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Hey Mike,,,you are right...we are all in this toge...

2011-03-14T18:13:05.751-07:00

Hey Mike,,,you are right...we are all in this together! I always follow someone who follows me ..unless I think there could be a problem. And I love your new 5 new follower thing...I almost always click on to people's blog rolls...usually what interests you will interest me.

Hey Ryan and Nicole, I have been enjoying your sit...

2011-03-11T14:54:01.798-08:00

Hey Ryan and Nicole, I have been enjoying your site so far too! Very cool! Thanks for commenting, I appreciate it!

Hi ZAC, Wasn't us :( We left Quartzsite right at the beginning of the year. Hope you are having a great time down there! I just went and joined your blog too, I hadn't seen it before. Looking forward to digging into it!

-Mike

Were you guys in Quartzsite, Arizona today? I saw ...

2011-03-11T14:42:46.259-08:00

Were you guys in Quartzsite, Arizona today? I saw a van that looked like yours with Washington plates on I-10!

We recently go back to blogger, and found your pag...

2011-03-11T14:32:39.666-08:00

We recently go back to blogger, and found your page. We both really enjoy your posts, and look forward to reading more. Being a "Follower" is a ultimate way to keep up to date. We appreciate you checking us out!

Hi Mike & Gerri(happytrails), Your focus on Mi...

2011-03-11T12:00:42.000-08:00

Hi Mike & Gerri(happytrails), Your focus on Mike's health is right where it should be! With that in mind, your comment and kind words mean so much! Thank You!

Hey Renee, Thank YOU! Cool about the foam! Looking forward to seeing it :)

Thanks Donna & Froggi! I appreciate the kind words!

Sue & Doug, Thanks & we agree! We love seeing how everyone else does it! Some great ideas and adventures out there!

"you & Nilda" LOL! Hey, no worries! I went and followed you so the next time you get lost, just give a shout out back and I will come running with a map!

Brian, Glad to hear your blog traffic is picking up! That's great! The "gadget" is just the regular blog widget. I just have it set to show just five blogs and update them manually as new followers with blogs join. If you want to do it and need any more info on how etc, just shoot me an email :)

-Mike

Great Blog about followers. Thank you for adding ...

2011-03-11T11:23:24.294-08:00

Great Blog about followers. Thank you for adding me. I haven't gotten around to 'marketing' my blog but after you highlighted my blog traffic has doubled. I would like to reciprocate. Where did you get the gadget highlighting new followers?

Thanks fer xplainin' this here follower thing....

2011-03-11T10:01:59.131-08:00

Thanks fer xplainin' this here follower thing. Me and Nilda has got some followers on our blog, but I weren't sure about them. One day when we were a moving to a new campground we got lost. So I says to Nilda that we should just wait a might, and one of our followers should soon be along ahind us, and would hopefully have a map with them to get us founded. None never did show up and we had to get unlost ourownselves. Now I think I knows why. They were all a followering you that day.

Me and Nilda's blog

Another great blog post!..we all have our reasons ...

2011-03-10T18:57:42.643-08:00

Another great blog post!..we all have our reasons for following along..or 'riding in the backseat'!!..I like to see how fulltimers live, where they are and where they have been!..the campgrounds, scenery and the rigs!!!

I don't comment often and only recently starte...

2011-03-10T17:30:59.932-08:00

I don't comment often and only recently started following your blog but am definitely enjoying it!

thanks for reading! thanks adding me to your links...

2011-03-10T14:30:15.717-08:00

thanks for reading! thanks adding me to your links! oh oh! just put crazy space foam insulation into my 1993 Chevy G10 baby.... pics and videos of the building process to follow

We've been in a blog block lately! We do read...

2011-03-10T13:46:09.382-08:00

We've been in a blog block lately! We do read our friends blogs but we have been lax in posting and making comments. I suppose with the medical issues Mike has been having we've been focused on that.
As always...love your blog!!!

Hi Tesaje! For us, most of the fun of having follo...

2011-03-10T13:31:39.148-08:00

Hi Tesaje! For us, most of the fun of having followers is just knowing you have so many friends that read your blog and are interested enough to get it sent to them via a blog reader. We have RSS subscribers too, but they are not individually easily identified so it isn't quite the same. It is also sort of a fun way to track your blog's growth and tells you that you are at least heading in the right direction. I think there is likely some incentive for those wanting to make their blogs an income source by showing higher traffic to gain advertising income etc.

We always smile and have fun seeing new "followers"! Kinda like finding a surprise in your cereal :)

You don't sound stupid at all, I think many people have these questions! And like I mentioned at the beginning of the post, we follow people for all kinds of reasons. One of the biggest is that we get to know them as friends and learn about their lives!

Thanks for the comment!
-Mike

I'm brand new to this blogging thing and mostl...

2011-03-10T13:17:25.582-08:00

I'm brand new to this blogging thing and mostly started it to put a list of the blogs I find interesting for me to have easy access. Is "following" more like counting coup or is there a specific advantage to the blog owner to have more followers?

Sorry if I sound stupid about this but I find myself rather confused by the whole follower thing and am slightly embarrassed about having people kind enuf to drop by called "followers" as I don't think I know enuf to have people following me. I'd hate to lead anyone astray. On the other hand, I've learned so very much from you and other's blogs, if I can help anyone else along my way, that's all to the good.

Hey Michael, Roxanne and Annie, Thanks for the com...

2011-03-10T12:05:01.004-08:00

Hey Michael, Roxanne and Annie, Thanks for the comments! I went and followed both your sites too! I am going to be working on getting all my blog links added over the next few days :) I am way behind on that task but making progress!

-Mike

I'd love it if you followed us! We'd be &...

2011-03-10T11:56:01.369-08:00

I'd love it if you followed us! We'd be "Class A Friends."

Roxanne and Annie

Thanks for making the suggestion of reciprocity. I...

2011-03-10T11:45:50.907-08:00

Thanks for making the suggestion of reciprocity. I think that's a wonderful way to look at it. I follow this blog and Mike has been very helpful to me via email.

My artist blog is easy to follow because it requires little reading: http://motionista.blogspot.com/

This philosophy blog requires dense reading but I rarely update it anymore: http://theperplexity.blogspot.com/