Well Aaron you do have a point and their certainly is a tiered blogosphere. Not all blogs are created equally. Some people are happy to depend on just a few blogs to receive their information but others are willing to try and find the smaller blogs too.
I think the web is a great equalizer in that respect. You don't need a lot of money to start up and you can gain a readership through persistence.
If you have the product, people will respond. I think some of the higher accessed blogs have been around longer and may be a little too comfortable with their status. Many of the smaller blogs are just imitaters of the big boys, that doesn't do anyone any good (how many Glenn Reynolds do we need?). Bloggers need to find their own voice and also be willing to help others out through links and promotion (not just involving your own blog!).
Good post. :)
FireWolf
· 4 years ago
I am glad this topic is being discussed. I find that I agree more with your topic than less. As a personal observation, and in using a tool you recommended, you can see all the various blog's that talk about the same thing, and in my personal opinion, ad nauseam, and I bore easily when I see 21 topics on the same thing.
One of the reasons for joining forces with a community blog is the variety of thought and views presented. While I enjoy my own rants on the news, etc, I do embrace insightful discussion.
As the top of the food chain blogs blur into mainstream, one has to assume that they are more biased to the amount of readership and not always focused on their research and topics.
I bore easily with the Instapundits and Hugh's, because they don't offer me any intellectual diversity, and I seek out the smaller less talked about blogs. The big guys are ok for reference points, perhaps even sucking down other readers you wouldn't get by trackbacks, but I think it's more about your personal characteristics and tastes. There are going to be niche groups you stick close to because of a familiarity with people there, and the rest of them don't matter so much.
(2 previous commenters excluded of course )
Jody
· 4 years ago
Firewolf: "As the top of the food chain blogs blur into mainstream, one has to assume that they are more biased to the amount of readership and not always focused on their research and topics. "
I could be so huge, I'm never focused on research or topics! :)
FireWolf
· 4 years ago
LMAO! Everyone's a comedian ;)
Carol
· 4 years ago
As Jody says, the web is a great equalizer. If you're looking to have a large readership, you'll get it if you offer what people want.
Think of it this way -- there are maybe five major newspapers in the US, and then the smaller papers -- the New York Times probably isn't concerning itself with the Juniata (PA) Sentinal, but the Sentinal probably isn't asking the NYT for help.
Write and they will come. :-)
Aaron
· 4 years ago
I'm not complaining for myself. I have plenty of readers and though I like having more, I'm comfortable enough with where I am that I don't need to complain.
This entry was more an observational piece. I was merely observing trends and evaluating where bloggers as a whole stand within the information age.
Golfy
· 4 years ago
HA HA, blogger is a legal occupation now, huh? "So what do you do for a living?", "I blog" :-o
Carol
· 4 years ago
Generally, when I use the term "you" (or "you're, in this case) I'm speaking figuratively. :-)
All Comments
I think the web is a great equalizer in that respect. You don't need a lot of money to start up and you can gain a readership through persistence.
If you have the product, people will respond. I think some of the higher accessed blogs have been around longer and may be a little too comfortable with their status. Many of the smaller blogs are just imitaters of the big boys, that doesn't do anyone any good (how many Glenn Reynolds do we need?). Bloggers need to find their own voice and also be willing to help others out through links and promotion (not just involving your own blog!).
Good post. :)
One of the reasons for joining forces with a community blog is the variety of thought and views presented. While I enjoy my own rants on the news, etc, I do embrace insightful discussion.
As the top of the food chain blogs blur into mainstream, one has to assume that they are more biased to the amount of readership and not always focused on their research and topics.
I bore easily with the Instapundits and Hugh's, because they don't offer me any intellectual diversity, and I seek out the smaller less talked about blogs. The big guys are ok for reference points, perhaps even sucking down other readers you wouldn't get by trackbacks, but I think it's more about your personal characteristics and tastes. There are going to be niche groups you stick close to because of a familiarity with people there, and the rest of them don't matter so much.
(2 previous commenters excluded of course )
I could be so huge, I'm never focused on research or topics! :)
Think of it this way -- there are maybe five major newspapers in the US, and then the smaller papers -- the New York Times probably isn't concerning itself with the Juniata (PA) Sentinal, but the Sentinal probably isn't asking the NYT for help.
Write and they will come. :-)
This entry was more an observational piece. I was merely observing trends and evaluating where bloggers as a whole stand within the information age.