June 10, 2009

TO BLOG OR NOT TO BLOG

Posted to Doug McCullough

On the Tonight Show last week, Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter, very effectively joked, no wait…more like, jokingly predicted, that (music please) “In the year 3000, in the year 3000…” there will be something called “U Twit Face” as a means of virtual communication. It would be the result of a futuristic merger for Twitter, FaceBook and UTube. Funny…but think about it. Were they really joking or satirically mocking virtual communication venues? It does, sort of, beg the question, What is the fate of the Blogger?

We, who choose to Blog, need an audience. We cannot (successfully) Blog alone. Kind of like the man and bread thing. We don’t need to actually see or hear you, we just need you to read us. That begs more questions: Who’s reading blogs and how long is their attention span?

June 5, Douglas Quenqua wrote an article for the NYTimes, “Blogs Falling in an Empty Forest”. Great article siting that “95 percent of blogs…”are”…essentially abandoned, left to lie fallow on the Web…”

Mr. Quenqua further goes on to say, “…Not all fallow blogs die from lack of reader interest. Some bloggers find themselves too busy — what with, say, homework and swim practice, or perhaps even housework and parenting. Others graduate to more immediate formats, like Facebook and Twitter. ”

Mr. Quenqua’s article also quoted Mr. Richard Jalichandra, chief executive of Technorati, who said “…that at any given time there are 7 million to 10 million active blogs on the Internet, but “it’s probably between 50,000 and 100,000 blogs that are generating most of the page views.” He added, “There’s a joke within the blogging community that most blogs have an audience of one.”…”

Well, chin up. With an audience of one, I could very effectively showcase incredible rental properties for July and August and, more significantly, homes for keeps. All it takes is One Good Reader of One Good Blog! I know you’re out there.

Until then…WDM

Posted by:Doug McCullough


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