Well I’ve been at this blogging malarkey for a bit over two years now. I spent the first year totally clueless over what I was doing (some days I wonder if I’m any the wiser) and am constantly amazed at how much goes into building a successful blog, how much I still have to learn etc. And it’s hit me, I think I’ve become a bit of a blog geek. What do I mean? Well, it’s kind of taken over my life because it’s something I take seriously and have started to make a bit of money from. Does this sound familiar? Or are you not sure?
Check out the list below and see how many of the bloggy foibles you recognise!
1.You salivate over a blogger’s site design and notice the layout before you notice their posts and you’ve had more ‘I want that bloggers’s banner’ moments than you care to admit. #NerdyBlogger
2.You scroll to the bottom of sites to see the blog’s theme name before actually reading the content. Well actually, you like to play a little private game with yourself (not THAT kind of private game…geez!) called ‘Guess the Theme Name’ before you get to the bottom of the screen. #BonkersBlogger
3.Your wedding day/birth of your first child/[insert relevant life event] may have been the proudest moment of your life. But getting onto The HuffPost etc was a close second.
Who am I kidding? It’s the other way round. #OddPrioritiesBlogger
4.You wake up early/stay up super late to join a linky within the first few minutes of it going live. Okay I’ve never done that. Love. Sleep. Too. Much. #BloggerSwat
5.You’re not entirely sure where you the person ends and you the blogger begins. Frankly, you could happily answer to your blog name all day. #BlurredLinesBlogger
6.So when a friend asks how you are and what’s been happening in your life, you’re literally astonished at their question. Haven’t they read my blog? Why don’t’ they check my Facebook, Twitter, Instagram?! #DivaBlogger
7.You’ve lost count of the number of Ugh I wish I’d thought of that moments you’ve had when reading other bloggers’ posts or seeing their blog name. #GreenBlogger
8.A great Friday night is when you stay in to look at your Google Analytics and mentally high five yourself at the number of countries in which your blog is being read, your bounce rate, unique page views etc  You crazy cat you! #WildBlogger
9.You say ‘a friend of mine was just saying they’re renovating their house’ when in actual fact you mean you just read a post by a fellow blogger about their house renovation. #ConfusedBlogger
10.Talking of which, you almost have as many blogger ‘friends’ as you do real life friends. In fact, they’re no longer just blogger friends because they’re…well…friends now. And HOW damned excited are you that you’re actually going to MEET some of them in RL at your first blogger event?! #BlessedBlogger
11. Your real life friends have had to get used to your Eureka! moments as they inevitably say something on a night out/over a coffee that sparks an idea for a blog post. They inwardly roll their eyes as you whip out your phone (who am I kidding…you never put it away) to make notes. #AlwaysOnDutyBlogger
12.You admire a site’s plugins and marvel at the widgets and have actually been known to message a blogger you barely know to ask them which ones they use. #BoldBlogger
13.Sometimes you’re more proud of about your new post because of the image/title/font you came up with than the actual content itself. #LostThePlotBlogger
14.The blog is always in the back of your mind, the side recesses of your mind and the very forefront of your brain. Go without doing laundry or ironing for a month? Sure. Not write a blog post for two weeks? Are you insane? #GuiltyBlogger
15.You get more excited reading clever Twitter/Instagram profiles than you do a book. #TwitBlogger
16.In fact, what’s a book? You can’t remember when you actually had time to read one because now you just read blogs. #BlogsessedBlogger
17.Sometimes you’d just love to simply cook a meal/take the kids out/go on holiday without thinking of photographing/blogging every stage of it and putting it on social media. Occasionally (strike me down for saying it) you wonder what life was like when you just lived it, not blogged it. #NostalgicBlogger
18.You’re incapable of taking a picture without wondering if it would make a good blog post image. #CantLiveWithoutMyPhoneBlogger
19.You LOVE the word blogosphere and freakin’ love that you’re part of it #TheBloggerFamily
20.And before you became part of it, you had no idea what a featured image, banner, plugin, theme, linky etc was. #VirginBlogger
Basically you wouldn’t have got half this post.
But you just did. More than half in fact.
Because you’re…yep…officially a blog geek.
Don’t worry. You can get pills for that.
