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blog software has become so popular these days, there's a blogosphere and theres lots of promotional tools sepecifically for blogs, such as blog carnivals and blog rolls.

I think it would be to the advante of a publisher to "brand" every resource site as a blog site. It's easy just put up some big RSS icons, set your articles to publish themselves on a scheduled date and you can call it a blog.

What do yall think?
 


I like to have a blog in addition to a content site but I have a few blogs that run in the manner you are suggesting. One of the biggest advantages of a blog is the ease of promotion and the willingness of other bloggers to link, link, link.
 
joe said:
I like to have a blog in addition to a content site but I have a few blogs that run in the manner you are suggesting. One of the biggest advantages of a blog is the ease of promotion and the willingness of other bloggers to link, link, link.
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Sure thing, until people realize that every new site is a blog and it's not cool anymore
 
I don't like blogging I think it just a hype which will get over in time. But noone knows :p. Anyway within blogging there are some great oppertunities for webdevelopers and publishers to make some do.
 
peach said:
blog software has become so popular these days, there's a blogosphere and theres lots of promotional tools sepecifically for blogs, such as blog carnivals and blog rolls.

I think it would be to the advante of a publisher to "brand" every resource site as a blog site. It's easy just put up some big RSS icons, set your articles to publish themselves on a scheduled date and you can call it a blog.

What do yall think?
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This system works....when done effectively. That's the catch. Good content is key. And it usually should be fairly timely, if you want to get links.
 
i wanna start a travel blog when i am older, just one of those sites that are fun to do, and seeing as i plan on travellin after skool i may aswell make a blog on it.
 
On a lot of sites I think blogging is just a way of adding new content. If youre site is already content based, you dont really need a seperate blog.
 
Blog software is a good tool if you are imaginative. You don't just have to write a blog with it.
I set up an affiliate site with b2Evolution (free blog software)
Once a month or so, I sit down and set up a bunch of new blog posts - and each one is just a picture and the product details with a link to a new product - and I save them with future dates so the content stays fresh all month without me touching it again. (Which reminds me that I'm due to set up another round to get fresher content on there.) It's at http://YouNeedAThong.com if you want to take a look.
 
When you do a blog right, they are very powerful. Beats the hell out of any content site for building backlinks and contacts. The downside is the time and effort you have to put in to it.

This forum is the perfect example; if Jon did not have a blog he would have had a tough time getting this off the ground as fast as it has.
 
All of my sites are blogs, and I'm actually trying to learn more about static sites that I wouldn't have to update as often.

But search engines love blogs, lots of fresh content, and if it's good, interesting content then you won't have trouble getting links. I don't really understand how most static content sites get natural organic links.
 
a.titus1 said:
On a lot of sites I think blogging is just a way of adding new content. If youre site is already content based, you dont really need a seperate blog.
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Unless your current content structure sucks. It's hard to beat blogging for ease of use, and as shoemoney has sad, after seeing the results from his wordpress blog: seo is dead.
 
JDA said:
All of my sites are blogs, and I'm actually trying to learn more about static sites that I wouldn't have to update as often.

But search engines love blogs, lots of fresh content, and if it's good, interesting content then you won't have trouble getting links. I don't really understand how most static content sites get natural organic links.
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The old fashioned way, cash.
 
Blogs are overrated in my opinion, I appriciate a very informative website that is devoted to something in particular and that I can trust and rely on.
 
Andrew said:
When you do a blog right, they are very powerful. Beats the hell out of any content site for building backlinks and contacts. The downside is the time and effort you have to put in to it.

This forum is the perfect example; if Jon did not have a blog he would have had a tough time getting this off the ground as fast as it has.
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This is one of the great things about blogs. They allow you to build a cult of personality, assuming you have some quality that is at least somewhat marketable. Blogs allow you to market yourself, which is a great way to build profits in the long-term. However, Jon doesn't have popularity because of his blog. Rather, he channeled his already popular persona to the blog, and used it as a channel to increase it, something he's ramping up even now with this amazing forum.
 
Ahh- marketing yourself isn't as sustainable as marketing something that you have knowledge in and specialization. Like a doctor talking about diseases rather than someone justifying themselves as cool to talk about viagra.

know what I mean?
 
darkdrift said:
Ahh- marketing yourself isn't as sustainable as marketing something that you have knowledge in and specialization. Like a doctor talking about diseases rather than someone justifying themselves as cool to talk about viagra.

know what I mean?
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Yes. But a doctor only regurgitates what their told. Viagra is the product, and as such needs to look cool. I am the product on my blog, and as such must look cool.
 
I prefer to more static sites, It's just less maintenance and it's steadier with rankings. Smartest option for me would be to make a community around the site and let the visitors blog related content..
 
donn said:
Unless your current content structure sucks. It's hard to beat blogging for ease of use, and as shoemoney has sad, after seeing the results from his wordpress blog: seo is dead.
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you guys are missing my point:p
It's actually not that much more work then a normal resource site, with the right tools, the blog feeling/functionality is not very costly to fake.
You don't need to update your blog often, it just needs to update itself often, wich means you have to schedule the publishing of your articles. Just tell your CMS to auto-publish your articles on dates that you set.

The personal thing works the same, just mix your normal content with site announcements and personal things and asking your audience what they think of your site.

If you want to do it right it might be some more work because you will want to communicate back a little but that's minimal effort.
 
The problem will be that you don't post (or let post) any news items. cuz you kinda programmed it half a year ago to pop some articles. Of course this doesn't matter on most websites. But often blogs are used to discuss new trends and stuff in the niche
 
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