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Why I Will Never Be Freshly Pressed

Posted on by D. Parker

I don’t own an iron…https://yadadarcyyada.com/2015/03/26/why-i-will-never-be-freshly-pressed/

Many of you reading this are WordPress Bloggers. You may have heard of being ‘Freshly Pressed’, where WordPress Editors pick out posts that are instantly given a lot of attention. It feels like their way of saying some bloggers are better than others, that they’re more worthy of sharing.

I even Googled, ‘How to get Freshly Pressed’.
Hmmm, note to self, next time you search, add, ‘on WordPress’, because, wow, that got weird, really fast.

Apparently none of my blog posts have: ‘enlightened’, ‘inspired’, ‘entertained’, or got the WordPress Editors ‘talking’.

Oh well, at least I’ve learned a lot about blogging, sorta…

  • I’m more concise (applause).

  • I know about: fonts, stats, sharing, widgets, I know what SEO stands for, Search Engine Oops, maybe I don’t.

  • I’m on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest – I’m everywhere and as it turns out, nowhere.

  • I’ve virtually met fantastic people…or who knows, maybe they’re all one giant app that pretends to be bloggers and readers.

  • I’ve made mistakes…many. I’ve had popular posts and some you could hear crickets chirping as the post sits there being ignored.

  • I’ve been encouraged, discouraged, disappointed, and delighted.

  • I’ve learned to not take it too seriously.https://yadadarcyyada.com/2015/03/26/why-i-will-never-be-freshly-pressed/

  • Yet for Freshly Pressed folks, apparently I don’t write ‘unique content’ that’s free of  ‘bad stuff’  (where’s the fun in that?).

  • I don’t have a ‘point of view’ (that’s silly, everyone has a point of view, even if they borrowed it from someone else).

  • I don’t paint them ‘a picture’ or make it easy on their eyes (this seems like a blatant attempt to get me to buy a Premium package).

  • I don’t add ‘relevant tags’ (too many tags, not enough tags, make up your mind).

    My headlines can be ‘ignored’ (I already put the word ‘Obscure’ in my tagline).

  • I make typoos, er, typos. Sorry I’m not prefect, WordPress.

https://yadadarcyyada.com/2015/03/26/why-i-will-never-be-freshly-pressed/

I’ve tried, I really have, for over 500 posts, but sigh, I’m still in The-Land-of-Never-To-Be-Freshly-Pressed. It’s worse than being Friend-zoned.

  • Well, I never really wanted to be Freshly Pressed anyway (so there).

  • You can keep your FP Clique.

  • You keep your special jackets that say FP on them and super-duper secret decoder rings.

  • Keep your secret Clubhouse where all the Freshly Pressed elite virtually hang out and talk about us losers that will never be Pressed.

Just realized, this little rant probably  got me banned from being Freshly Pressed, for my blogging lifetime. So what? I was never going to be anyway (er, was I?).

So, why will I never be Freshly Pressed? Ummm, no clue….

https://yadadarcyyada.com/2015/03/26/why-i-will-never-be-freshly-pressed/
How could you not Freshly Press this face?

 

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      5. 🙂 A cake fest it shall be!! Unless of course one of us does get the opportunity to get Freshly Pressed, then we can see if the chosen one will squeeze our blogs in through shout outs and such. Before we know it, we will conquer the FP crew and dominate the blogosphere. You know how it goes… The underdogs always manage to come out on top, somehow, some way!! LOL 🙂

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  2. LOL! Well said. Alas, many of us will never get invited into the cool kid’s club. There are many bloggers who have come up with other alternative categories instead,”freshly baked” was one of my favorites. 😉

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  6. I’m with you. I have no idea what makes a post Freshly Pressed worthy. If you and I haven’t been Freshly Pressed then no one deserves it. I wrote a post called Freshly Pissed once and it was hugely popular.

