| KEY | |
| Title | Average Unique Visits per Day |
| Expressways | more than 10,000 |
| Highways | 5,000 to 9,999 |
| City Streets | 1,000 to 4,999 |
| Country Lanes | 100 to 999 |
| Dirt Roads | 50 to 99 |
| Worn Paths | less than 50 |
| Since not all blogs use SiteMeter, not all blog were able to be used in tabulating traffic results | |
| How many days a week do you write something? | ||
| Ecosystem Ranking | Average response | |
| Expressways | ||
| Highways | ||
| City Streets | ||
| Country Lanes | 6 | |
| Dirt Roads | 6 | |
| Worn Paths | 6 | |
| On the days you do write something on the average how many pieces do you publish? | ||
| Ecosystem Ranking | Average response | |
| Expressways | ||
| Highways | ||
| City Streets | ||
| Country Lanes | 3 | |
| Dirt Roads | 3 | |
| Worn Paths | 2 | |
| Which of the following would you consider significant motivations for why you blog? | ||||||||
| Ecosystem Ranking | A. | B. | C. | D. | E. | F. | G. | |
| Expressways | ||||||||
| Highways | ||||||||
| City Streets | ||||||||
| Country Lanes | 50% | 33% | 83% | 66% | 50% | 16% | ||
| Dirt Roads | 100% | 80% | 80% | 40% | 20% | |||
| Worn Paths | 11% | 55% | 55% | 55% | 44% | 77% | ||
| A. to make money B. to improve my writing skills C. to vent my feelings D. to gain recognition E. to validate my ideas and opinions F. I don’t know, I just like it G. other |
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| How much time do you spend each day on your blog? | ||
| Ecosystem Ranking | Average response | |
| Expressways | ||
| Highways | ||
| City Streets | ||
| Country Lanes | more than two hours but less than four hours | |
| Dirt Roads | more than two hours but less than four hours | |
| Worn Paths | more than two hours but less than four hours | |
| How much of that time do you spend researching? | ||
| Ecosystem Ranking | Average response | |
| Expressways | ||
| Highways | ||
| City Streets | ||
| Country Lanes | more than two hours but less than four hours | |
| Dirt Roads | more than two hours but less than four hours | |
| Worn Paths | more than an hour, but less than two hours | |
| How much of that time do you spend writing? | ||
| Ecosystem Ranking | Average response | |
| Expressways | ||
| Highways | ||
| City Streets | ||
| Country Lanes | more than an hour, but less than two hours | |
| Dirt Roads | more than an hour, but less than two hours | |
| Worn Paths | more than half an hour but less than an hour | |
| When you are choosing a topic to write about do you focus on... | ||||
| Ecosystem Ranking | A. | B. | C. | |
| Expressways | ||||
| Highways | ||||
| City Streets | ||||
| Country Lanes | 17% | 84% | ||
| Dirt Roads | 60% | 40% | ||
| Worn Paths | 12% | 89% | ||
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A. ...what you like and consider is important B. ...what you think your readers will like and think is important C. ...a balance of the two |
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| When you are writing the piece for your blog do you focus on... | ||||
| Ecosystem Ranking | A. | B. | C. | |
| Expressways | ||||
| Highways | ||||
| City Streets | ||||
| Country Lanes | 67% | 34% | ||
| Dirt Roads | 40% | 60% | ||
| Worn Paths | 45% | 12% | 45% | |
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A. ...what you like and consider is important B. ...what you think your readers will like and think is important C. ...a balance of the two |
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| What kind of blog do you consider your blog? | |||||||
| Ecosystem Ranking | A. | B. | C. | D. | E. | F. | |
| Expressways | |||||||
| Highways | |||||||
| City Streets | |||||||
| Country Lanes | 50% | 83% | 50% | ||||
| Dirt Roads | 80% | 80% | 20% | ||||
| Worn Paths | 77% | 22% | 55% | ||||
| A. Personal B. Humorous C. Political D. Religious E. Advice F. Other |
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| How much do you promote your blog? | |||||||||
| Ecosystem Ranking | A. | B. | C. | D. | E. | F. | G. | H. | |
| Expressways | |||||||||
| Highways | |||||||||
| City Streets | |||||||||
| Country Lanes | 83% | 16% | 83% | 33% | 16% | 33% | 33% | ||
| Dirt Roads | 80% | 80% | 100% | 40% | 20% | ||||
| Worn Paths | 66% | 33% | 77% | 55% | 33% | 22% | |||
| A. listing/joining blogrolls B. listing/joining search sites C. Reciprocal Links D. emailing other blog authors about really good posts E. listing/joining link exchange programs F. purchasing advertising on other blogs G. purchasing advertising on other non-blog websites H. other |
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| Political affiliation? | |||||||||||||
| Ecosystem Ranking | A. | B. | C. | D. | E. | F. | G. | H. | I. | J. | K. | L. | |
| Expressways | |||||||||||||
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| City Streets | |||||||||||||
| Country Lanes | 83% | 16% | |||||||||||
| Dirt Roads | 40% | 40% | 20% | ||||||||||
| Worn Paths | 44% | 22% | 22% | 11% | |||||||||
| A. US Republican B. US Democrat C. US Libertarian D. Canadian Liberal E. Canadian Conservative F. UK Labour G. UK Conservative H. UK Liberal I. Australian Democrats J. Australian Greens K. Australian Labor L. other |
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| How politically active are you? | |||||||||||
| Ecosystem Ranking | A. | B. | C. | D. | E. | F. | G. | H. | I. | ||
| Expressways | |||||||||||
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| City Streets | |||||||||||
| Country Lanes | 50% | 83% | 16% | ||||||||
| Dirt Roads | 60% | 40% | |||||||||
| Worn Paths | 11% | 77% | 22% | ||||||||
| A. I am or have served as an elected official B. I am or have ran for an elected position at the national level C. I am or have ran for an elected position at the state level D. I am or have ran for an elected position at the local level E. I actively campaign for candidates and issues F. I vote at most, if not all, elections G. I occasionally vote H. I'm registered to vote, but never do I. I'm not even registered to vote |
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| Politically do you consider yourself... | ||||||
| Ecosystem Ranking | A. | B. | C. | D. | E. | |
| Expressways | ||||||
| Highways | ||||||
| City Streets | ||||||
| Country Lanes | 16% | 66% | 16% | |||
| Dirt Roads | 20% | 20% | 40% | 20% | ||
| Worn Paths | 11% | 55% | 33% | |||
| A. a Liberal B. an Independent C. a Libertarian D. a Conservative E. other |
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| When it comes to religion do you consider yourself... | ||||||||||
| Ecosystem Ranking | A. | B. | C. | D. | E. | F. | G. | H. | ||
| Expressways | ||||||||||
| Highways | ||||||||||
| City Streets | ||||||||||
| Country Lanes | 50% | 66% | 16% | 83% | 16% | 16% | 16% | |||
| Dirt Roads | 40% | 60% | 60% | 100% | 20% | 20% | 20% | |||
| Worn Paths | 11% | 55% | 44% | 66% | 33% | 22% | 11% | 22% | ||
| A. Fundamentalist B. Evangelical C. Orthodox D. Conservative E. "Mainstream" F. Liberal G. Agnostic H. Atheist |
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