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As soon as he suggests making your point in 500 words or less, he goes on to talk about a book called "Don't make me think". A book? An entire book about simplifying blogs?
I really dislike these articles on how to make a better blog - and there are a lot of them out there. Not only has all the information been rehashed more times than I can count, but it also gives people a false sense that if they just do everything right, they can make money or gain some measure of fame and that's just not the case.Really, if you're blogging, there should be one thing you get out of it, self-satisfaction, and that you can get whether you're blogging on a schedule or just blogging when you feel like it. You can get that regardless of your number of readers or your number of commentors. It's not a business, or it shouldn't be - even when it's tied to a business, there needs to be a certain amount of separation there. You sell your products on your website. Maybe you talk about what's new in the blog, maybe you talk about what you're thinking about discontinuing, but that should not be your primary point of sale.I don't know, I keep coming back to this: Just because I write in a journal every day doesn't mean that someone's going to publish my autobiography. If I write in a journal every day and make up the contents, it still doesn't make me a novelist.Too many people want their blogs to be more than they are and more than they ever will be. It's a shame too, because I've found that blogging can be a rewarding undertaking in and of itself, but when you expect to get too much out of it, it winds up having been little more than a waste of time that didn't make you famous.
On the other hand, getting dug probably increaces the number of people who link to you, which, eventually is likely to boost your search engine ranking.
Like I said above. Who cares about grammer. Its not like these things are getting read 1 month later.Now, if comments were wikish, then grammer is obviously important.
bitcloudSep 15, 2006
As soon as he suggests making your point in 500 words or less, he goes on to talk about a book called "Don't make me think". A book? An entire book about simplifying blogs?
plusqueSep 15, 2006
the book "dont make me think" is a about web usability, not just blogging, it is a great read.No digg.
fyregoddessSep 15, 2006
I really dislike these articles on how to make a better blog - and there are a lot of them out there. Not only has all the information been rehashed more times than I can count, but it also gives people a false sense that if they just do everything right, they can make money or gain some measure of fame and that's just not the case.Really, if you're blogging, there should be one thing you get out of it, self-satisfaction, and that you can get whether you're blogging on a schedule or just blogging when you feel like it. You can get that regardless of your number of readers or your number of commentors. It's not a business, or it shouldn't be - even when it's tied to a business, there needs to be a certain amount of separation there. You sell your products on your website. Maybe you talk about what's new in the blog, maybe you talk about what you're thinking about discontinuing, but that should not be your primary point of sale.I don't know, I keep coming back to this: Just because I write in a journal every day doesn't mean that someone's going to publish my autobiography. If I write in a journal every day and make up the contents, it still doesn't make me a novelist.Too many people want their blogs to be more than they are and more than they ever will be. It's a shame too, because I've found that blogging can be a rewarding undertaking in and of itself, but when you expect to get too much out of it, it winds up having been little more than a waste of time that didn't make you famous.
Closed AccountSep 15, 2006
Wow, how did this get to page 2?Was Kevin drunk we he dugg this?
goodbrainSep 15, 2006
On the other hand, getting dug probably increaces the number of people who link to you, which, eventually is likely to boost your search engine ranking.
kurtu5Sep 15, 2006
Like I said above. Who cares about grammer. Its not like these things are getting read 1 month later.Now, if comments were wikish, then grammer is obviously important.