Here comes the questions and the answers~
Well, here is my interview with Silva, the person who manages the translation site
Re:Library
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One do what one likes, and if it is good, then why not? sharing is caring
Here I will show you all our session
Without further ado, let’s get to it
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So, what is your motivation for blogging, Silva?
“To contribute to the community by sharing what I love with them.”
That's quite noble, for a cause. As long as you like it, right? By knowing one’s motivation, we can see in what direction the blog will move in the future.
Now, let’s retract our topic to the beginning. When was your first step in the world of blogging?
“A few years ago, probably around year 2013? At first, it was just a blogging site sharing my recommended anime and manga, then as my interest slowly shifted towards web novels and translations, it has now turned into a full-blown translation site.”
So, you’ve been blogging for that long?
“No, no, no... I went on hiatus for quite a while. So, yeah... but after that I seriously manage my blog and then... well let’s say 3-4 years, excluding my hiatus session, hahaha...
Let me straightly ask you. What kind of difficulties you've met in your history of web logging? Thing(s) that bothers you the most.
“Managing invalid traffic and backend troubleshooting. It is no surprise that bot traffics actually made up 50% of the internet traffic and though some of them could be good for building up your SEO and whatnot, most of those bots actually do more harm than good. From content scraping to identity theft, those bots can pose a serious security threat. Managing and filtering out the bad bots take a lot of time and effort. And to make sure that your site is "online" all the time, you have to take a lot of things into consideration, whether your server is powerful enough to deal with the traffic and all the processes, whether you have enough bandwidth to serve all your visitors throughout the month, etc. It's a lot of work to manage a server.”
So, other than your writing skills, you have to know these things?
“If I can say it frankly, you have a lot of option with this one. But for me, yeah, I rather learn it than pay some people to do it. You know it right, money...”
I see... Okay... that was heavy... Right, let’s move on to a lighter question. What is the thing you consider as an accomplishment in your history of blogging?
“Interaction with the visitors, breaking the highest records of daily likes and views, gaining monetary support from visitors.”
That was quite normal, if I have to say.
“Don’t underestimate these things. to know that someone is there, and especially liked your content, is the reason why I can keep moving forward.”
I see... personal happiness like that is your driving force to keep moving... certainly, you don’t have to look far for a happiness, eh...
Now, can you tell us about your future plan(s)?
“I wish that the site can grow bigger and eventually be able to support my family as well as the publishers and contributors of the site so we can turn our hobby into a full-time job”
As a person who frequently reads in your site, I also wish for that too. Good luck!
And one more thing. Please share us about your experience, or an advice, in blogging.
“From my long years of web blogging, I've learned that it's a waste of time to focus on site maintenance and other site related thing. The visitors only care about two things: whether you have content that catches their interest and site speed.”
In other words, ...
“It is to your best interest to just focus on producing more quality content than to make your site look flashy.”
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What I can conclude from this session is that, in Silva’s vision of blogging, one should write what he/she wants, and producing a quality content that everyone wants. And there is one thing that is also important, the site speed. Who wants to enter a slow and laggy site?
I think that’s all from me, thank you for coming, see you around.
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