If You're Reading This, You Are a Low-Value Demographic

I agree with Joseph that an author photo isn’t important. In fact for some people it may be detrimental to the success of their blog, as you’ll get a lot of kids mocking their physical appearance rather than the content of their posts. Let’s face it, most technical blogs are probably written by guys that look like this:

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But seriously, I have a question to pose for you Jeff. What would you define as the parameters for a “successful” blog? A lot of comments? Google PageRank? Might be a good topic for “blogging about blogging”.