Comments on: If I'm not a blogger then what am I?

By: lissie

lissie — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:52:31 +0000

I like citizen journalist myself. Cutting out the big business which currently controls the traditional media opens up the media again. Currently in Australia we have 1 family owning most of the media: the one they can’t control is the blogsphere. I think our time is only just starting – I think the public is tired of being fed the same day on day diet of pop culture and suffiicial analysis

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By: B. Rene Williams

B. Rene Williams — Sun, 25 May 2008 14:57:52 +0000

I love blogging for the way it increases your visibility with the search engines. But that also applies to directory links, and they are going out of style as well.

It seems to me that the distinction between having a blog vs. a full website is getting blurred as people ad blogs to their websites, and the blog more and more just becomes a way to notify RSS subscribers about new content on your main site.

Yes, the meaning of blog has changed. It is no longer just the medium you use to post your day to day opinions and associate on your opinions about life and current events.

By: bhc3

bhc3 — Fri, 02 May 2008 04:30:09 +0000

Aww…you’re not that far off base. I just know the layers and processes journalists go through. Well-sourced stories that pass muster on the “will our readers care about this? test. TechCrunch actually is more like journalism, British style (i.e. with plenty of opinion thrown in).

But the vast majority of bloggers don’t go through the journalistic hoops. And that’s the freedom that makes it fun, and allows really interesting stuff that appeals to niche audiences to emerge.

OK, off to do the geeky thing…

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By: Steven Hodson

Steven Hodson — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:59:52 +0000

@bhc3

For all I know I could be way off base in my thoughts. I am the first one to acknowledge that. If the time came where the term blogger was equal to that of a journalist, reporter or columnist then I probably wouldn’t think about it twice. right now though as we move forward with some overly geeky type person wanting to spew forth their daily angst

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By: bhc3

bhc3 — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:58:09 +0000

I’m a “blogger”. Love the term. My father and my wife are both actual professional journalists. I’m not. So blogger works well for me – it still evokes the raw, amateur, authentic notion of online writing.

Last blog post..Did You Notice a Change in Your Google PageRank?

By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:07:01 +0000

Good response Steven. Obviously differnet elements of the post aren’t aimed at anyone but could be possible suggestions as to why there is a bit of insecurity at present.

I agree that a lot of bloggers will adapt – I’ve been toying with the idea of podcasting or vlogging myself but just not gotten round to it.

Yes, it’s good to get the conversation going as I think we need to address these issues – if not to change things at least to make better use of what we have.

By: Steven Hodson

Steven Hodson — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:20:49 +0000

Sorry if I broke your back

As for jealousy – nope – whatever success I manage to achieve will be through hard work and readers liking what I write. Jealousy is a null game that will only end up hurting you.

In regards to podcasting or videoblogging I think that many bloggers will naturally gravitate – or include – those mediums in the conversation arsenal so I don’t think they apply.

While the term blog has gone mainstream it is such a wide all encompassing term. I realize that we are probably stuck with the term though even though I think it could prove to be detrimental to some.

I wrote my post more as a way to express my thoughts on the matter not as we must change this type thing but I’m glad that it got some folks – like yourself – talking about it

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