Comments on: Blogging Trends – Don’t Become A Boring Statistic

By: Sheila

Sheila — Sat, 01 May 2010 20:40:34 +0000

Oudam – Your are right – everyone can have a different perspective on a certain subject and can write about a subject in a different way. But, there are a lot of people who just don’t make an effort to make a subject their own.

By: Oudam | Khmer movie

Oudam | Khmer movie — Sat, 01 May 2010 17:50:59 +0000

I read other blogs for inspiration, not to copy their ideas. If you surf the internet enough, you’ll discover that just about everything that could be said has been said by somebody somewhere already. You can be “unique” in the way you say.

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:17:20 +0000

I would not use Discuss it’s nofollow you have to login to Discuss, and it slows down your page.Sometimes I have seen that Discuss Comments will not Load meaning your Visitors do not get their Voice. The Best is the Default WordPress threaded Comments.@Sheila Great pointers on blogging if we Blog the latest Topics we are just competing with Too many other Bloggers for Content that is useless next week we should focus on Timeless Content much more Often when writing Blog posts

By: Brain Stormer

Brain Stormer — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:13:46 +0000

“I wonder why you didn’t leave a link to your site – too many paid posts?”

Just a brain stormer. No site.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:42:04 +0000

You make some good points. I do understand people writing paid post to earn extra money. But, I hate paid posts. I hate when I open a blog and start reading a post and then there is the link and you have to stop and wonder is anything in this post real or was it just written to add a link. I’m talking about the bloggers who live in the Philippines and write paid posts about lawyers in California. Or the guys in Germany writing post about car insurance in Chicago. You say writing paid post takes imagination and creativity, in other words, lies and made up stories, otherwise they would just be able to write their experience. I think it’s a question of ethics. I would NEVER make up a story to try to get someone to buy something EVER. It has become somewhat better now that bloggers have to tell you up front that it is a paid post. Anyone who reads a lot of blogs know that there are way to many out there that are actively being advertised that haven’t updated in months, write absolutely no content or just write paid posts – why bother advertising to other bloggers? We’re the worst critics of blogs.

I don’t call any blogs out specifically, I wouldn’t do that to someone but maybe by reading what other people think about certain aspects of blogging someone will make a change that will help them in their blogging adventure.

I wonder why you didn’t leave a link to your site – too many paid posts?

Thanks for a very well written and thought out comment

By: Brain Stormer

Brain Stormer — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:07:40 +0000

Hi Shiela,

I can now see what your gripe is about. It did not come specifically clear with your use of the word, “crap” at your main article.

To quote you:
“but I don’t think it’s very hard to figure out when a blog has been set up just as a way to make money” (unquote)

Bloggers do what they do at their Blogs for varied reasons. Monetizing their Blog is one among several reasons out there as there are bloggers. There is no necessity to be critical about what motivates others to do what they do with their Blogs.

The weBLOG per se has such a broad definition. As such, paid post Blogs has become an integral platform for blogging.

In as much as you’re entitled to cast aspersions on post paid bloggers, they too have an equal right to do as it pleases them.

Have you ever tried composing material for paid posts? It takes imagination, creativity as well as the ability to express cogently. Those qualities should not go unnoticed even if you do not appreciate what is published.

Since you do not like what you stumble upon at paid post Blogs, perhaps you ought to go out there and run a crusade. Suggestion: leave comments at these post paid Blogs and inform these post paid Bloggers about what you speak so eloquently here.

Then listen to their side of their story how the post paid income helps to pay for their survival needs.

It’s merely blogging – we shouldn’t get carried away by unjustly judging others

Just my two cents.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:58:39 +0000

Lainy – Thanks for the great comment. You’re right quality is subjective but I don’t think it’s very hard to figure out when a blog has been set up just as a way to make money. There are a lot of blogs that don’t interest me because of the subject but they are still quality blogs. The ones I can’t stand are the ones that are all paid posts. The ones I can’t understand even though they are written in English they make no sense. Sadly, there are a whole lot of these and it’s frustrating because they take away from the good blogs out there.

By: Lainy

Lainy — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:43:36 +0000

Hi Sheila!

This post is a good reminder for us on how to keep our blog alive and breathing.

Time and again, I have always believed that content is King. It’s quality articles that would keep the readers hooked on our respective blogs.

However, quality is subjective. We may differ in our standards of quality as we have various niche and blogging orientation. In addition, I avoid making sermons on the mount as it would sound too preachy.

I don’t want to label blogs as quality or crappy. To quote Max Ehrmann:

“Even the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story.”

As to comments, it would be polite to respond to all comments left at a particular blog. AS in my case, no matter how limited my time spent online, I always make sure to answer all comments. I also visit back the blogs I have dropped my comments on to see if the author has responded. That way, blogging rapport and interaction is being developed which makes blogging more interesting, colorful and meaningful.

Thanks for this post.

All the Best,
LAINY

By: injaynesworld

injaynesworld — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:04:04 +0000

Very interesting post, Sheila… I never really thought to ascribe any kind of theme to my blog, so you could literally find me posting about shoes one day and origami the next. Not to mention politics and private parts.

For me, the thing that keeps me coming back to any blog is the quality of the writing — including grammar and spelling — and an authenticity of voice. So the consistency of the voice is actually most important to me. You can be snarky one day and sad the next, but I have to feel that it’s coming from a place of truth in the writer.

As for comments, I love the Disqus system that allows me to reply to people on the blog and it’s immediately e-mailed to them. I rarely go back to a blog to see if a comment I left was responded to simply because I don’t have the time. I wish everyone had such a system. It makes it so fast and easy to leave comments as opposed to having to fill out my information every time and then deal with the freakin’ word verification.

Sorry I’ve prattled on so long. Clearly, I’m over-caffeinated today.

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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:59:08 +0000

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By: Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:44:20 +0000

Roezer – I don’t like it very much either.

By: Michelle | Online Poster Printing

Michelle | Online Poster Printing — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:39:55 +0000

I think as with any venture you should know exactly what you are talking about You can’t just go along typing whatever, you yourslef have to find it interesting.

By: josie

josie — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:16:24 +0000

yes I did, and it’s a good feeling thinking the blog owner read my comment.

By: Roezer

Roezer — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:13:51 +0000

By: Sheila

Sheila — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:34:50 +0000

Katherine – don’t tell Jen but I have used the stike-through once or twice, but once I see it all over the place it loses something.