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The feature of next generation weblogs
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Author: Bolger Redet
Topic: Multimedia
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In the earlier days having a blog was an instant hit. People
who embraced writing web logs from the beginning, did get a lot
of extra exposure. Now the mass is jumping on a train which
already left the station some time ago.
The success of the first blogs explained
The first blogs on the web were non commercial and that was the
first ingredient for their success. Second, web logs are quality
content and can be made really easy. As we all know search
engines like Google really love good content. The first blogs
could be on top of search results in mayor search engines like
Google in a matter of days, where other (big) websites struggled
to get the same result in years. This could happen because web
logs contain loads of text which is related to quality content.
Other traditional websites tweaked their sites with tricks that
did not compete with the awesome power of blogs: honest quality
content.
These days loads of people have their own blog and I must say
90% is not even worth reading. Because the amount of people
having a blog is exploding, search engines which finally were
able to find some good content related websites, now have to
struggle with the millions of blogs with absolutely no good
content at all. Many blogs are not updated on a regular basis,
they are often made to sell products or used for marketing the
thousands ?get rich quick schemes? around on the internet. They
really lack the power a good blog can have.
Next generation blogs
But there are really good blogs around and web logs will
definitely stay around for a while. Beside that there is a new
generation blogs on their way. Blog techniques are changing
fast, many people start to put photos and pictures on their
blogs. This caused a very interesting phenomenon. The first
pictures of the London bombings where spread by blogs so fast,
that they did beat the big television networks and news
agencies. People actually submitted their pictures made from the
scene with their mobile phones on their blogs. Other blogs
picked up the news with the photo material in minutes and spread
them around with lighting speed. I think this is the evidence
that blog are really powerful things and earned their place on
the internet. With the implementation of video on blogs their
importance and popularity is even growing. This makes us
consumers of news and multimedia much more independent from big
commercial TV and news agencies. Those guys have other interests
to consider then provide us with objective news, quality TV and
radio programs.These advertisers and investors want everything
to be a commercial success, rather then not so commercial
quality content.
If you want to start your blog then here are some tips.
These days you can?t make any money from having a blog. You are
way too late to do that at this stage. Use web logs for their
own purpose e.g. provide quality content. This is the only way
to attract people to you web log.
Pick a quality blog hosting provider on the internet where to
host your blog. There are free providers like blogger.com and
Bloxster.net, both of them are free and provide features for
your blog you really need. There is no reason why you should go
for a paid service. The bigger the blog community not always
means this is the best choice, because the servers of these
providers often can?t handle the hughe amount of traffic and
need to be shut down for maintenance very often. So bloxster.net
would be a good pick
Post pictures with your articles to enhance your blog. If you
have a startup band or you want to be the new rising pop star on
the block, place a link to your demo (make one in mp3 format),
and place it on your blog. This is called pod casting. While
traveling submit travel stories and photo?s to inform people at
home or fellow travelers about your adventures. You can even
stream video on you blog!
Most important write and provide quality content and update your
weblog on a regular basis. Also take the time to promote your
blog and rss feed to web blog directories because the
competition of other blogs is fierce!
About the author:
Bolger is webmaster at http://www.bloxster.net a free quality
weblog hosting service. Bolger is working on the bloxster.net
website to provide their users tools to publish multimedia
content
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