{"id":26790,"date":"2016-10-26T01:21:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T23:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=26790"},"modified":"2016-10-26T01:24:03","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T23:24:03","slug":"15-year-blog-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/26\/15-year-blog-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Year Blog Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blogging.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26791\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/26\/15-year-blog-anniversary\/blogging-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blogging.jpg?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,426\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"blogging\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blogging.jpg?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-26791\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blogging-500x333.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"blogging\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blogging.jpg?resize=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/blogging.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today is the <strong>15th anniversary<\/strong> of this blog. \u00a0As most of you know, 15 years in technology is forever. \u00a015 years on the web is even more so. \u00a0Here are a few highlights to give you a perspective:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First post dates back to <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2001\/10\/26\/migration-from-windows-to-linux\/\">October 26th 2001<\/a>. \u00a0It wasn&#8217;t my first blog post ever. \u00a0It&#8217;s just that the earlier history wasn&#8217;t migrated into the current archives.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/archives\/\">Archives page<\/a> provides access to posts of every month of every year, except April and May of 2009, which were lost during a major outage at a hosting company at the time.<\/li>\n<li>The blog survived a multitude of migrations between blogging applications and their versions (static HTML diary, Nucleous CMS, Blog:CMS, WordPress), design changes (a dozen or so WordPress themes), and hosting companies (from a home server to the current Amazon AWS setup).<\/li>\n<li>Way <strong>over 8,000 posts<\/strong> written. \u00a0Hundreds of comments, pingbacks and trackbacks received. \u00a0These varied across a large number of topics, anything from personal, work, technology, movies, photography, Cyprus, and more.<\/li>\n<li>Millions of page views. \u00a0Hundreds of thousands of unique visitors.<\/li>\n<li>Millions of blocked SPAM comments. \u00a0Millions of (mostly automated) attacks, varying from SQL injections and dictionary password attacks to a some more advanced techniques targeting particular pages or WordPress and its plugins vulnerabilities.<\/li>\n<li>A variety of content reorganizations &#8211; posts, pages, categories, tags, short codes, templates, plugins, widgets, links, etc.<\/li>\n<li>A variety of integrations &#8211; web services, social networks, automated postings, aggregations, etc.<\/li>\n<li>A variety of monetization options &#8211; from &#8220;this is not for profit&#8221;, to ad spaces, to contextual ads, to sponsored content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have a look at some versions saved by the <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/*\/mamchenkov.net\">Internet Archive<\/a>, dating back to 2004.<\/p>\n<p>So, what have I learned about blogging in the last 15 years? \u00a0Quiet a bit, it turns out. \u00a0Here are a few things that I think are important enough to share:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t have your personal blog yet, go and <strong>start now<\/strong>. \u00a0It&#8217;s well worth it!<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you <strong>own your content<\/strong>. \u00a0Social networks come and go, and when they go, chances are, all your content goes with them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t stress too much<\/strong> about the format, styling, and scheduling of your blogging. \u00a0If you do it long enough, everything will change &#8211; the topics you write about, how much and how often you write about them, how your site looks, etc. \u00a0Start somewhere and iterate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t go crazy with features<\/strong> of your blogging platform. \u00a0Sure, there are thousands of plugins and themes to choose from. \u00a0But all of these change with time. \u00a0When they go away, you will have to either support them yourself, move to newer alternatives, or loose them. \u00a0Neither one of those options is pleasant.<\/li>\n<li>Things die. \u00a0They disappear and then they are no more. \u00a0That&#8217;s life. This happens. \u00a0Don&#8217;t worry about it. \u00a0<strong>Do your best and then move on<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Have fun!<\/strong> \u00a0It&#8217;s your personal place on the web after all. \u00a0Try scheduled posts to get into the habit. \u00a0Try planning to get a better idea of what you want to do. \u00a0But if it doesn&#8217;t work or becomes too difficult, move on. \u00a0As I said, it&#8217;s your personal place and you don&#8217;t owe anybody anything. \u00a0Do it for yourself. \u00a0Others will come and go.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is to the next 15 years! :)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/beer.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26792\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/26\/15-year-blog-anniversary\/beer-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/beer.png?fit=606%2C609&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"606,609\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"beer\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/beer.png?fit=606%2C609&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-26792\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/beer-498x500.png?resize=498%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"beer\" width=\"498\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/beer.png?resize=498%2C500&amp;ssl=1 498w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/beer.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/beer.png?w=606&amp;ssl=1 606w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Today is the 15th anniversary of this blog. \u00a0As most of you know, 15 years in technology is forever. \u00a015 years on the web is even more so. \u00a0Here are a few highlights to give you a perspective: First post dates back to October 26th 2001. \u00a0It wasn&#8217;t my first blog post ever. \u00a0It&#8217;s just &hellip; 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