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  7. I’d rather never get FP’d 🙊🙊 seriously you’re awesome and I love this post 😊❤️❤️

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  10. I just love this post. Especially the opening sentence (!)
    I’m pretty sure I won’t be ‘pressed’ either. My stuff is hosted by Another Host, for one thing.
    And the fact that WordPress makes it impossible for WordPress bloggers to ‘like’ my posts is sort of a hint that no ironing will be done on me. But I’m so glad we found each other!

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  11. I think of a post being “Freshly Pressed” as being similar to a film getting one of the “big” Oscars (like “Best Film” or something, not the “cool” ones like “Best Special Effects”). Sometimes worth watching, but generally I’d rather sit down in front of some X-Men/Marvel/Sci-Fi mayhem 🙂

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  12. I sure wouldn’t worry about it!! I gave up looking on Freshly Pressed because I found each one sounded like a ‘cookie-cutter’ version of MBA creative courses – and to me – are very boring. So please strive to remain yourself, that’s the reason your have so many followers as is!!

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  16. Haha, since I mostly most about math, I also don’t expect my posts to be featured on freshly pressed. I bet that my posts would just bore the hell out of those editors… whoever they are 🙂

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      2. My first Pressed visitor today…is there a secret clubhouse, I know, you couldn’t tell me if there was, it’s a secret. 😉
        Hope this day treats you kindly. 🙂

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      3. Yes, math is very fascinating but some peole thought otherwise.

        For all we know, they might just be some kind of bots. 🙂

        Thanks for following my blog btw

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      5. There are many areas in math that can be very challenging. That’s the reason why math is fun. No matter how many years you study it, you will still learn new things everyday.

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  17. Imagine what it would be like to be Freshly Pressed. Sure, you’d have a nice surprise that day, but then what? Would you be paralyzed at your computer wondering why your next piece wasn’t FP too? Would you start wondering if the first time was all a fluke? The next thing you know you are in a spiral of sleep doubt and restricted to re-posting cat videos. Not that there is anything wrong with cat videos per say, but I am more of a dog person.

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    1. lol Allie, now you’re making me happy not to be Freshly Pressed and I love cats (and dogs). 😉
      You’re right, I even do that sometimes with posts that do well and others that don’t…well, except for re-posting cat videos, hey, maybe I’ll try that next. 😉
      Hope this day is all you want it to be. 🙂

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  19. Too funny! I’ve stopped hoping I’ll get Freshly Pressed because I’m guessing my blog posts aren’t their style. As long as I’m having fun blogging and doing what I want with my blog, that’s what matters to me.

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    1. Thank you kindly. 🙂
      Yes, having fun and meeting others is the best part, everything else would be icing on the cake…mmmm, now I’m thinking about cake. 😉
      Hope this all is all you want it to be. 🙂

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      1. You’re welcome! I completely agree that meeting other bloggers is so fun and it really is the icing on the…wait, did you say cake?!? I could go for some cake now… 🙂

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      1. I keep my posts to paragraphs and they don’t like that… Or my content isn’t interesting enough 🙂

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  21. I have been FP’ed. I have no idea how the hell it happened, it just did.

    I strongly, strongly dislike the people who think they “help” others get FP’ed. I only had my blog a month and hardly any followers the first time. Who got “credit” for it then?

    The bump in stats is cool, I guess, but my core commenters remain the same. That’s all I care about. There are enough cliques in blog world, so I guess I am guilty by association with the FP crowd but there are plenty, plenty of others who I think should have been recognized in some way or form a long long time ago and haven’t been still.

    Now, I realize it may be easy for me to say this since I have been on the FP-darkside but I just don’t get it…all it brought me, other than a temp bump in views, was former blog-friends hopping over to get in on comments for recognition. Yep, I’m saying that. It’s the blogging equivalent of the lottery; everyone knows you and was “there along the way”.

    By no means do I think I am a good writer, much less better than anyone else I follow…it really is dumb luck sometimes. I would have rather had my luck apply to the lottery instead.

