I got notified that this blogs world ranking had changed in the right direction. I've always been in the mid-forties world wide but now find myself in the top 30 now coming in at 29. That's pretty cool, something must be working. I wish someone would sponsor it or turn it into a reality TV show, boy, imagine if all that has been on this blog were in TV show format.
Currently the big guns in the top 10 are Midcurrent, Moldy Chum, Orvis, Duranglers Fly Shop, The Fiberglass Manifesto, The Caddis Fly, The Fly Fish Journal, Avid Max Blog, Trouts Fly Fishing, and Hatch Magazine.
While the below post is from August 4, 2022, just a few days ago. So, in this demonstrates how the new journalism and blog writing happens. Most blogs or companies that have a blog have a social media person who maintains the daily, weekly, or monthly content that is put on a blog. For Orvis that is Phil Monahan, and for Midcurrent its Spencer Durrant. They come up with some original content, here and there, or you will see there name as the "poster", although they do give credit to the person who originated the article or post.
Not to be outdone, Midcurrent jumped on the bandwagon a day after Orvis posted Phil Rowley's piece, well after Orvis reposted a post from 2012, and then put it up on their Midcurrent blog, with the "By: Spencer Durrant", and then a link to the Orvis blog. Wow! What a f'in mess.
And to not pick on these two blog giants, below is the X-pert Fly Fisher blog, who just two days ago, jumped on the Phil Rowley bandwagon and put up the same content on their blog. And of course all of them are littered with ads, which okay, you got to make some money. But what if they
had to come up with only original content and images? Or better yet, had to pay contributors for their submissions. Let's be real, the "big guys" blogs, usually managed by one person who scours the internet looking to hyperlink stories or grab content with just "credit" or a byline. Whatever. It's just pretty cool that a one man show based on the Delaware River is coming in at #29, all original, all my own stories. But one thing, I am sure my endless and pursuit of striking out looking for snakeheads and bowfin wouldn't get the clicks that all those "stolen" stories do on the big blogs.