My blog is a mixed bag which is a mix of some posts based on society and life, some tech stuff, some rants from my personal life, haikus, photos, fictional short stories and occasional entries for online blogging contests. So writing articles is not a frequent on my blog, however it's disheartening for me as I don't get much of readers' comments for those articles with lot of research and time invested in them. This happens because of the nature of my blog. From a mixed bag blog people rarely expect articles and their attention span will be less. When they see a lengthy post in such cases, they often pass it without reading. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is my perception from what I encounter.
When I write an article, I look for various articles on the internet that would support the what I write. And I would go really deep into it and it turns out to be a little long than the usual posts I write on the spur of the moment.