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    1. I love your writing, it’s honest, there’s no guile, just real. I appreciate that.
      And now I want all the secrets, is there a clubhouse, rings, jackets…I know, it’s a secret, nevermind. 🙂
      I agree, it’s probably fun in the moment, but…why oh why is there always a but?
      Thanks for dropping by and I hope this day treats you (and the Lego) kindly. 🙂

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      4. Ours disappeared and seems to be doing it again. Driving I noticed it was more like snow/rain. It’s warm though. 🙂
        Hope you have a magnificent day. 🙂

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      8. Thank you. 🙂
        And you made me want Chinese food. 😉
        And you added smiles which I always love. 🙂
        Hope the weekend is everything you want it to be. 🙂

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  23. It will never happen for me but we’ve got a lot going for us…like, erm, stuff…

    Truthfully, some of the FP’d stuff is very good and I enjoy it but at times it’s mundane and predictable. I like having the freedom to talk about owls and cheese and not worry about appearing “legit” or whatever.

    You’re awesome.

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  24. When I look at your posts and your long list of responders I’d say Donna that you’ve arrived where a lot of people only hope to be. How would your life or posts change with a FP stamp of approval? At what point do we say we’re good enough on our own without needing outside validation? It’s great to strive but somethings are just outside of our ability to control. The starch would make you itch anyway!

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  26. Search Engine Optimization. And I stopped feeling neglected by Freshly Pressed when I got published on Huffington Post. It was like giving FP the finger. Sort of. 🙂

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  27. I actually started to read a couple of FP’d posts once without knowing what it meant and I was bored. I think I might be glad not to be FP’d if they have to be too highbrow. Bloging might have a serious side but it’s meant to be fun too.
    Now, for heavens sake stop swearing in company. If I see you use that I*** word one more time I may just have to deprive you of your chocolate cake.Talking of which, why had no-on offered me a piece yet? Pretty pretty please.
    xxx Massive Hugs Donna xxx

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    1. We’re onto a 3rd cake, David, it’s just to the right, near Very Me. 😉 And there’s always some for you, you know that. 🙂
      Sorry about the language, but you know how I get… 😉
      Thanks for dropping by, David, although I suspect it might just be for cake although, it’s tasty…no, you’re always so wonderful. 🙂
      I had a lot of fun writing this post, so that’s the important part, right?
      Hope this day is everything you want it to be. Massive hugs, Donna 🙂

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  28. Well, I did get pressed about two years ago. It was a random topic (as most of my topics are) and I’m guessing I wrote it using the same voice as I always do. I can tell you that I got a lot of views that month. I can also tell you that it took 14 months for me to get back to that level. I gained a lot of followers, but if you take that and the previous statement together, I’m not sure many of them follow me. I have written better pieces since being pressed and I have written worse ones. Since I wasn’t sure what anybody liked about the post I wrote, I never tried to duplicate any part of it. I don’t write my blog for readers, I write it for me.

    I cherish the people who have found my blog on an ordinary random day and have decided to come back a few times. I love the slow organic growth I’ve enjoyed and the people that I’ve met along the way. I love the interaction and genuine kindness I have found in the WordPress community

    BTW, no secret meetings, no handshake and no discounts on premium themes and I hope I don’t come across as a snob.

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    1. But you might have a confidentiality thing about the secret stuff, cause it’s secret and all…I don’t know. 😉
      I pleased that you still mingle with the UnPressed. 😉
      I understand, I write what I feel like, sometimes it’s well-received, like I said, other times, crickets…
      I’m sorry you won’t be able to join our UnFreshly Pressed club, but you can still have some cake and I’ll still visit. 🙂

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  30. Join the club. I’ve read all the FP rules too, and although I think I have lived up to many (maybe not all, like the curse words), I,alas, have never been pressed either.

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  32. I never pay any attention to the freshly pressed stuff. I love your blog! I follow your blog. I can honestly say I’ve never followed a freshly pressed blog!

