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href='http://www.salemites.com/2009/12/persistence.html'/><author><name>Salem Man</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17311873122536110932</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RAJT2WTZql8/Sb3qCuAKzNI/AAAAAAAAD64/IAIoD6oG40U/s1600-R/capitol.png'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079772799449860260.post-4550700946171683286</id><published>2009-12-15T17:59:09.552-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-15T17:59:09.552-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you for the kind words!

You make a great po...</title><summary type='text'>Thank you for the kind words!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You make a great point about persistence being key to anyone wanting a popular blog.  Only in rare cases does it happen overnight (TwiTip by Darren Rowse aka Problogger comes to mind).  For everyone else it takes years or more of hard work and dedication before your blog could technically be considered &amp;quot;popular&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most bloggers are </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7079772799449860260/715025429317000008/comments/default/4550700946171683286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7079772799449860260/715025429317000008/comments/default/4550700946171683286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.salemites.com/2009/12/persistence.html?showComment=1260928749552#c4550700946171683286' title=''/><author><name>Rob McGuire</name><uri>http://www.robmcguire.net</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.salemites.com/2009/12/persistence.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079772799449860260.post-715025429317000008' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7079772799449860260/posts/default/715025429317000008' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1573112055'/></entry></feed>
