18:00

  2. 1. b, d and g (pictures!)
    2. a
    3. browser

    Posted by lok on October 24, 2003 @ 00:01

  3. im a new visitor. i read this. make your own interpretations.

    Posted by monkey on October 24, 2003 @ 13:18

  4. 1. I read entries that catch my attention and check categories that look interesting. Then if the blog looks promising I check the sidebars and "about me". If I'm still interested I subscribe to RSS feed and give it a try. The rest is described in reading weblogs (http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2003/08/29.html#a732).

    2/3. I read most of weblogs using RSS readers (two at the moment). I use browser only to read really interesting exepts in full or for a follow-up reading from blogs I read via RSS.

    Posted by Lilia on October 27, 2003 @ 18:27

  5. I read a) the main feature at that moment and d) who the hell is this guy that he writes these things for all to see.
    On repeat visits I just read a)and I just use my browser to look at them. But why do you want to know?

    Posted by Bruno on October 28, 2003 @ 15:41

  6. Frank Schaap

    Trackback from Mathemagenic on October 29, 2003 @ 06:21

  7. In Comments, Aggregators, and Broadcast Models

    Trackback from Mathemagenic on November 02, 2003 @ 20:28

  8. a+d. When I run across a new blog, I tend to look at recent content to see if it interests me. If I've been referred by a reliable source (my aggregated blogs), I may spend some more time looking at categories and the general direction of the blog.

    On repeat visits, I focus on the new content. I generally read that via RSS, unless I happen to know that there is additional material that doesn't make it through the aggregator.

    Posted by Jack Vinson on November 03, 2003 @ 20:21

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