I mean, congratulations! It’s a great feeling isn’t it?
30 comments
[…] fave was How to Tell if You’re a Blogger Geek by Absolutely Prabulous – if you suspect you might be, read this and find out for […]
[…] if they told me they were having a baby. And if you think I’m just plain sad, check out How to Tell if You’re Officially a Blog Geek and see how many points you relate […]
How have I not commented on this already?!?
Hi. My name is Laura. And I am….a blog geek
(PS my favourite for #blogstorm – check yourself out in the morning xx)
I was wondering the same myself! Glad you liked it. xxx
Ouch, this hits close to home haha! Loved it 🙂 I was recently astonished to find out one of my best friends was unaware of the fact my mobile phone was broken, even after writing a post specifically about it, haha. I guess I need to stop using my blog as a means to keep in touch with friend and family!
I’m going to have to stop myself from constantly saying “Oh yes in fact I’ve written about that!” when someone says something in conversation. I’ll have no friends left if not. Thanks for reading.
This is brilliant! I’m now guilty of most of these…! Even though when I started the blog, I told myself I’d never do them! I found my toddler rolling in a mud bath earlier because I’d been busy instagramming pictures of the flowers growing in the park…Whoops!!
But you know what? Toddler rolling in mud bath is…blog post/Instagram material! Silver lining Thanks for reading. Glad you liked it!
Guilty as charged! I’ll come quietly. This is so funny! I’ve pinned it into my Blog folder so when I’m taking it all a bit too seriously, I can be reminded to Get A Grip. And log off!
Ha you made me laugh. And erm didn’t you mean ‘blog off’?
Popping back from a little linky you may have heard of #coolmumclub x
Haha that’s great! I must be a #Nerdyblogger because the design and layout is exactly what I first see when I click onto anyone’s blog. Super post 🙂 #BloggerClubUK
Thanks Annette. I guess ultimately it’s good content that then makes us return to a blog however fab or not striking it’s design is. Glad you liked it!
Yup you are write I absolutely bloody love it! Excellent post
#coolmumclub
This is a great list. I’m new to blogging so not quite doing all these. But I have started to recognise themes and check my stats daily. This list has given me some inspiration on how to improve my blog. Claire x #BloggerClubUK
PS. I also get secretly annoyed when I can’t get to my blog or check Twitter i.e if baby is sleeping on me.
Hold the front page. I actually HELPED you with blog improvement ideas?! Who knew! I’m glad. Thanks for reading.
Reckon I scored about 50% on this. Yes to anything that isn’t tech related – I’m useless at that stuff! I smirked at your comment about friends questioning your health and wellbeing. Surely they read our blogs?! That would be a no then.
Ha ha honestly sometimes I want to shake them! To be fair they hardly see my stuff these days because of the dreaded Facebook changes to peoples’ post reach and newsfeeds. Oh gosh…there I go sounding like a blog geek. Guilty. Thanks for reading.
Oh dear, I am a blogger geek haha. I haven’t done all of these but I am guilty of quite a few. I am definitely a #nostalgicblogger and quite often a #greenblogger too. Fab post xx #abitofeveything
Some of us are doomed to meet each other in blog addiction rehab! Thanks for reading.
I’m a #bloggergeek yep yep! Every hashtag been there done that where’s my tshirt?
Actually this post has given me an idea for a clothing line!
Brilliant and spot on I can’t believe that I actually understand ( OK and do) half of these.
ha ha it’s like a weird cult isn’t it? Thanks for reading!
Wow, this is like you read my mind! It’s good to know I’m not alone in the craziness 🙂
Debbie
thanks…and I’ve just thought a few more points! We’ve got it REAL bad.
Superb post prabs…
Don’t tell the hubster about number 4… He thinks I’m an amazingly generous wife because some mornings I’ll happily skip out of bed on the graveyard shift letting him lay in…
Ps. Nice shades #coolmumclub
Lol do you recognise them ha ha. Thank you, fun post to write!
Guilty of 9, 10, 11, 14, 15 for sure! I freaking love it though!
You’re DEFINITELY a blog geek Gary. You read this within minutes of it being posted lol. Thank you! (And blog geekness is a nice problem to have though.)