Why Blogs Aren’t Dead
By Mike Moran. Filed in Internet Marketing, Social Media Marketing |Tags: Blog, Facebook, twitter, Weblogs
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You’re reading this blog, and I wrote it, so neither of us probably thinks that blogs are dead. But you do hear people posing the question–and not just crackpots, but smart commentators wondering whether the longer form of the blog is permanently facing extinction in the face of Twitter and Facebook updates. If you’re a bit troubled about whether the trendy and oh-so-new makes it a time to question the usefulness of blogs, check out my latest post on Search Engine Guide, “Why Blogs Aren’t Dead.”
Tuesday, September 29th 2009 at 12:13 pm |
I get frustrated when I see the posts – is RSS dead? Are blogs dead? No, clearly they are not… are these people living under rocks?
Tuesday, September 29th 2009 at 1:41 pm |
Thanks for your comments, Logo Master. I don’t think they are living under rocks, but they get busy and are easily distracted. When they stop hearing about blogs and it’s Twitter 24×7, they start to wonder what happened and they voice their wonder in extreme ways. Some of those headlines are simple link-baiting while others are genuinely confused because they think there is only ONE thing you need to do. You know, and I know, that there are a hundred things to do and that blogs remain one of them for most businesses.
Tuesday, September 29th 2009 at 3:24 pm |
I found that twitter is mainly used for mobile devices anyway. Occasionaly there are a few “online” straglers, but not much “real” interaction with many people sitting at the pc. I use a counter on one of my blogs and when I use twitter to advert I can see the logs and 95% of the ones who see and click use iphones or some other mobile device.
Tuesday, September 29th 2009 at 8:55 pm |
In my opinion, blogs aren’t dead and I don’t think they will die in near future, especially quality blogs. We will have less number of blogs and only the best ones will survive, so blogs aren’t dead, they are maturing, because quality is the result of success, not quantity.
Thursday, October 8th 2009 at 11:06 am |
I dont get it. Why do they say that blogs are dead at all? They`re not, obviously, why should they be? This is so lame..
Thursday, October 8th 2009 at 12:16 pm |
If you read the link near the top of the post, Kredittkort, you’ll see what some folks are saying. I agree with you that they are off base, but I think that some people who used to blog now use Twitter more.