Comments on: Over Ten Years of Blogging and Still No Clearer What a Blog Is? http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/ Build your business by sharing what you know Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:51:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Rob O. http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-969 Rob O. Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:15:51 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-969 Dede & I just had our 3rd "blogiverssary" over at <a href="http://www.2dolphins.com/" title="2Dolphins">2Dolphins</a> and we still have a little trouble explaining to some friends what "blogging" is. But whatever it is, I'm enjoying it! Dede & I just had our 3rd “blogiverssary” over at 2Dolphins and we still have a little trouble explaining to some friends what “blogging” is.

But whatever it is, I’m enjoying it!

]]> By: Rob O. http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-14353 Rob O. Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:15:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-14353 Dede & I just had our 3rd "blogiverssary" over at <a href="http://www.2dolphins.com/" title="2Dolphins" rel="nofollow">2Dolphins</a> and we still have a little trouble explaining to some friends what "blogging" is. But whatever it is, I'm enjoying it! Dede & I just had our 3rd “blogiverssary” over at 2Dolphins and we still have a little trouble explaining to some friends what “blogging” is.

But whatever it is, I’m enjoying it!

]]> By: Bes Zain http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-296 Bes Zain Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:08:28 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-296 Most people still don't know what blogging actually is. I personally cannot think of a single statement that will explain the concept of blogging clearly to anyone without resulting in them thinking more about whether or not my statement is true or not. I like your lesson in the end; it's what all of us should think about. Yet, all most of us can think about is the money-making articles on performancing, problogger and shoemoney. HMTKSteve; RSS is important, but it is not crucial. Majority of the successful blogs on the internet only started having RSS feeds around mid-march [majority that I know of], so not having RSS feeds will not, in my view, kill a blog/site. The main thing is content and how you present it. RSS is simply another way to give readers your content. I think someone can use a good alternative effectively, like e-mail subscriptions, in order to make up for the missing RSS feeds in the long run. Most people still don’t know what blogging actually is. I personally cannot think of a single statement that will explain the concept of blogging clearly to anyone without resulting in them thinking more about whether or not my statement is true or not. I like your lesson in the end; it’s what all of us should think about. Yet, all most of us can think about is the money-making articles on performancing, problogger and shoemoney.

HMTKSteve; RSS is important, but it is not crucial. Majority of the successful blogs on the internet only started having RSS feeds around mid-march [majority that I know of], so not having RSS feeds will not, in my view, kill a blog/site. The main thing is content and how you present it. RSS is simply another way to give readers your content. I think someone can use a good alternative effectively, like e-mail subscriptions, in order to make up for the missing RSS feeds in the long run.

]]> By: Bes Zain http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-14352 Bes Zain Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:08:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-14352 Most people still don't know what blogging actually is. I personally cannot think of a single statement that will explain the concept of blogging clearly to anyone without resulting in them thinking more about whether or not my statement is true or not. I like your lesson in the end; it's what all of us should think about. Yet, all most of us can think about is the money-making articles on performancing, problogger and shoemoney. HMTKSteve; RSS is important, but it is not crucial. Majority of the successful blogs on the internet only started having RSS feeds around mid-march [majority that I know of], so not having RSS feeds will not, in my view, kill a blog/site. The main thing is content and how you present it. RSS is simply another way to give readers your content. I think someone can use a good alternative effectively, like e-mail subscriptions, in order to make up for the missing RSS feeds in the long run. Most people still don’t know what blogging actually is. I personally cannot think of a single statement that will explain the concept of blogging clearly to anyone without resulting in them thinking more about whether or not my statement is true or not. I like your lesson in the end; it’s what all of us should think about. Yet, all most of us can think about is the money-making articles on performancing, problogger and shoemoney.

HMTKSteve; RSS is important, but it is not crucial. Majority of the successful blogs on the internet only started having RSS feeds around mid-march [majority that I know of], so not having RSS feeds will not, in my view, kill a blog/site. The main thing is content and how you present it. RSS is simply another way to give readers your content. I think someone can use a good alternative effectively, like e-mail subscriptions, in order to make up for the missing RSS feeds in the long run.

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-295 Chris Garrett Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:42:20 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-295 @Doug, thanks. I think especially companies have to find their own way. Yes learn from others success but don't clone. @HMTKSteve, I'm not sure. Many blogs at the start were hand-coded HTML, no RSS. There are still blogs out there that get less than 1% of their return-traffic from RSS. Email lists still do very well. There are services that use RSS for notifications that have nothing to do with content ... @Doug, thanks. I think especially companies have to find their own way. Yes learn from others success but don’t clone.

@HMTKSteve, I’m not sure. Many blogs at the start were hand-coded HTML, no RSS. There are still blogs out there that get less than 1% of their return-traffic from RSS. Email lists still do very well. There are services that use RSS for notifications that have nothing to do with content …

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-14351 Chris Garrett Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:42:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-14351 @Doug, thanks. I think especially companies have to find their own way. Yes learn from others success but don't clone. @HMTKSteve, I'm not sure. Many blogs at the start were hand-coded HTML, no RSS. There are still blogs out there that get less than 1% of their return-traffic from RSS. Email lists still do very well. There are services that use RSS for notifications that have nothing to do with content ... @Doug, thanks. I think especially companies have to find their own way. Yes learn from others success but don’t clone.

@HMTKSteve, I’m not sure. Many blogs at the start were hand-coded HTML, no RSS. There are still blogs out there that get less than 1% of their return-traffic from RSS. Email lists still do very well. There are services that use RSS for notifications that have nothing to do with content …

]]> By: HMTKSteve http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-294 HMTKSteve Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:19:38 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-294 I would say that RSS is the clincher to being a blog. Anyone who does not have RSS on their blog is shooting themselves in the foot! I would say that RSS is the clincher to being a blog. Anyone who does not have RSS on their blog is shooting themselves in the foot!

]]> By: HMTKSteve http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-14350 HMTKSteve Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:19:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-14350 I would say that RSS is the clincher to being a blog. Anyone who does not have RSS on their blog is shooting themselves in the foot! I would say that RSS is the clincher to being a blog. Anyone who does not have RSS on their blog is shooting themselves in the foot!

]]> By: Doug Karr http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-293 Doug Karr Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:43:19 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-293 Outstanding advice, Chris. Many of my clients ask "how"... I begin by just telling them to "do it", and learn from doing. Each person and company's path is different. Outstanding advice, Chris. Many of my clients ask “how”… I begin by just telling them to “do it”, and learn from doing. Each person and company’s path is different.

]]> By: Doug Karr http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-14349 Doug Karr Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:43:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/over-ten-years-of-blogging-and-still-no-clearer-what-a-blog-is/#comment-14349 Outstanding advice, Chris. Many of my clients ask "how"... I begin by just telling them to "do it", and learn from doing. Each person and company's path is different. Outstanding advice, Chris. Many of my clients ask “how”… I begin by just telling them to “do it”, and learn from doing. Each person and company’s path is different.

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