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cgwriter - Tuesday, April 4, 2006 - 9:02am

Blogging is a world all its own. It is so easy to start a blog, and yet there is so much to learn. At times I feel consumed and overwhelmed by learning about blogging and trying to keep up with blogging daily or almost daily. Yet I have not found any friends or family members that even know ANYTHING about blogging. But here on the Internet, it seems huge.

Okay, let me amend that. I don't know anyone who is not a teenager or an online friend who knows anything about blogging.

I feel like I'm still missing something. I'm trying to find out more about the "behind the scenes" of blogging, as well as the future of it. It seems to me that this IS the future of the Internet and the way many sites are starting to operate. Almost every site you go to now has a blog section, if it isn't a blog itself as the basis of the site. Okay, maybe not every site - because I am SEARCHING for blogs - but there sure are a lot of them.

My husband tells me blogging has no real value. That there's no future in it and it's not worth considering. What does he know about blogging? Well, nothing, personally, but he does work for one of the largest computer companies and recently attended a Harvard Business class in which they discussed blogging and fact that it was only the "fringe" of society and would never be mainstream.

I have to say, I disagree. Granted, I'm not working at a computer company or attending Harvard business classes, nor have I been blogging for more than a couple of months. However, everything I'm seeing and reading seems to point to blogs as the future of the Internet, as being as important as phone numbers once were and having a web presence now is. Yet, is this just fellow bloggers trying to convince themselves and others of this? Is this just a pipe dream? Or is this for real?

I'm also very curious about what it takes to run a blogging site. It seems like some, including this one, have had some major administrative challenges. Is it really that hard? Does it take a ton of work and time? How do you even go about setting up and hosting your own blogging site or blogging network? Any resources or information on this part of things would be much appreciated, as it currently seems to elude me in my information gathering.

Also - What do you think? Will blogging go mainstream? Is it already?

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Ok... so...

Maverick; Tuesday, April 4, 2006 - 9:14am

Basically, I consider blogging mainstream. But, nothing like phone numbers. Basically, everyone to sit at a computer now has at least some exposure to blogs. That's about as mainstream as it gets. However, most blogs are worthless. Thankfully, the medium is maturing some. However, historically (and you still see it some) blogs have been completely worthless. No one wants to read how your day went. I certainly don't. I guess stalkers might, but is that really your target audience? But, those types of blogs are trending out of existence while content-oriented blogs with more interactive and content based comments are growing up and as long as that remains true people will blog and, more importantly, read blogs, it's fun!

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I kinda left out a word...

Maverick; Tuesday, April 4, 2006 - 9:15am

Community!

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Freelance River of Life...

deorre; Tuesday, April 4, 2006 - 9:15am

Blogging seems to me to have become this abundant and rich Stream of Consciousness where so many unique individuals express their uniqueness in interesting and fascinating ways.

What could be better?

deorre

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I agree

cgwriter; Friday, April 7, 2006 - 12:58pm

Uniqueness is a good thing!

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Another Worthless Blog

realitycheck; Tuesday, April 4, 2006 - 9:26am

My hubby also says blogging is worthless. He too knows nothing about blogging. In fact, he calls it "bOggling". Idiot. I like it though. It is a good way to meet people and share thoughts and ideas.
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Boggling

cgwriter; Tuesday, April 4, 2006 - 10:06am

Now that's funny!

I agree, it's been very eye opening and enlightening for me, and I've been amazed at the sense of community some blogs seem to generate. I find myself referencing various blogs I've read in daily conversations, too.

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On blogging

Brenda; Tuesday, April 4, 2006 - 9:35am

While to me, blogging seems natural and normal now, and most of my time spent on the Internet (when not working) is reading blogs, there still are a lot of people out there who don't know what a "blog" is. It's not as mainstream as you'd think it is.

And yet, some people are already claiming that blogging is going to die off.

I don't think so. Blogging is replacing the normal idea of a website. Big companies are blogging. It's only going to grow even more. I see no end to it.

"Blog" is such a general term to begin with. It comes from the word "web log". There are a ton of different varieties of blogs, from journal blogs, business blogs, specific topic blogs - whatever. What constitutes a blog is that it can be syndicated - using RSS or Atom feeds. Meaning that it can be read through various news readers. Almost every major news site has RSS feeds now, but they aren't exactly blogs, are they? I dunno.

As for the administrative aspect of running a blogging site, it certainly isn't easy.

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Blogging world

cgwriter; Tuesday, April 4, 2006 - 10:09am

I agree, I don't see it dying off. I see it changing, evolving and being redefined. But it seems much more interactive and therefore more useful than simply having a static, standard website. Blogging is much more dynamic and versatile.

I think the best is yet to come. I think we are on the cutting edge of what will be the future of the internet. Most of the "adults" in the world aren't too aware of blogging. But more and more websites, including mainstream ones, are starting to offer blogs as well. And nearly EVERY teenager is already comfortable with blogging (MySpace and Xanga, etc.). Since they are the future of business, I can only see them taking blogging to new heights rather than abandoning it altogether.

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Blogging will Stay and Graduate to Podblogging

bugsey; Tuesday, April 4, 2006 - 12:42pm

People all over the world have a psychological need to feel important,
Some people even wish to write theor own news, share their own music, evangelize on their blogs or RANT. Blogging will probably be podbligging next -- the same case as in that of the mobilephone where everyone NOW has to have one to text messages. It all means that people all over the world have a general "need" to be important. Read
Norman Vincent Peale and Napoleon Hill --- what motivates people to do things is the need to feel a sense of importance. It's universal...

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Great insight

cgwriter; Friday, April 7, 2006 - 12:57pm

Thanks so much for your input on this. You raise an interesting point.

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Podcasts

Admin; Friday, April 7, 2006 - 1:57pm

Do you mean podcasts? They're already getting pretty popular!

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I write-because I have no other choice

moorishprince; Friday, April 7, 2006 - 1:39pm

LOL...my man Maverick. The cat is intense!

Writing is an expression. It is a part of the soul made manifest in words. When I look at a person's thoughts on paper, or within the digial matrix, I know immediately who they are and what they represent. It's nothing less than the ability to track a person by a "thought" overturned, or an "idea" bent in the passing of their intellect.

I'm referring to the skills that many Native Americans had in looking at a blade of grassed pressed close to the earth, or a twig slightly moved out of place on a sage bush. They knew who had passed, and where they were headed. There were no mysteries in their act of "knowing."

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I write-because I have no other choice

moorishprince; Friday, April 7, 2006 - 1:44pm

LOL...my man Maverick. The cat is intense!

Writing is an expression. It is a part of the soul made manifest in words. When I look at a person's thoughts on paper, or within the digial matrix, I know immediately who they are and what they represent. It's nothing less than the ability to track a person by a "thought" overturned, or an "idea" bent in the passing of their intellect.

I'm referring to the skills that many Native Americans had in looking at a blade of grassed pressed close to the earth, or a twig slightly moved out of place on a sage bush. They knew who had passed, and where they were headed. There were no mysteries in their act of "knowing."

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Blogging has made my free

aphrodite; Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 9:22pm

Blogging has made my free time more productive. Instead of watching TV or chatting with friends on my free times, I now turn to blogging to express ideas, share my innermost thoughts and the important facts I learn from day to day to the whole community. Blogging is not a waste of time and I definitely agree that the blogging world has a great future ahead.

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