Well, well, well…the time has come. I figured someday it would, I just didn’t know when, or what the outcome would be. But it is here.
Let me explain, I have been watching the website’s stats closely for the last two weeks, loosely for a couple of months…and it is not impressive at all. Yes, the site has been growing over the years -overall- in totals of visitors and page views. However the growth rate between 2023 and 2024 is small and nothing like previous years. The last 20 or so articles that were not SitReps have only about a 17% rate of people opening the notification emails for those articles. And the actual article ‘view’ rate was even lower.
Yes, the SitRep articles still do well, but that is about it. Well, not entirely true. The ‘glamstead’ articles do substantially better than even the SitReps. The articles that do the worst are the current event articles and those that cover opinion subjects such as the transgender cult, abortion, politics, etc. People are just not opening those notifications and the actual article views are pretty low…real low actually. In addition, the number of ‘likes’ on all articles is really bad…and the ‘comments’ to most articles is even worse. That’s gotta tell me something.
What does all that mean and what does it tell me? Couple things:
- Folks really don’t care about my opinion on most things, especially current events.
- Folks do like the occasional SitRep which are more warnings based on my observations/research.
- Folks really like the ‘glamstead’ stuff.
- Folks also like to a lesser degree the ‘how to’ and some of the prepper info. (Kinda related to the ‘glamstead’ stuff.)
This all matches pretty dang close to the survey results from the “What next?” article. So I think my assessment is pretty accurate.
Oddly, SitReps take the most amount of time per word to prepare than any other type of article. That is due to the extensive research I have to do on each subject covered in the SitRep. The ‘glamstead’ articles are clearly my most favorite of all for me personally. It allows me to share what I’ve learned…both what to do and what not to do. In those articles I strive to keep people from making the same mistakes I’ve made and to help give folks ideas, or save them time.
I am not sure exactly how the direction of the website is going to change…but the time has come for a change. I believe I’ve become less relevant regarding currents events, social topics of the day, politics, etc. And I am fine with that…I am nearly 70 and I am sure that is a time I should start fading away in those areas. But that doesn’t mean I am going away or discontinuing the website…just changing the focus…and significantly reducing the amount of time I spend providing content. I don’t suffer from delusions of grandeur or think that my opinions can change the world. I am a very small voice in a very large world…and there are a whole lot of folks way smarter than me in this space.
I am also toying with the idea of ‘unsubscribing’ everyone. That would eliminate people from getting email notifications of new website posts. Then, if folks are truly interested in the website’s new direction they can subscribe again. It would be kinda like a forced weeding out people to clear their email accounts from my stuff and make the site more focused and relevant for those that are interested. I am open to thoughts, suggestions, and ideas on the one if you care to share.
Now, I have been working on a ‘dirt’ article for several weeks, probably will have it done next week. It will most likely be a multiple articles series to avoid a single book-length article. Yes, you read that right…dirt. And you can really look forward to that one, eh?
In the meantime…Pray, Plan, Prepare, Practice & be Peaceful.
Oh, and think about and consider giving service to others…there are a lot of folks that could use it…they need it…and they could use your help (big or small). Then again…couldn’t everyone use some kind of help in this day and age?
For those of you that would like share your suggestions/thoughts…especially the long-timers…please do so, I would love to hear from you!
Send me a personal message…
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