RPG Blog Readership Survey Development Continues

I’ve gotten several words of encouragement and a bunch of additional, worthwhile questions.  However, I’m still finalizing the survey and I expect to launch it next week.  If you have ideas for new questions and potential answers or want to suggest eliminating a question or rephrasing it, please post a comment.  Once I launch the survey I hope other sites will post about it.

You can read more about the motivations of the survey here.

Below is the planned survey to date:

Section 1: BLOG CONTENT

What types of blog articles interest you? (Pick any number.)

Fiction
Actual Play Reports
Campaign Session Reports
GM tips
Player tips
Roleplaying Theory
Game design
New rules
New items (magic items, spells, monsters, etc.)
Encounters
Sample Characters/NPCs
Inspiration
World Building
Product previews/announcements
Game Industry Information & Current Events
Impact of Roleplaying Games outside of Games

What types of blog articles interest you *most*? (Try to pick 3 or less.)

Fiction
Actual Play Reports
Campaign Session Reports
GM tips
Player tips
Roleplaying Theory
Game design
New rules
New items (magic items, spells, monsters, etc.)
Encounters
Sample Characters/NPCs
Inspiration
World Building
Product previews/announcements
Game Industry Information & Current Events
Impact of Roleplaying Games outside of Games

Which game systems do you like to read about? (Pick any number.  Some games may apply to multiple categories, please check all that apply.)

D&D 4E
D&D 3E/3.5
D&D 2E
D&D 1E
D&D 0E
Pathfinder
Other OGL Fantasy 3.5 spinoffs
OGL non-Fantasy 3.5 games
GURPS
Hero/Champions
Traveller
Star Wars Saga
Star Wars d20
Star Wars d6/D6 system
RuneQuest
Indie RPGs
Savage Worlds
Retro-clones
Castles and Crusades
Palladium Games
System agnostic articles/posts
Other

If other, please list the other games:

Which game systems do you like to read about *most*? (Try to pick 3 or less.)

D&D 4E
D&D 3E/3.5
D&D 2E
D&D 1E
D&D 0E
Pathfinder
Other OGL Fantasy 3.5 spinoffs
OGL non-Fantasy 3.5 games
GURPS
Hero/Champions
Traveller
Star Wars Saga
Star Wars d20
Star Wars d6/D6 system
RuneQuest
Indie RPGs
Savage Worlds
Retro-clones
Castles and Crusades
Palladium Games
System agnostic articles/posts
Other

If other, please list the other games:

Section 2: BLOG READER DEMOGRAPHICS

Do you have your own blog? (Pick only one.)

No
Yes, but just for my own gaming group.
Yes, but I’m just getting started.
Yes, and I get a few hundred hits a day.
Yes, and I get a couple thousand hits a day.
Yes, and I get many thousands of hits a day.
Yes, and I get 10s or thousands (or more) hits a day.

Do you read the comments on blog posts?

Always
Only on blogs I regularly follow
If I’m interested in the topic
If there’s a good conversation.

Do you comment on blog posts?

Yes
No
Sometimes

Why?

Do you run ad blocking software?

Yes
Yes, but it only blocks really annoying stuff like flash and pop-ups
No

Do you disable ad blocking software for sites you find worthwhile?

Yes
No

Have you ever donated to a blog?

Yes
No

Have you ever donated to an rpg related project? (Such as “open design” or a message board you frequent, etc.)

Yes
No

Have you ever purchased something through an RPG website’s affiliate link to support that website/forum/project?

Yes
No

Section 3: FINDING NEW BLOGS/TURNONS/TURNOFFS

Where do you learn about new blogs? (Pick any number.)

Search engines
From Friends (email/word of mouth)
Twitter
Facebook
Other Bookmark Sharing sites (Digg, reddit, stumbleupon, dle.icio.us, etc.)
Message Boards
RPG Bloggers Network
Blogrolls
Bloggers writing articles that link to/comment on/respond to/recommend other bloggers’ articles
Commentluv links in post comments
Pingbacks/Trackbacks in post comments
RPG blog Carnival
Open Game Table Anthology
Other

If other, please list the other sources:

Where do you most often learn about new blogs? (Try to pick 3 or less.)

Search engines
From Friends (email/word of mouth)
Twitter
Facebook
Other Bookmark Sharing sites (Digg, reddit, stumbleupon, dle.icio.us, etc.)
Message Boards
RPG Bloggers Network
Blogrolls
Bloggers writing articles that link to/comment on/respond to/recommend other bloggers’ articles
Commentluv links in post comments
Pingbacks/Trackbacks in post comments
RPG blog Carnival
Open Game Table Anthology
Other

If other, how else do you discover blogs?

Of the above, which way do you learn about blogs most often? (Pick one.)

Search engines
From Friends (email/word of mouth)
Twitter
Facebook
Other Bookmark Sharing sites (Digg, reddit, stumbleupon, dle.icio.us, etc.)
Message Boards
RPG Bloggers Network
Blogrolls
Bloggers writing articles that link to/comment on/respond to/recommend other bloggers’ articles
Commentluv links in post comments
Pingbacks/Trackbacks in post comments
RPG blog Carnival
Open Game Table Anthology
Other

What turns you off from reading a blog?  (Pick any number.)

Edition/Game System Wars
Not about my preferred game system.
Only about one game system.
Spelling errors/grammar.
Attitude.
Articles are too short.
Articles are too long.
Articles are specific to just the writers game world/sessions.
Too many ads.
Articles are just press releases with little commentary.

What length of articles do you prefer? (Pick any number.)

Short (Less than 250 words or usually about 5 paragraphs.)
Medium (Around 500 words or usually about 10 paragraphs.)
Long (Around 1000 words or usually about 20 paragraphs.)
Even longer articles.

Some bloggers use their real name while others use a pseudonym. Do you prefer…

Bloggers who are open about who they are
Bloggers who write under a pseudonym
I don’t care

If you care, why?

Section 4: TECHNICAL PREFERENCES

Do you read blogs via a feed (RSS) reader?

All the time
Most of the time
Sometimes
Rarely
Never

If you use a feed reader, do you prefer…

Full posts in the RSS feed
Just the summary/preview
I don’t care.

How do you like to keep up with new comments on a blog post?

I don’t
Email updates of comments on the article
Subscribe to a feed of comments on just the article
Subscribe to a feed of all comments on a blog
A “recent comments” feature on the blog
Check the post manually later
Other (please describe).