“Moms boobs” and other lessons learned

This blogging party at Silicon Valley Moms Blog has been going on for seven months now. As blogging novices, we had no idea what we were getting into. In fact, when we recruited the best writers we knew to post on our blog, some of them didn’t yet know what a blog was. Now we have some ideas about what we’re doing, but still struggle daily to figure out how to play nice in this new world. We did find out that blog readers love top ten lists, so here are the top ten things we’ve learned about the blogosphere.

10. It is unbelievable how many people google the phrases “moms boobs” and “tits & ass.”

9.You get a lot of hits if you inadvertently misspell something, spelling-challenged web-surfers flock together.

8. If you talk about sex, everybody likes you, even though some 20-somethings may call you MILFs. (Yes, it is also unbelievable how many people google the acronym MILF.) If you talk about fashion, particularly if you dis fashion, everybody still likes you.

7. If you talk about money, you’ll tick a lot of people off and at least half the people that previously liked you will now hate you. And people who don’t live in Silicon Valley will think you’re lying when you say that a million bucks won’t buy much more than a tear-down garage. Folks, really, it’s the truth!

6. If you talk about breast cancer, your blog stats go way down for days and days. Everyone knows it’s something women need to deal with, but clearly no one wants to read about it. Hurricane Katrina and 9/11, perhaps because they mostly happened to someone else, don't have nearly the same stat-depressing effect.

5. Moms say they’re supportive of other moms’ decisions, whatever those may be, but admit you’re a stay-at-home-mom with a full-time nanny and suddenly you’re pondscum.

4. You are also pondscum if you don’t want your baby to get chickenpox before your only vacation in way, way too long.

3. A little press with some hot photos can lead to a lot of hits.

2.Dads may say it’s not fair that the moms do all the talking, but give them the microphone and most won’t open their mouths.

1. If you write a post the day you’re on the typepad featured blog you’ll find yourself shamelessly linking around your own blog, in hopes that all your new readers will spend their entire Sunday following the links and read everything you’ve ever written.