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  36. FP is for those “beige” posts—posts that don’t exactly represent a blog, and aren’t often inspiring. Your posts tend to have a lot of text coloring. Hmm…

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    1. That’s it, it’s my ‘wordart’ that’s holding me back…but I love colours – most of them have meaning, you know. 😉
      I’ve gotta be me, I’ve got be me!!!
      I did it my way!!! 😉

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  37. Thank you for enlighting me! I had no idea what it meant and never gave it much thought. But now I know and will quickly remove that button. Reading the story behind made me think it is both silly and stupid. But I guess it serves a purpose. I will never be freshly pressed either and don´t care. At least my followers seem to like my content and that is enough for me.
    Is blogging all about chasing numbers?!

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    1. I think blogging is different for everyone, some for fun, some to promote, some, well, who knows? But it shouldn’t just be about numbers. 🙂
      Exactly, we like your posts, so isn’t what it’s really about? 🙂
      Hope this day is everything you want it to be. 🙂

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  40. Another fine “Julia Sugarbaker” moment, Donna. 😀
    Who cares — just promise to always be so very uniquely you. Mega-hugs! ❤
    Now i'm off to Google ‘How to get Freshly Pressed’ so i can watch things get weird.

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    1. Thank you, Teagan, I’m on roll. 😉
      I don’t think I could stop being me, even if I tried… 😉
      Hope tomorrow is a wonderful day. 🙂
      Mega-hugs! 🙂

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  41. I was FP’ed in 2013, for a post I wrote about identity. I’d been blogging for 7 years at that point, slowly gaining readers – but as some others have mentioned, it pushes the stats up for a few weeks and you gain more followers but the core commenters and readers often stay the same. It’s connection, not numbers, that make it interesting. I keep blogging because I have things to say and write about, it’s been 8 years and I’m still doing my thing. It really isn’t a big deal – it feels good for a bit, a bit like being retweeted or something, but in the scheme of things, it just seems very random! It wasn’t the best thing I had written, in my opinion.

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    1. The best part of this post, like the rest of blogging, I found a lot of interesting bloggers, like you, now following and on Twitter. Cats and chocolate, you got me. I’ll pop in when I have more time and scroll through your posts, maybe Saturday for #ArchiveDay on Twitter or Sunday for Suzie’s #SundayBlogShare. 🙂
      I had a lot of fun writing this post and fun with the comments so far…that’s the important part. 🙂

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  44. I’ve wondered how I don’t get Freshly Pressed either. I understand my mathematics posts may be too esoteric for general interests, but the ones that go over comic strips seem like they ought to be accessible. And at the risk of bragging I’ve had at least a couple humor posts I thought worthy of attention, but they’ve gone un-tended. It’s a little embarrassing, really.

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    1. Who knows how they decide? As long as we like what we do and sometimes others like it and we’re having fun, I doubt anything else matters all that much. 🙂

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  45. I always delight in what you post…were I a WordPressian would freshly press all of your posts. I think “freshly pressed” is the Word Press version of Flickr’s explored which also ignores people and talent in favor of algorithms that any game cheat can hack.

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  46. Donna, I think our next campaign (incidentally it will be our first) should be the creation of the “Never Been Freshly Pressed” award. This is because so many of us appear to have never been recognized as worthy of it. It should be given only to writers who are considered worthless (or in my case wordless should I decide to blog somewhere other than WordPress) in never having received a Freshly Pressed acknowledgment. Mind you, should I suddenly have it bestowed on me I’ll likely become a fathead, forcing you all to disown me as I would then be too good for all of you. ,O)

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  47. This is a brilliant piece of writing, Donna.

    I’ll be honest and say that I no longer look at what is being featured on “Freshly Pressed”. In my early days on here I would check it out and would follow some of the bloggers being featured but, in some cases, I would then unfollow them because I was not really interested in the rest of their writing, or future posts from them were not great.

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    1. Thank you so much, Hugh, I had a lot of fun writing it and I’m sure that’s all that matters. 🙂
      I don’t know how they choose and now, I’m sure I never will. 😉
      Have a great day, all the best and thanks again. 🙂

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  48. I’m with you in the much, much larger Never Freshly Pressed Club – although I do own a largely disused iron. My blog is very slowly accruing followers. In ten years, I may catch up to you; of course, by then, who knows how many tens of thousands you will be up to? 😉 Keep having fun!

