Blogicide: Surivor-Style
Five blogs, I have discovered, are simply too many. My hands can’t take all that typing. My brain can’t handle all that thinking. My back wasn’t built to be sitting at a desk for so many hours, so many days in a row.
One blog has got to go, but I just can’t decide which.
I’ve narrowed the finalists to two: my dieting and weight loss blog, Chubby Mommy, and my celebrity gossip blog, Queen of Snark.
I’m going to let you pick which one gets axed. You only get one vote, folks, so make it count.
NOTE: Since the rassin’ frassin’ poll plugin isn’t working, leave your vote in the comment section. I promise I won’t hold it against you.
Voting closes on January 19.
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The poll is not working for me.
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Same here. Poll is not working.
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Nope, it’s not working, but I tried to vote for Queen of Snark.
Donna B.’s last blog post..?Regime change through landscape architecture?
Poll is not working for me either but I’ll go ahead and say it. I would axe Queen of Snark if I had to choose–Only because there are some big celebrity blogs out there that would be a little harder to compete with. BUT I love them all!
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Poll is broken, but I voted for queen of snark.
I vote for Queen of Snark. It’s the only one of your sites that I don’t actually read. That information can be found on many other sites and on T.V. I enjoy all of your other sites.
I vote for Queen of Snark to go. I am sure it is a fabulous blog, but I am not into celebrity gossip.
Besides, if you have something you are just dying to say about celebrities, you can say it here or over at ITTIB.
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(Crap! It figures that on the rare occasion I allow CommentLuv, I have my old blog address listed.)
I have to second Lynne. You don’t update QoS nearly as often as your other blogs, and I get the feeling it’s not nearly as much a labor of love. Keep Chubby Mommy going…if for no other reason than my mom reads it too.
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LOL. The range of my readership never ceases to surprise me.
Hi, WG’s Mom!
Keep Chubby Mommy Going.. Axe the other one.
I’m voting Chubby Mommy off the island. Long live the Queen of Snark! Love ya, VK! ~ Janet
Janet’s last blog post..Dad’s senior living journey: affordable assisted living
Queen of Snark, while fun, is probably more work than the other - all that researching, updating, embedding, and writing.
I think you ought to quit Queen of Snark. It’s a lot of work to keep ahead of the celebrity train crashes. My ultimate side job for you would be to add your two cents to the Go Fug Yourself girls and add a comment or two with them. I love your blogs and enjoy your sense of humor.
I like QoS, but just because I know someone who reads and comments there frequently. Hah.
But it’s not “personal,” so I would have to say that…
…you should axe the blog that causes the most repetitive stress injury and stresses you the most.
P.S. I’ve never thought of you as “chubby,” for the record.
Ditch the “chubby mommy” blog — you, of all people, need to maintain the Queen of Snark title.
Maybe you could “outsource” the chubby mommy…?
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Well, I guess I am the voice of dissent… I vote to ax Chubby Mommy.
I vote to drop Queen of Snark. While I enjoy all your blogs (and read them all almost daily), I like Chubby Mommy too much to vote for it to go. I don’t have a blog but found you a long time ago through my husband, Random Ruminations.
It would be wasteful to just dump a brand. Especially, as blogging for income is just taking off. Set up an auction for them both and sell the one that draws the highest bidder.
I like Chubby Mommy, you have a lot of great information on there about eating healthy and it doesn’t just have to be for dieting, it’s for being healthy.
I read QoS on occasion but I can’t stand all the crap celebs do anymore. I wish they’d all get stuck on an island somewhere sometimes. Mean, I know.
Chelle’s last blog post..Daily Photo: Not a Mouse
I have never read Queen of Snark, which is a vote of sorts.
Hmm, I guess Queen of Snark,,,we need the others!!
Michele’s last blog post..My Little Sister’s Health
I’ve enjoyed reading both so this is a tough call. Tell you what, as long as you leave Electric Venom intact, just flip a coin for me. That makes cents, doesn’t it?
Ron’s last blog post..With All Due Respects to the Wong Family
I like Rammer’s suggestion.
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I think the outsourcing is a good idea. You don’t need a blog to keep your Queen of Snark title. If I absolutely had to choose, QoS is my vote.
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I’ll go with QoS. I can identify with CM. Sort of. In a way.
What?
Eh. It depends on your goals… Chubby Mommy appears to be more of a labor of love than Queen of Snark, but if QoS got some TLC, it could make much dough-rei-me.
If I could suggest, axe Chubby Mommy and bring its contents into Venom (or I Think), and Plug away at TMZ…er, QOS.
But, frankly, I don’t know what your goals are with either, so I could be off base.
Also, as a disclaimer, I’ve pretty much only read EV, with occasional forays into I think, so my opinion pretty much sucks.
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I say Snark - I identify with your CM one
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phew. Tough call. ON one hand I’m not sure I’ve read Snark more than twice.
But my vote has to be CM. Roll those posts in elsewhere. It’s bad self-identification and can’t be doing you any favors in that capacity.
I vote you keep the Queen of Snark. I need my daily dose of celebrity gossip, and it’s especially good if it’s been snarked by the Queen.
FlyRice’s last blog post..Flip-Flops
i vote you keep Queen of Snark.
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I say axe CM… I find QOS to be a refreshing reminder that being a normal non-famous person really is a good thing.
Take this as a marketing assignment. What is the target audience of each versus the current number of venues addressing said audience. Once dilution is known, estimate revenue potential as a full-effort entity. It boils down to: can your message be heard, is the message valuable, and can the message generate revenue in this environment?
My guess is that QoS gets the axe. However, you could always make QoS a category on EV with an appropriate URL redirect from QoS, of course.
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I vote that you dump Queen of Snark. Like others have said, there is plenty of celebrity snark out there. Yours is better than most, but why not just put it on EV when the mood strikes you?
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To answer your question (and to exorcise the PMS demons) let me just point out one thing:
If everyone who voted for me to keep ChubbyMommy.com actually HAD IT BLOGROLLED I probably wouldn’t have asked this effing question in the first place!!!
There. I’ve said it. ChubbyMommy.com takes a BUTTLOAD of effort to maintain (even for a Chubby Mommy). QOS is simple: paste a photo, make a snarky remark. Ta-duh.
Ahem. Who’s talking about blogrolling whom? I don’t see my name up on yours and I’m one of your biggest fans and stalkers.
I don’t even know who celebrities are but I do battle my weight, so I’m voting to keep Chubby Mommy, which I shall add to my blogroll now.
OK, I’ll add Chubby Mommy. I’ve generally kept my blogroll for my personal use… and knowing I could get to all your blogs with an Electric Venom link worked just fine for that purpose. But you’ve got a point
Donna B.’s last blog post..Decay in the neighborhood
Heh. I’ve had all four of your blogs blogrolled since I became aware of their existence. So there.
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Well, Queen of Snark is your only blog that I *don’t* have blogrolled. No wait. I haven’t blogrolled the one that’s about blogging. I like Chubby Mommy.
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