What makes you subscribe to a blog?

[3plus3]

Goodness! I haven't the time to read very many blogs, I am in awe at how many some of you can read!! What makes you subscribe to a blog? Just the content? Or have you subscribed just because the blogger is a friend?

[ses5909]

If its a close friend I usually subscribe right away because I want to stay up to date. Otherwise if I see myself returning to the blog because I like it's content, then I will subscribe.

[BPartch]

A good article, word of mouth, friendship, and admittedly I have subscribed to a few based on popularity.

[tater03]

I usually subscribe when I find one that I am really interested in reading. Generally I tend to stay in certain catagories.

[Cedric]

Yep! I will only subscribe to interesting blogs, and of course some good friends'. But despite friendship, I will unsubscribe if my friends do not update their blogs. So basically it's up to how the blogger impresses his readers.

[HAWK]

I have never subscribed to one. I have a few cyber friends that blog so I check theirs out relatively regularly, but I find that I already have too many other regular sites to check out on a daily basis (like this one!) so blogs have to take a back seat.

[Jelena]

I usually subscribe to close friends' blogs and work related ones.

[Kevin]

A good article and an indication that the blog is updated frequently is usually enough for me to subscribe somewhere

[t(-.-t)]

good content, but most of the stuff in my feed reader is news sites, not blogs, so I don't subscribe to many at all.

[Harrison]

I subscribe a blog because of the content. Of course I also subscribe my friends' blogs but I only read them once in a while.

[aussietico]

Nothing could make me subscribe to a blog. I don't even use an RSS reader anymore (used to use sharpreader) and I use Opera but don't use the built in RSS reader either.

Nobody consistently writes stuff I want to read except book authors.

[BlogBookmark]

I often subscribe to blogs that I know will be good sources of information for my own blogs.

Helps when you have a case of writers block.

[samwoodfin]

Friendships, information I think might be useful (online or off), passing interests, personalities, trying to cure boredom...

[dojo]

I don't subscribe .. have no idea how to work on the subscriptions :D

I bookmark and come back to read ;)

[ses5909]

I don't subscribe .. have no idea how to work on the subscriptions :D

I bookmark and come back to read ;)

Oh you definitely need to check out google reader. It makes things very easy!

[goldfries]

I'll only subscribe to blogs with informative content. online diary types? nah forget it.

[deronsizemore]

I don't subscribe .. have no idea how to work on the subscriptions :D

I bookmark and come back to read ;)

Oh you definitely need to check out google reader. It makes things very easy!

Dojo: yeah, I agree with Sara on this one. Please check out this post of mine, it explains it. :) From Bookmarker to Obsessive RSSer (http://www.randomjabber.com/blog/article/from-bookmarker-to-obsessive-rsser/)

[Calypso]

Because writing can be lonely work, I tend to subscribe to other writer's blogs. As long as the content is fresh and updated frequently, I'm in!

[3plus3]

I have never heard of google reader, I will read the story and find out more information, I too am a bookmarker and come back to read type of person.

[dreamr802]

I mainly subscribe if I know the person or if the information on it really interests me.