I'm posting on this, my old blog, as a test to see how compatable our Wiblogs are with the Greenbelt collage project. You can read more about it by following the link and if this post works I'll post an explanation and further details elsewhere on the Wibsite so that other Greenbelt festival goers can join in too.
Jack has asked some very good questions relating to my new blog which I'd like to say something about.
"If we click on your link lots, and you therefore get more traffic to your site, will this increase your kudos to prospective clients? (x no of hits per month kind of thing)."
Well, traffic is always a good thing. But the best thing is links, as the more links a site has from different sources the better ranking it will have on Google and other search engines. So if I (or any other blogger for that matter) write or draw something interesting then a link is very much appreciated. And hopefully it will be a two way thing. I'm going to be linking to things I find interesting on the new blog, not just posting cartoons or talking about my activities.
"Also, I was wondering what the financial situation is with the wibsite - given that people such as me benefit disproportionately from it, is there any way we can contribute towards the costs of the vast amounts of bandwidth we're using up?"
Well, thank you for asking. I'm not going to answer that in full now as I do want to have a discussion about the subject, but probably on the bulletin board after e-mailing all the Wibloggers to alert them. I'd like to do that fairly soon but not immediately as I have quite a few things on my plate this week.
Well, it has been a few months since I've posted here. Lots has been happening, mainly to do with my change of occupation from church youthworker to freelance cartoonist.
There's lots to be said about this, but the place where I'm going to be writing the Cartoon Blog from now on is at this location. The new Cartoon Blog is phase one of my new site, CartoonChurch.com, to be launched in early May.
'Why a new site?' I hear you ask. Well, the Wibsite is now a community site rather than my own personal website. It is therefore appropriate that as I am now seeking to make my living from my cartoons I should be doing so as a result of my own endeavours, rather than benefitting from the hard work many people have put in as a contribution to the Wibsite community. That may or may not make sense, I'm not sure.
It will mean some changes to one or two things on the Wibsite, more about which another time, but the main thing is that the Wibsite community and Wiblogs will continue as they are except that (1) they won't be the main place to find my cartoons and (2) my own personal blog will be elsewhere.
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