DAVIDPDX @ boomerpdx, A REGAL OREGON BLOG REVIEW

When I look for an Oregon blog I google ‘oregon blogs.’

Does that sound right to you? Good, it should.

What isn’t right is the first listing, an unfriendly welcome to sign in and ‘keep up with the topics, feeds, and trends that matter to you.’

In a search for ‘oregon blogs’ the topic is set, and it’s not how to get started by signing up for everything all in one place.

It’s different when you land on davidpdx.

No sign in, just 1500 posts tagged ‘oregon.’

If that’s not an Oregon blog I don’t know what is.

This is a real Oregon blog:

Next on the list is ‘Dear Oregon’, the blog of the Oregon Historical Society.

It gets right to the point with a search function on the left, the latest post on top, and a double stack of posts going down the page to scroll.

The first post was from 2018, ‘Stitching Together Portland’s Past, One Photo at a Time.’

If you land on davidpdx you’ll find nearly 1400 posts tagged with ‘Portland.’

That’s a lot of Portland.

 

Third Oregon Blog Search Website: Oregon Essential

This is the first thing you read:

A love letter to Oregon, designed to inspire your (inevitable) adventure.

Like Dear Oregon from OHS, Oregon Essential is organized with a header, top post, and an array of posts to scroll down.

And like DavidPdx, it features the author, as it should.

If you can’t star on your own blog, is there really any hope?

That was the question I asked my Bluehost guy when I called to check in.

He said mine was a legacy blog, a way of saying old, like thirteen years old.

I could update to solve some of the legacy old blog problems with modern solutions.

 

Blue: Did someone build this for you, or did you do it yourself.

Me: For you to ask makes my website skills shine. I did it myself. Can you see anything I could do to show up in google searches?

Blue: Google search isn’t really looking for you. You don’t sell, you’re not a news organization, or a celebrity.

Me: So what does google think I am.

 

I just checked. Google gives me thirty pages on a boomerpdx search.

For davidpdx? Nothing, which is a comfort. I’m first with davidpdx.

And I’ve got the perfect mascot in a crown.

If you’re a writer, what else do you want?

Find a theme, pick a topic within the theme, and go.

 

PS:

 Make sure to be original. Everything worth saying has been said, but if you haven’t said it, make a claim.

PSS:

If you need to communicate with twitchy intensity and a tendency to demonize your subject, keep working.

I like writers who give me a twitch and a choice to demonize, or not.

Does anyone really need more of that?