From an adult education perspective there are 4 different ways a human being learns... auditory, visually, reflective and active.

Although an individual may say they only learn in one of those 4 ways, they are wrong. Every person learns to differing degrees amongst those 4 ways, but they do learn in each of them. Every person has their favorite way that they are the most comfortable in learning and retaining knowledge, but they do learn in all for ways.

Now, how does this relate to blogs? Are bloggers really blogging to learn? Some. Some are blogging for entertainment. And, for entertainment one could debate whether a person is entertained by all 4 types of learning. No idea on that one. However, with the internet, for most blogs 'auditory' is thrown out the window as most sites (like mine) do not have sound to transmit the web page's message. And, many folks on the internet do not have the speakers turned on when they are 'surfing'.

Like the person who suddenly lost their sight, the other senses I am told spring into action and become more accute.

I am a big believer in visual aspect of the internet, including blogs; especially those that do not provide sound. But, I was amaze when I looked at my site's visitor statistics the other morning. The following numbers are relative and not the actual numbers (a fella's got to have some secrets, doesn't he? These are from the Content Overview area of Google Analytics and represent the number of page views for the top 4 pages on our site:

11,000 - Home Page
9,000 - Tips With Pictures Category Page
1,500 - ecoENERGY Page
1,400 - Color / Colour Coordination Article
1,300 - Kitchen Remodeling Part 8 Article

Wow! The Tips with Pictures Category page is #2 for Page views with a 6 to 1 superior visitation advantage over the third place page which is our static ecoENERGY page. And the Tips With Pictures Category page is not that far behind the home page which logic tells me is going to be the #1 page of any web site.

If nothing ever would, this data from my own site convinces me that when one is being entertained, one want's the visuals. This I would think is especially so if the verbiage on a page is not in one's native language. A picture does, as they say, paint a thousand words. So, for all you bloggers and blog publishers out there, take a look at your own site and see if including pictures and photographs that are relevant to your articles would be appropriate. It could be the single most important thing you do to drive traffic to your site.