Happy October 2020 Blogiversaries

by Laura Hedgecock | Oct 30, 2020 | Blogiversary, Community | 6 comments

As fall sets in we’ve got a great indoor activity to propose. Help your fellow GeneaBloggers celebrate their 2020 blogiversary. Both you and your fellow bloggers, vloggers, and podcasters will get a big treat!

The challenge (should you choose to accept it)

Visit three (3) sites you’ve never visited before
Visit two (2) sites which have content similar to yours
Visit two (2) sites which have a geographic specialty
Visit two (2) sites which specialize in something else
Visit one (1) site of your choice
Leave a positive comment on half the websites you visit, which should add up to 5

Once you’ve completed the challenge, tell us what you thought in the comments below.

Here’s our 114 celebrating GeneaBloggers

6 Comments

Molly of Molly's Canopy on November 23, 2020 at 9:55 am

Great idea! I visited new blogs and left comments on some. However, I was sad to see that many of these blogs are no longer active — or do not have posts beyond 2018. Maybe a GeneaBloggers poll could look into this to find out why, or whether bloggers need moral support from our community to find readers and keep going. Also, it would be easier to do the scavenger hunt if the blog links were live.
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- Colleen on December 4, 2020 at 4:12 pm
  
  Molly, I agree with you. I think only active blogs should be listed here. There could be another place for archived blogs. However, how can you wish a happy anniversary to a blog that has not posted in several years. I agree with your idea to reach out to these bloggers to see if they need support. Meanwhile, it is easier to view the active blogs here.
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- Laura Hedgecock on January 25, 2021 at 7:19 am
  
  These are all really good points!
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Colleen on November 25, 2020 at 6:39 am

Hello. I was looking at the October Blog Anniversary challenge. It sounds like you are encouraging us to read new blogs, to learn and to share. That sounds wonderful. It would be easier and encourage people to visit these blogs if there were links in the kist of blogs. If we could just click, rather than copy & paste, your challenge would be picked up by more bloggers.
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- Laura Hedgecock on January 11, 2021 at 7:10 pm
  
  Hi Colleen,
  We agree with you, but unfortunately, the free plugins (and we don’t have much of a budget) either require a lot of manual effort to carry hyperlinks or are not mobile friendly.
  
  Thanks for commenting.
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- Laura Hedgecock on March 13, 2021 at 8:41 am
  
  Hi Colleen,
  Starting with February, I’ve tried to list the active blogs first. Of course, visiting every blog to see which ones are active may not be sustainable…
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