Posterous isn't the new Twitter but it might be the future of blogging. Over the last few months there have been many stories in both mainstream and social media chronicling the decline of blogging.
Fewer people are apparently starting blogs, many blogs are not being updated and less people are reading them. There is a fairly contentious debate as to why blogging has become less popular, but many commentators cite the growth of micro blogging or Twitter, as the most significant reason for its downturn. I think they are right too. Twitter is a fast and instantaneous way of sharing information with a large group of people, it makes blogging look slow, cumbersome and rather one dimensional. There are however still many good reasons why savvy individuals and brands will continue to use blogging software to deliver content. 1 I think that only very shallow minds can express everything they feel about an issue in 140 charactars. 2 Blogging should still be a major plank in website owners SEO strategy. Why Posterous might be a game-changer.
5 Copyright Facts Every Blogger Should Know. If you have a blog, whether you realize it or not, copyright is a subject that directly impacts your life.
Not only are you constantly creating new copyrighted works while making your blog but, most likely, you are integrating other’s works into your site including your blogging application (IE: WordPress), your theme, images with your posts, quotes, etc. However, there is a lot of confusion and misunderstanding on matters of copyright. Some of it is because the law is genuinely confusing, some of it is caused by misinformation that is being spread around the Web and much of it is the simple fact that most bloggers aren’t interested in these issues.
Unfortunately, those who are ignorant about the law often step into traps while wading through it and these pitfalls can both limit your rights to control your own work and cause you to be threatened or sued by others. As a blogger, it is best to have at least some knowledge of copyright so you can protect yourself. 1. Look Who's Blogging [STATS] Bloggers, on the whole, are young — but not too young, according to a report from research company Sysomos.
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That's right, the voice of the Internet, for the most part, is aged 21-35. This information isn't particularly surprising, given the fact that people in this age bracket grew up during the blog boom — which started roughly seven years ago, according to Sysmos — but it does show an interesting striation in terms of where people are on the web. The report culled more than 120 million blog posts for information. According to a rep, "The demographics — including age, gender, location — are based on self-disclosed information. For example, if someone mentions I live in Queens, or Brooklyn, or Manhattan, we put that person as living in New York. " Using this method, the company deduced that 53.3% of the total blogging population is 21-35 years old. Other notable stats include: What do you think of these findings? [img credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com]
7 Bad Writing Habits You Learned in School. Why Did You Start Blogging? Future of Blogging. The Place of Blogs in Journalism Education. Blogs have become part of the editorial furniture of most news sites.
In the U.S., 95% of the top 100 newspapers feature reporter blogs. So it seems appropriate to include blogging in the curriculum of journalism schools. For the past couple of years, my students at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism have written blogs as part of their course work. For several weeks starting in January, my graduate students will be required to maintain a blog with twice-per-week entries. The aim of this assignment is to introduce students to the notion of blogging as a form of journalism.
The blog has to have a specific focus. This is more than just choosing a topic like politics or arts. A place for reflection The challenge becomes explaining that the blog is not a platform for students to pontificate about what they think about a particular issue. Blogs, just like magazines, radio or television, can contain journalism, but they may not. However, the form does affect the content. Live to the web. Ten Tips for writing a blog post.