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    1. You’ll like our club, Joanne, we have cake. 🙂
      The best part of blogging has been about meeting other bloggers and readers and having fun, I barely even notice my numbers…but I do love the comments. 🙂
      Hope your weekend is everything you want it to be. 🙂

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      1. Thanks, D! I don’t look at my numbers much either. Then, every once in a while, WordPress sends a notification that surprises me. My comment volume is still pretty small, so it’s easy to manage responses. It is nice that I have a few people who visit and comment on a regular basis so it doesn’t seem so much like I’m talking to myself. 😉

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      2. I hope there’s nothing too wrong with talking to yourself because I have some fairly long conversations on a fairly regular basis. 😉
        It’s all about the fun. 🙂
        Hope to see you over on Twitter today for #ArchiveDay and tomorrow for Suzie’s #SundayBlogShare and of course, all weekend for #WeekendBlogHop 🙂

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    1. That is me and that wasn’t even my best pout. 😉
      Thank you, although technically, my parents and ancestors get the credit. 🙂
      Thanks for dropping by, hope this day is being good to you. 🙂

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  51. I think it’s great advice to not take this stuff too seriously. I’ve never taken my blog too seriously (and my numbers show that–but, since I don’t take it too seriously, I truly don’t care). Unless you’re trying to make a living off your blog, just chill and write what you want. Let your colors show, you know?

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      1. I wonder whether you can get kicked out of that group once you do not enchant them anymore. Is it a one-time nod of recognition or a life-long status symbol?

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  52. I love this. I feel the same way too – like I have to express my disdain for something or opinion in some special, secret way in order to garner that damn button. It was one of my goals for last year, but when I didn’t reach it, I said screw it. Not meant to be now, can’t do anything about it. If it happens, I would be thrilled, ain’t gonna lie! But I won’t be writing to it…

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      5. I did – not as much time to spend as usual as my daughter was with me and we actually went to a movie (where I had to turn off my phone…gasp!) But it was worth it – Cinderella was fun as was watching my little monkey dance to the music.

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  53. Maybe we should start a new movement for the “unpressed” or “dishevelled” or just plain “wrinkly”?!! I haven’t been freshly pressed but at the last 4 months, I’ve been given 4 awards and I’ve now passed 15,000 views. These are great encouragements but what I really like is to reach out and help others…and also experience that love and encouragement myself. I’m a competitive, hard-working soul and sometimes the stats get me down but over time, those visits can add up and your work is actually getting out there and being read.

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    1. I think I have the wrinkly part, oh yes, and in clothes as well. 😉
      Comments, views, likes, shares, those are all great and as long as we’re having fun…we’re all good. 🙂
      Thanks for dropping by and hope this day is kind to you. 🙂
      Hope to see you over on Twitter for #SundayBlogShare 🙂

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  55. Dear D.

    Count me into your Unfreshly Pressed club, but keep the cake. I’m soon to retire as a cake decorator and it’s the last thing I want on my plate. 😉

    I’ve wondered about this FP thing. While my Friday Fictioneers blog challenge has been featured three times on the daily WP news and I have an international following that’s nudging the three thousand mark, I guess that’s not worthy of being freshly pressed.

    My life goes on, pathetic, ignored and unpressed.

    I enjoyed this post and found it entertaining, if not validating. Keep being you.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  57. You are so funny. This particular post should be freshly pressed, too! I haven’t seen anyone else write about this. (But I certainly don’t have time to read the millions of blog posts out there.)

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    1. Congrats on a dozen years in Blogland, wow, that is cool! 🙂
      Cheers and to many more years!

      Loved the poem, I feel the same way, except I haven’t been blogging nearly as long. 🙂

      Thank you for the mention, my heart skipped a beat when I read that you thought my post https://yadadarcyyada.com/2015/03/26/why-i-will-never-be-freshly-pressed/ was wonderful and that it had made you think of writing this. I am honoured and so thrilled.

