Roundup - Life, Ratings, Tags, Plugin News, Alexa Milestone
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It’s been almost two weeks since my last post. Here, I explain why and run through some of the other things that have been happening behind the scenes here at More Than Scratch The Surface.
Real Life
The last week and a half has been written off by a virus affecting several family members. Ultimately, it wasn’t serious, but there were moments when it seemed it might be and we had the chance to experience the Chinese hospital system. The less said the better, but it wasn’t pleasant. Thankfully, things are slowly returning to normal now.
As much as I love blogging, there are times when you realise it’s not that important.
Ratings Gone
I’ve had the WP-PostRatings plugin installed from day one, but I uninstalled it recently. I really like the idea of it: If someone doesn’t have time to comment, then they can let me know what they think just by clicking on the appropriate star.
The problem is that very few people actually use it. On average, there were two ratings made for every three posts. Of the ratings made, more than 85% were 5 out of 5. That’s very nice, but ultimately it’s not providing any real value (beyond the pretty yellow stars!). So, it’s gone.
Thanks to Josh from the Make Money Blog, RT from Untwisted Vortex and K from Shankri-la for leaving the majority of the ratings that were made.
Tags Here
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