I'm an "action" movie nut and the Missus' can attest to that. When I get all
settled down in my favorite chair and armed with my remotes and watch the
latest action flick on DVD, I lose all concept of time and find it is a total escape
from the pressures of today's world.

With the surround sound cranked up and totally engrossed in the movie, a
faraway sound will make me pause the movie. "TURN THAT STUFF DOWN!!"
The wife is standing in the doorway with fists clenched on her hips, "What?
Are you deaf?"

Movie Night!

One night I was watching Bad Boys II with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
Half way through the movie I had to pause and think about what the first
movie was about. The original Bad Boys was already an old movie and being
buried by all the new releases that came after it.



Of all the people that missed the first movie and  only watched the second Bad Boys,
I wonder how many will bother to rent or buy a copy and watch the first movie.

I don't think there will be too many because of that new release by Bruce Willis
or that new action-adventure by Claude Van Damme coming out on the weekend.
People are looking forward to the next latest and greatest, not the past.



So, what's that got to do with my Blog or anyone's Blog?

How much effort and time do you put into a post on your Blog? Traffic building
is an ongoing task with Bloggers and also maintaining that traffic at a level you
want it to be at. Just like movie goers, readers want to see an article that will
peak their interest and hold it enough to come back and read your next article.

Firing off a hurried post with weak content, thinking it will be adequate because
you have great articles in your archives is not going to cut it because that first
impression is like the "trailer" to a movie. A reader will view the current article
and see what the Blogger's theme is about and a sample of what is upcoming in
future posts.

In conclusion, this is a fast paced, hectic world we live in and the average time
a person spends reading an article on a blog is short and it is not very likely
that they will spend the time to read past posts. Your current article is what "rates"
your Blog in the minds of your readers