      Congrats again, what an astonishing milestone! 🙂
      All the best and I hope this day and every day treats you kindly. 🙂

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  61. When I first started, I thought freshly pressed and press this were related. So I clicked on press this, thinking I was voting for something to be freshly pressed and was confused when I almost reblogged someone else’s content. So much for it being democratic…

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  62. “I’ve tried, I really have, for over 500 posts, but sigh, I’m still in The-Land-of-Never-To-Be-Freshly-Pressed. It’s worse than being Friend-zoned.”!!!!!!!!!!! I was laughing from the beginning and then you had me in stitches at that! You are one of my favourite bloggers #justsaying #Suzie81SpeaksPartyGuest

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    1. BTW I’ve never really understood most freshly pressed posts. I finish reading and I wonder if I am that stupid or slow because I’m wondering what’s so fantastic about that post! Now I feel comforted- I am not stupid at all!

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  63. I’m a relatively new blogger and didn’t even know about Freshly Pressed until reading this. I thought it was for recent posts. I always wondered why I never found my recent posts on it…I guess I follow your philosophy of write what you want and don’t worry about the rest.

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    1. So glad you could drop by and because of it I found your blog. 🙂
      Hope we can virtually visit often. And you’re more than welcome to join our Unfreshly Pressed club – we have cake! 🙂

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  65. Haaaa … a lovely read; glad I saw this in my twitter feed and clicked to read. I must confess that I’d love to be freshly pressed, but it’s good to take all this blogging stuff with a pinch of salt. Blogging awards do not define my blog, they are not why I blog, and I had no clue about them for quite a while into my blogging (I bet there’s many out there that I still have no clue about). O well, we blog onwards, anyway. 🙂

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  70. Oh it’s that way round! I have always thought freshly pressed blogs were the ones getting a lot of attention – and then they went onto a freshly pressed feed rather than the other way round (eg they get chosen and then get lots of attention). My thought on that had been they’re always American bloggers because there are a lot more bloggers in America liking other American blogs thus they get the attention….I haven’t really taken much notice of freshly pressed up until now, perhaps I should. Or maybe not! Do you get told if your blog gets chosen? Or would you just work it out by the sudden number of views you’re getting?

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    1. It is confusing. As far as I know they let you know, but the number of views would probably let you know before that, for sure. 😉
      Thanks for dropping by, you can join our Unfreshly Pressed club if you like, we have cake. 🙂
      Hope this day is being good to you. 🙂

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      1. Just be sure it’s a chocolate cake or else i won’t join your club. hehe. oops, even the Unfreshly Pressed Club i believe i can’t join. Truthfully you have such a wonderful blog and i love the way you write. Thanks for this article. It made me smile.

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  73. Great post Donna – I don’t write or create shock n’ awe type posts, so I am more than sure I’ll never be Freshly Pressed! I’m a big yawn in the editors eyes.

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  74. There are pluses http://paulareednancarrow.com/2015/04/26/one-surprising-benefit-to-being-freshly-pressed-that-bloggers-can-miss/ and minuses http://paulareednancarrow.com/2015/05/03/the-dark-side-of-having-a-blog-post-freshly-pressed/ to the experience, like any other. And it is an ephemeral thing. The main advantage I think this time around is that I got enough traffic to be indexed by a few more search engines, so I don’t have to do as much social media schlepping to get readers. I can see why it might seem like a slap in the face, but honestly, if I had over 6000 followers and over 100,000 page views, as you do, I wouldn’t need to be Freshly Pressed. Honesty compels you to remove “obscure,” m’dear: you no longer qualify. 😉

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    1. lol I have been thinking of changing the tagline, the broke still applies though…Vague Meanderings of the Broke and Slightly Less Obscure? 😉
      Yes, I read these posts of yours and you had some excellent points about sort of the dark side of being Freshly Pressed. Isn’t it wonderful to get all these different points of view? 😉
      Hope this day is treating you kindly, Paula. 🙂

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  75. I’d never heard of being Freshly Pressed, but I’m happy writing my posts for those who want to read, so guess I’ll join your club #archiveday

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