Feb 2, 2014 / Community Pool

Community Pool

Community Pool

The Community Pool is for those of you looking for input, whether on post ideas, writing, blog design and layout, or anything else. If you have a post, page, or idea you want to bounce off someone, leave a comment. Your fellow bloggers can then click through and offer input either on your site, or in the comments here (feel free to indicate which you’d prefer).

Read on for the ground rules and to leave a comment . .

  • You’ll get the best feedback if you can be as specific as possible about what you’d like people to respond to or where you’re struggling.
  • Please keep all comments civil and constructive. We’re here to help and support one another, not to beat anyone down.
  • If you haven’t looked at our Commenting Guidelines in a while, now might be a good time.
  • To keep from losing your place in the comment thread while you visit others’ blogs, right-click on a link to open it in a new tab or window.
  • No running on the deck.

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    1. Hi Ring Lady, saw myself entirely in your text. I’m still searching for a more lasting way to escape the ‘mundanity’ of everyday life than by reading or wandering from place to place! You wrote your piece with a nice flow, found myself drawn in after the first few lines, so good job 🙂

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  2. Hi people,
    I just created the following page http://javigoldstein.wordpress.com/
    If I send a link to somebody and the person clicks on that link, he/she can enter into the page with no problem.
    However, if me or anybody writes the page address in google, my page does not come up in the search.
    Nor comes up my page if I search it with my name.
    Could anyone help me out.
    Thanks,

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  3. Hello, I write about my personal experiences and struggles I have during my life, while trying to give positive insight and motivation to others.

    I hope my writing can help others. Please give any feedback you have on my posts.

    Thank you for visiting my blog 🙂

    http://conqueryouremotions.wordpress.com/

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  9. Hello,

    I am a new blogger and would really like some feedback! I’m still developing my site but would love some feedback about a couple of my recent posts. I am roadwaysinlife.wordpress.com. Thanks in advance.

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  13. Hello. I would like some feedback on the layout and info on my website. I am looking to display the varieties of work i create but i want it to look professional and inviting. I want people to feel they can contact me re commissions having looked at my site? Also does anyone know how i attach a shop page? Please let me know if you can think of anything that needs altering or adding or taking away !

    http://Www.ellenmulcrone.wordpress.com

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  14. I actually had my blog for quite sometime but just started to blog seriously this month, I’m a very bad writer and I can’t seem to write smoothly. Also suggestion about blog appearance would be good! (I haven’t done anything other than choosing a theme…) Thank you

    icieice.wordpress.com

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  15. Hey I’d love to get your advice on the layout of my blog, as well as the descriptions of the photographs. I’m struggling to find the perfect theme to suit my style of blog as it is mainly photographs but I love the quirkiness of the balloon theme. Thanks so much! abitofsomethingyoufancy.wordpress.com

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    1. Hi Nadja,
      I don’t think you are using the balloon theme at the moment, so it is hard for me to gauge if it goes well with your content.

      The 2014 theme seems to work well for you, and is easily navigable for what you have there at present. As you get more content, I would recommend adding recent posts, the archive, and maybe comments to your sidebar, so people can connect with what you have written easier. Good luck

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  17. hey everyone, so I am new to WordPress but have never asked people to look at my page. I would really appreciate feedback on any of my writings and don’t be afraid to be critical (or to praise them lol). thank you so much!

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    1. I may be wrong, but the statistics are not always accurate. For example, if your followers view the post through email delivery. They are not visiting the blog, even though they are supporting your work. Perhaps insert some humor, more personalized pictures,and lighter topics. Good luck!

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  25. As a witness to a school shooting I have shared my experience and the struggles I have been through in hopes to help anyone who has gone through similar experiences. How do I bring more of my target audience to my blog? http://jessieell.wordpress.com/
    The blog isn’t exclusively dedicated to this topic but it is my main purpose for creating it.

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    1. This is a tough topic to cover. I’m sorry that you had to witness such a thing too.
      In London there was a woman who became really well known for her blog that started as something random, but then she was caught up in the tube bombings, and wrote about that. She became known, and in some ways a kind of spokeperson for the victims, because her blog got picked up in a chat room, then journalists read it and contacted her for interviews. I think you may try reaching out to affected communities, if you feel that what you have to share will help.
      However, I will also offer a word of caution – the woman who I am referring to found that having to constantly relive her experience and write articles, and comment, and represent people at hearings and so on was a huge strain on her. I think she also suffered from malicious and persistant attacks from certain trolling sections of the internet, as well as some conspiracy theorists who accused her of being a shill for all manner of ridiculous agencies. It got too much for her in the end, and she withdrew from public life, and has taken down her blog. I am not saying that writing on sensitive topics will always attract such people, but please be aware and have the support systems in place, because it just might.
      Anyway, I wish you luck, because it seems to me that writing about your feelings is helpful to you.

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      1. Thanks for the response. I appreciate you taking the time to review some of my material and appreciate your words of caution. It has helped me to write and I have had a few people reach out to me and let me know that the blog has helped them. Again, thank-you.

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    1. I didn’t have time to read your blog the way that I really wanted to, but I definitely bookmarked it. I enjoy the energy of your blog thus far. Good luck in your endeavors!

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