/mike

The other day I was checking out my stats for the Screenflicker Developments blog and noticed an interesting search term that someone had used to find my site.

I was actually pretty amazed that my site showed up as the top result for this particular search since there should be so many more instances of it on much better sites. The search term was “jedi coder” — and yes, they did include the quotes in their search.

What really amazed me was that not only did the SF blog make the number one spot but this blog managed a page 3 appearance for the same search. These sites are both shown above a website with an address of jedicoder.net. How does that grab ya?

According to the Associated Press, four of the top recruiting analysts have Florida in the top three for NCAA football standings next year. Hell yeah. This is going to be a sweet year for my boys.

Of course, this is based on information available as of signing day, the biggest day for graduating high school students – and by far the busiest day for college recruiters.

Here is how the analysts break down their top 10’s:

• Max Emfinger
  1. Florida
  2. Florida State
  3. USC
  4. Texas
  5. Notre Dame
  6. LSU
  7. Alabama
  8. Penn State
  9. Ohio State
  10. Georgia

• Rivals.com
  1. USC
  2. Florida
  3. Florida State
  4. Georgia
  5. Texas
  6. Penn State
  7. LSU
  8. Notre Dame
  9. Oklahoma
  10. Auburn

• Tom Lemming - CSTV
  1. Florida
  2. USC
  3. Notre Dame
  4. Texas
  5. Penn State
  6. LSU
  7. Georgia
  8. Michigan
  9. Florida State
  10. Oklahoma

• Allen Wallace - Scout.com/SuperPrep Magazine
  1. USC
  2. Florida
  3. Texas
  4. Penn State
  5. Georgia
  6. LSU
  7. Ohio State
  8. Michigan
  9. Notre Dame
  10. Oklahoma

I’m relatively new to this whole blogging game but after almost a year of working at it I’m making a little headway. I like to compare my experience with blogging to my experience with tattoo’s – they are addictive.

After setting up my first blog I thought it was great. Writing about topics I enjoyed and keeping a pretty regular schedule. Shortly after I became part of The Über Geeks, this blog was next, and now I’m working on a new blog/website to be named at a later date (hint hint – albeit an obscure one ;^).

With my regular work load as a freelance designer and developer it is definitely becoming a challenge to keep all these websites going. Don’t get me wrong, it is a fun challenge but a challenge nonetheless. So with all of my regular work load, and four blogs I think I may be tapped out – at least if I want to retain any sort of quality, if that’s what you consider this to be.

My question to you, oh faithful reader, is how much is too much for you to handle? I can understand how professional writer’s could maintain or contribute to much more than I but that’s their business. If you’re a professional writer how many blogs can you maintain for fun versus how many for profit?