Comments on: Why Have Blogs At All? – The Race To Kill Blogging http://andybeard.eu/1295/the-death-of-blogging.html Internet Marketing, Lead Acquisition, Online Business Strategy and Social Media with Original Opinion and Loads of Attitude Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:54:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Donavan http://andybeard.eu/1295/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-314820 Donavan Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:58:44 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/03/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-314820 I want to disagree on these points. * The content within comments - keywords, language structure, length etc * The number of comments * Update frequency of the page (gaining additional comments over time) One can create a blog that will generate comments in certain intervals of time. Or the script can just parse the comments from other blogs and insert them in the generated one. Google will not be able to understand that the comments are generated ones. I want to disagree on these points.

* The content within comments – keywords, language structure, length etc
* The number of comments
* Update frequency of the page (gaining additional comments over time)

One can create a blog that will generate comments in certain intervals of time. Or the script can just parse the comments from other blogs and insert them in the generated one. Google will not be able to understand that the comments are generated ones.

]]> By: Alex http://andybeard.eu/1295/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-306899 Alex Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:27:10 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/03/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-306899 Another factor that can help to identify if this is a blog or splog is trackbacks. When there are a lot of trackbacks from another blogs it could mean that this is a real blog. Another factor that can help to identify if this is a blog or splog is trackbacks. When there are a lot of trackbacks from another blogs it could mean that this is a real blog.

]]> By: This Is The End My Friend … The End of the Blog that is | Blogging & Writing http://andybeard.eu/1295/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-301441 This Is The End My Friend … The End of the Blog that is | Blogging & Writing Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:20:49 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/03/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-301441 [...] Andy Beard recently tore a page right out of the Bloke’s book. He asked the question “Why Have Blogs At All? - The Race To Kill Blogging“. [...] [...] Andy Beard recently tore a page right out of the Bloke’s book. He asked the question “Why Have Blogs At All? – The Race To Kill Blogging“. [...]

]]> By: Chan http://andybeard.eu/1295/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-256299 Chan Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:35:38 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/03/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-256299 I like to see the FriendFeed comments available as a separate feed, too. With high volume FriendFeeds (twitter, etc.), it can sometimes be really hard to find the comments amongst all of the content. Thanks for sharings. I like to see the FriendFeed comments available as a separate feed, too. With high volume FriendFeeds (twitter, etc.), it can sometimes be really hard to find the comments amongst all of the content. Thanks for sharings.

]]> By: This Is The End My Friend … The Blog End that is | Blog Tips Tools News - Blog Bloke dot com http://andybeard.eu/1295/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-228462 This Is The End My Friend … The Blog End that is | Blog Tips Tools News - Blog Bloke dot com Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:21:03 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/03/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-228462 [...] Andy Beard recently tore a page right out of the Bloke’s page. He asked the question “Why Have Blogs At All? - The Race To Kill Blogging“. [...] [...] Andy Beard recently tore a page right out of the Bloke’s page. He asked the question “Why Have Blogs At All? – The Race To Kill Blogging“. [...]

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://andybeard.eu/1295/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-228149 Blog Bloke Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:16:40 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/03/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-228149 Glad to see that I'm not the only one who's concerned. If we're not careful our last post could be our own blog epitaph. Good post Andy. Glad to see that I’m not the only one who’s concerned. If we’re not careful our last post could be our own blog epitaph. Good post Andy.

]]> By: James Vadas, SEO, Sydney. http://andybeard.eu/1295/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-226042 James Vadas, SEO, Sydney. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:34:24 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/03/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-226042 Google has a huge responsibility to manage scraping, splogging and duplicate content issues, and it doesn't always do so well, and, as you pointed out, sometimes encourages the problem. The future of the internet being a place of expression and creativity is dependant on these issues being solved. Who could be bothered blogging year in, year out, if all their words get ripped of on a regular basis? A simple solution to all these issues could be for Google to allow bloggers to "ping" them with a new post to their blog. It would timestamp the blog and thereafter visit and index it. This would be foolproof as no splogger could ever get a timestamp earlier than the original blog author. There would be no more ambiguity as to the original author. The author would of course have the responsibility to initiate the ping, but any blogger in his right mind would take this seriously and make this part of their routine, immediately after posting. If they neglect to do so, and someone steals their post, they would only have themselves to blame. Google could thus apply heavily it's duplicate content filters, not only in the SERPs, but also to it's RSS reader. Am I insane, or is this actually a simple solution to a complex issue? James. Google has a huge responsibility to manage scraping, splogging and duplicate content issues, and it doesn’t always do so well, and, as you pointed out, sometimes encourages the problem.

The future of the internet being a place of expression and creativity is dependant on these issues being solved. Who could be bothered blogging year in, year out, if all their words get ripped of on a regular basis?

A simple solution to all these issues could be for Google to allow bloggers to “ping” them with a new post to their blog. It would timestamp the blog and thereafter visit and index it.

This would be foolproof as no splogger could ever get a timestamp earlier than the original blog author. There would be no more ambiguity as to the original author.

The author would of course have the responsibility to initiate the ping, but any blogger in his right mind would take this seriously and make this part of their routine, immediately after posting. If they neglect to do so, and someone steals their post, they would only have themselves to blame.

Google could thus apply heavily it’s duplicate content filters, not only in the SERPs, but also to it’s RSS reader.

Am I insane, or is this actually a simple solution to a complex issue?

James.

]]> By: Michael Fowke http://andybeard.eu/1295/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-225674 Michael Fowke Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:05:26 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/03/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-225674 Andy, Do you think a blog that doesn't allow comments can be a real blog? I'm concerned about this. I don't allow comments on my blog - Money is the Way, but I'm not sure I'm doing the right thing. The problem is, I don't like spam, or bad spelling and grammar (I'm very neurotic about that), and I'm not even sure that comments would be suitable for my sort of blog. However, I only have a pagerank of 3 after 13 months - that's not great, is it? Regards Michael Fowke Andy,

Do you think a blog that doesn’t allow comments can be a real blog? I’m concerned about this. I don’t allow comments on my blog – Money is the Way, but I’m not sure I’m doing the right thing. The problem is, I don’t like spam, or bad spelling and grammar (I’m very neurotic about that), and I’m not even sure that comments would be suitable for my sort of blog. However, I only have a pagerank of 3 after 13 months – that’s not great, is it?

Regards

Michael Fowke

]]> By: Dan - Life Coaching http://andybeard.eu/1295/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-224556 Dan - Life Coaching Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:20:57 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/03/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-224556 Surely the point of a blog is to create loads of original content for the search engines and have a place that people can visit time and time again and feel a part of the shaping of the content. Kill off blogs and surely you'll lose the human element of websites. Surely the point of a blog is to create loads of original content for the search engines and have a place that people can visit time and time again and feel a part of the shaping of the content. Kill off blogs and surely you’ll lose the human element of websites.

]]> By: Blogging Line » Blog Archive » Today blogwalking roundup http://andybeard.eu/1295/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-224249 Blogging Line » Blog Archive » Today blogwalking roundup Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:24:21 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/03/the-death-of-blogging.html#comment-224249 [...] Why Have Blogs At All? - The Race To Kill Blogging — Hmm, an interesting FAQ about blogging. [...] [...] Why Have Blogs At All? – The Race To Kill Blogging — Hmm, an interesting FAQ about blogging. [...]

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