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Bloggers Face-Off: Salim Al-Lawzi Vs. Roba Assi

 

	Salim Al-Lawzi مدونة جدار .. برسم الإيجار   http://salimallawzi.wordpress.com/	Roba Assi http://andfaraway.net/
1- How long have you been blogging?	Officially since may 2010	Five and a half years — since September 2004.
2- How many hours per day do you dedicate to the blog?	Between 2 – 3 hours	Around an half an hour a day.
3- Has it been worth it so far?	yes	Definitely.
4- How many page views does your blog get daily?	Actually, more then 200 hits when there is no new posts, and up to 600 the day when i post something. (when we were publishing the series called : “Mousalsal Moumaghnat” every Sunday the views were between 2 000 and 4 500 viewers )	Average is 1,000.
5- How many blogs do you have or write for currently?	Actually I write only for my blog, but I’m a journalist on Al Hayat newspaper so I write for them weekly.	Three.
6- How many hours do you dedicate to them every day?	3 hours weekly (Al Hayat Newspaper)	An hour.
7- Do you think one needs to post daily to be successful?	No, I think the successfully way it when u post every 3 days 1 subject, because people get bored too fast if u write in a daily way.	Yes.
8- Is there an ideal posting frequency?	3 times per week	At least 6 times a week.
9- What is the biggest blogging mistake you did?	The biggest blogging mistake that I didn’t buy till now my own domain, I’m still on a free domain .wordpress.com	Is it really possible to make mistakes while blogging?
10- What is the biggest mistake you see in blog designs?	From my opinion the sample and the clear design is the most popular and they help the readers to get the point	Text that isn’t very legible, horrific headers, too many flashing GIFs.
11- Twitter is a distraction or a good promotional tool?	A good promotional tool	A good promotional tool.
12- Do you think that any professional should have a blog?	Everyone had something to say, and blogging is the best way to write everything run on your mind and let people read it	Yes, if not for anything, then at least for personal SEO.
13- If you could give an advice for a novice blogger, what would it be?	Make your self	If you don’t think you’re going to love it, don’t do it. Otherwise, mingle with other bloggers on their own blogs by commenting and following their Twitter accounts.
14- What is the secret of your success, expressed in one word?	My Friends	Passion.
15- If you could write a post on any blog in the world, which one would you pick?	www.beirutiyat.wordpress.com/	Fast Company’s blog.