Thanks so much I enjoy reading all your posts! -Silmae, Arygos

1. Analysis – I don’t have time to do all the math for myself and usually don’t have time to read the 40 pages of theorycrafting over at ElitistJerks.com, but I DO have time to read your well-prepared and concise reports on various druidy things. Love this feature!

2. Class/Spec News – I often have already read the news (probably the same time you do!), but sometimes I miss things and even when I don’t, the comments here usually make good discussion.

3. Personal Stories – I’m one of those personal-blog people who blogs life details and enjoys reading those of others, mostly because it provides a kind of looking-glass and offers people a chance to comment and give good advice/criticism that we wouldn’t have thought of ourselves.

4. PvP stuff – I don’t PvP that much, but I like picking up the occasional tip here for when I do. Again, don’t have time to go read a bunch of pro-PvP stuff – but yours is concise and direct.

5. Macro/UI – Normally I’m up on macro/UI things that are beneficial to us, but sometimes again I don’t have time to keep up with them and then I come here and see a great addon review or macro idea and it makes life easier. Another great category.

6-7 – Tie for Mailbag/Blogger-to-blogger posts – I do blog but I’m normally too busy (read: lazy) to use all your fantastic ideas in my own blog. Hearing about them does get me inspired for a bit though. And the mailbag is nice because it usually offers a place for good discussion to coalesce and I am a great fan of good discussion.

8 – Community – I do love the druid community and I think these are valuable to the other bloggers/artists out there. For me personally though, they don’t really draw me to the blog. Most likely that’s again because I don’t have enough time to go read them (wish I had my old office job where I just read forums and blogs all day!).

I think the blog is fabulous and eventually those Blogger-clicking-people will miss you enough to update their favorites. Keep up the great work.

Ada

@Luarana: I’m glad to hear more interest in UI and macros. I will have to work on something for one of those two categories in the next little while. I’ve been pretty comfortable with the state of my UI lately so haven’t really tried anything too sensational lately.

I can see how the “Featured Artwork” posts might seem like “fillter” posts, but really I’ve been trying to be diligent about selecting one piece a week (usually on a Monday) and having no more than one displayed on the front page at a time. The thing is that these are really quick posts to put together, and not having them wouldn’t spontaneously make me think of something new to write about (although, if that were the case, I’d drop them in a heartbeat!). However, I might consider to cutting back to one every two weeks rather than one every week. That would reduce their number to 10% rather than the 20% they’ve been in the past couple of months and that does seem more in line with what I would like to see!

Thank you both for your comments – very helpful!

1. I love reading about UI and Macro stuff, because even though I rarely tamper with mine, a lot of my guildies and friends love some of the things you share. One day I’m going to spend some time redo’ing my UI so it suits my needs, just like you mentioned, and I’ll certainly be refuring back to some of your posts.
2. Also, I think maybe a little less artwork would be nice.. I love art, don’t get me wrong, but it feels too much like it’s just a way to slack off, Filler posts.
3. I always do my best to read and try to follow your math, on Analysis-type posts, it’s fun and nice to be able to see actual calculations ever once and a while instead of plain opinions!
4. There are so many blogs out there that focus on person aspects like progess in raids, and their adventures, I don’t really think it’s something you need to focus on more than you do already.
5. PvP posts are great! I’m pretty new to it, and they help out a ton.
6. I like how you always keep a little of your personality in your posts ^_^

~Luarana,
Feathermoon

Secondly, your anti-spam word, if not custom, was hilariously appropriate. Rejuv indeed.

Thirdly, thank you for the email, I fixed you. =] I was actually deliberately not fixing – three of the blogs I watch have swapped around in the past couple weeks, some of them repeatedly, and I figured it was easier to wait till ya’ll were done with yer do-se-do’ing and whatnot.

And then I forgot. But read that other paragraph, that was a much better reason!!

Also the third, love your comment icon on your blog. <3

I like most of the things you post – especially the community spotlight, the mailbag, the class news and tips. I think I’d like to read more about your in-game stuff too, assuming they were full-fledged stories and not just the raiding and loot progress of your guild.

=]

@Kwast: Wow, thank you for spotting that. I copied the code over from my old blog, and I guess that I only changed one of the URLs, not realizing I would need to change both. You saved me a major headache of trying to figure out what was wrong. =)

You have 2 versions of your logo, one located at:
http://www.resto4life.com/images/resto4lifelogo.swf

That one links to http://www.resto4life.com/

However, there’s also one that’s triggered by an embed tag in your code, which shows http://loni.2-shoes.com/images/resto4life/restologo.swf

I see this exact logo in my Firefox browser, and it links to http://resto4life.blogspot.com/

Also, the resto parts help me learn more about the zen of healing–so that’s good.

But mainly, I come here because it’s a fun place to spend a few moments.

(BTW, please note the change of my blog address (yes, I’m feeling your pain, Phae!) to http://kestrelsaerie.us)