Jason has given the opportunity to write a post as the top commenter for the month of April. This got me thinking about the particular feat of making the most comments to this blog two months in a row.

I have to admit that as a new blogger, last month it was part of an exercise to see if I could be the “Top Commentator” position on this site. This time around I was merely making comments without being focused on being the person with the most comments.

I actually have settled in to the habit of making comments on blogs that I genuinely like and regularly visit, Ja Kel Daily Dot Com being one of the regulars. Do something consistently for 30 days and it becomes a habit.

I find myself reading blogs mostly related to technology tips and also for the marketing
advice of more seasoned bloggers.

Sometimes I feel that I probably should be spending more time working on my own blogs than spending so much time making comments on other blogs. I have concluded the influence this has had on my own blogging is that I have a better feel for the concept of social networks and what Web 2.0 is all about.

I can now see how many people are just trying to game SEO and ranking systems to gain traffic and be more visible, but really present nothing but hype and have very little to offer in their blogging. Others are more altruisitc, blogging because they want to write an account of personal experiences, or be a contributing voice to a particular movement or social agenda.

Nobody can say for sure how blogging will evolve, if it will be regulated somehow in the future, or what the ultimate influence it will have on ecommerce, emerging technolgies, and society as a whole. Commenting on blogs does seem to me to be a critical part of the intent and purpose of blogging in and of itself.

My interests include ecommerce and new technology in the pursuit of personal and financial freedom. My blog “The Sovereign Journey” deals with the issues of personal privacy, natural law, self ownership and self determination.

For more information please visit my blogs: Digital Nomads, Soho Quest and Sovereign Rights.

As promised I am giving away a free review each month for the next 6 months to the holder of the Top Commentators Position and the month of March the free review goes to Digital Nomad. Every month the Top Commentators will reset so do not worry if you are commenting for the first time this month, all is fair.

At first glance of Digital Nomad you automaticly know that it is a blog hosted on Blogger. This is not a bad thing I too use Blogger for my Digital Nomad has already commented recently on my site stating that he has plans to switch over to Wordpress and I think this is a good move on his part. However if you have been using Blogger for quit some time then think twice because you are already indexed really well and more than likely have a good PR score and when you switch you will be losing all that you have worked for on your Blogger free account. Try to keep in mind that there are many successful blogs on the net that are using Blogger and making a killing in profits.

My over all perception of the layout; Digital Nomad has an unorganized perception to me I like everything to have a formatted look to it. I think that blogs tend to look better if they are formatted with some space around the entire blog with similar sized ads and buttons. This is a personal opinion not stating that it’s a must but if you look at a lot of the very successful blogs out there you will see this trend. An example of what I am talking about is my Wife’s blog that is also hosted on Blogger but I designed the template in way that has been very successful for other bloggers such as Boing Boing. If you noticed even on my site I choose to make my ReviewMe button instead of taking the free one like everyone else just because I wanted it to look formatted, it just looks tidier to me.

When scrolling down the site about half way down you come to the about section of the editor and he gives some brief info, contact and his RSS feed above it.

Digital Nomad paradigm shift: Embark on the journey of making a living online with a portable business, having the ability to travel and work from essentially anywhere on the planet.

I am glad to see that he has given this section but I think that it should be located further to the top so that people can find the editor of the blog quickly without any effort and the RSS so people will start subscribing more. Something to take into consideration would be to give you real name/picture and stop hiding behind the dark hood. As a blog editor do not be afraid to reveal your self there is only one you and that is what makes your site unique. A mistake I made for a very long time hiding behind an author tag for editor name and not revealing any personal side to me and I soon realized that is the most important aspect of a blog.

Overall I think Digital Nomad is off to a good start seems to be posting daily with some interesting articles to read. So keep up the good work and remember with blogging it is about being persistent taking in the bad and the good (just opinions) – and never give up until you reach your goals.