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"When it comes to publishing my thoughts and ideas, I
am as interested as the next guy, and way more than most. Sometimes I
think I even have some useful stuff to say. But right here, right now,
I must admit, my real interest in blogs has to do with their potential
for promoting and advertising products and services.
For one thing, Google thinks blogs are great. They seem
to like the simplicity and down home "everyman" character of blogging.
And they certainly like two other facts about blogs: they are
constantly changing, and they are "content-rich" — even if that
content isn't particularly profound.
The fact is, many forum posts and "eye witness accounts" confirm that blog content that is essentially just a bunch of
jibberish with hundreds of embedded links and strategically placed
keywords is given the royal treatment by Google. The same sort of
content in a "normal" website (for instance the kind generated by a
program like Search Engine Cloaker) is absolutely verboten.
And before you jump to the conclusion that I am in
favour of link spamming, please read my short articles on
Power Linking vs Link Spamming". I can assure you, I dislike
link spamming, email spamming, keyword spamming, and, for that matter,
telemarketing spamming as much as the next guy! Any normal person
knows that SPAM involves deception and manipulation, and those who
engage in it are simply playing a cynical numbers game where they
say..."Earning a living, running an honest business, dealing in good
faith, life in general...these are all crap anyway, so I might as well
add to it."
On the whole I think blogs have a lot going for them. First of all,
everything gets posted right away in a blog, so they have a sense of
immediacy and a more conversational tone than even your typical online
forum or newsgroup. This also makes them much more "interactive" than
many web communication media.
Certainly blogs are more interactive than traditional websites.
And they make email-based ezines seem downright old fashioned.
But are blogs likely to replace traditional websites and ezines as the
go-to formats for online marketing?
We'll see."
-- Rick Hendershot, publisher and blogmaster
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