Wayne Kessler: February 2010 Archives

I don't think it's the death, but there's definitely a continuation of the evolution.  In the end, it comes down to the relationship of the content to the content management system and content delivery system a person wishes to use to express themselves on the web.  I don't think social media networks reduce the desire for a blog for a person that has lots to say and says a lot quite often, because the storage and scroll rates will impact both content and visibility.  But they serve as enhanced ways to expand notice of such blog posts to potentially interested readers, and you see this all the time.

On the other hand, personal blogs that serve as primarily link providers are probably on the way out, even the most popular ones, unless they provide a compelling voice in providing those links.  Context.

The lines of "blogging" are so blurry now with the variety of social media networks and content management systems available that at some point the term is probably going to just become synonymous with "writing for a web audience" with little nuance for location, software or distribution options.  Can you blog on Facebook?  What's the difference between writing an expanded Note on Facebook every day and posting the same daily on Blogger?  Not enough to make a distinction.

If what you are doing is clogging bulletin boards and blog comments with your supposedly valuable links, then you're pretty much just a spammer.

Whatever it was, I doubt it was enough.  Going through life with the very public perception that you'll sell out to even the most pathetic companies/campaigns known to humanity is tough when you're that young and were likely have options of at least equal value available in the future.  I suspect she cost herself long-term money.  I guess there's always Enzyte to pitch when Bob eventually croaks.

Yeah, I'm a GoDaddy.com despiser.

and it starts with "Hey, some jerk has posted your pictures (u understand what kind of pictures are there)"...

Don't click the email link.

If you haven't seen this site, you should check it out, bookmark it and hope that it is continued.  It's an actual web page library of the history of the appearance (and content) of the iterations of web sites, large and small, through the time of the web.  It is, in short, astounding.