Input appreciated for blogger survey As part of research for my book, I want to survey bloggers about their motivations and opinions about blogging. Here's a survey I created. I'd appreciate any comments or suggestions you care to contribute before I launch it. If you're willing to help direct bloggers to the survey form, please note that in a comment. Thank you!

Clarification (5/22). This is just a draft survey that I'm posting for input. Several people have asked about how they can take the survey with no input forms. I guess I did a lousy job of explaining that this is just a draft :-). The final survey will be posted on a commercial service soon. Thanks!


This survey is being conducted as part of research for a book on social media. It is intended to measure bloggers’ attitudes toward blogging and their motivations for contributing to blogs. Results will be posted at www.paulgillin.com and regularly updated once a sufficient number of responses has been received.

1. Do you contribute to one or more weblogs?
Yes
No (terminate)

2. How long have you been blogging?
Less than one year
One to two years
More than two years

3. To what types of blogs do you regularly contribute? Please check all that apply.
Business
Corporate
Entertainment
Hobbyist
Literary/art
Personal
Political
Reference
Sports
Technical
Other

4. How many blogs do you regularly contribute to?
1
2
3
More than 3

5. Approximately how many hours do you spend writing for blogs every week?
Less than one
One to three
Three to five
More than five

6. Approximately how many blog entries do you post in an average week across all blogs to which you contribute?
Less than one
One or two
Three to five
More than five

7. Why do you blog? Please check all that apply
Capture memories
Career advancement
Connect with people with similar interests
Employer requires it
Influence market or discussion of a topic
It just feels good
Keep in touch with family/friends
Make money/hope to make money
Other


8. How many blogs do you read at least once per week?
Fewer than five
Six to ten
11 to 20
21 to 30
More than 30

9. Do you subscribe to RSS feeds?
Yes
No
Don’t know

10. How do you believe your reading of blogs has affected your consumption of mainstream media such as television, radio and newspapers? Has your use of mainstream media:
Increased substantially
Increased somewhat
Neither increased or decreased
Decreased somewhat
Decreased substantially
Don’t know


11. In your opinion, how credible are the blogs that you read regularly?
Very credible
Somewhat credible
Not very credible
Not at all credible
Don’t know


12. In your opinion, how credible are blogs in general?
Very credible
Somewhat credible
Not very credible
Not at all credible
Don’t know


13. In which of the following social media activities or services do you also regularly participate ?

File sharing
Instant messaging
Multiplayer games
Photo sharing
Podcasting
Social bookmarking
Social networks
Video blogging
Wikis
Other

14. In which ways do you derive income from your blog? Please check all that apply
I don’t derive income from blogging
Affiliate commissions (ex: Commission Junction)
Consulting
Contextual advertising (ex: Google AdSense)
Donations
Paid writing assignments
Product sales
Speaking
Other

15. In the space below, please describe your most important motivations for blogging

Tell us about yourself.

16. Are you male or female?
Female
Male

17. How old are you?
Under 18
18-25
26-35
36-45
46-55
56-65
Over 65

18. Where do you live?
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Australia/New Zealand
Africa


[Optional] Please list the URLs of all blogs to which you regularly contribute

[Optional]If you would like to be notified when results are available, please enter your e-mail address. This address will be used only to notify you of the availability of survey results.  ¶ 7:44 AM