Blog Myths

Myths that have gone up around some blogs, bloggers and the blogosphere in general. Some of them are here and a few clarifications:

Anyone can start a blog! Not just anyone! There are some requirements, some more obvious than others. Obviously, you know that you How to use a computer, Internet connection, using the Internet and some experience. You also need to host your blog for is that the blog hosts are free and some cost a small amount of that per month. The last one is not required, only an ability to communicate their views, but also a desire to do so.

No one can set up a blog! Some blogs are much easier to set up and use than others, depends on your blog host (such as Blogger, iblogs, typepad, tblog, etc.). Host blog anything to do with you through setting up some simple steps and you are stopped writing his first post, but that others received far more technical than the average user can be prepared for.

Blogging is not that much time it takes! It depends! Some of the steps, when you want a clear idea of what you say, may take a while for a few minutes in the days of the conflict may be that you (virtually) with others that include complex issues or ideas . In general, blogging is a daily activity for serious Blogger (some bloggers to write a ten-day post) and one week in a one-time activity for the casual blogger.

Most political blogs are! Many blogs focus on political blogs, but most of the bloggers on topics discussed his life, loves and travel. A list of 50 most visited blogs BlogHub (http://www.bloghub.com/top50blogs.htm) shows very little political blog.

Blog are in competition with mainstream media! It is true in some cases (as bloggers not as you think, in many cases). Just recently, there have been some of the most popular and influential social and political orientation of the blogs that the mainstream media outlets to back track and change their coverage of important events.

Blogger and the only criticism is not to add new information! It may be true, but in some cases blogging more today than the activity for personal use. Corporations, media outlets, public individuals, leaders and experts in almost every area of the blog has now joined the ranks of producers. Considering all this expertise, one would say that bloggers have a lot of new information to add to a debate.

You can not believe anything that you read a blog! It is a bit of an overstatement. Poor information and you also run across the deliberate untruths, but for the most part, blogs, which the State of bloggers what they said are the facts honestly believe that in fact. It is always up to the readers that any information to verify the information is correct.

The blogosphere is a meritocracy! What cream rise to the top? It certainly does, but the world outside of the dairy, a lot depends on how you define cream. If you think those bloggers who are at the highest readership "best" yes than, blogosphere, with readers being meritocracy 'payoff' for being the best. The best, but not always the most popular. You will, while surfing, run across some very intelligent, very poignant and very erudite bloggers who are a very small readerships, evidenced in the form of the very few, if any comment to their posts. This can be explained by the lack of the will of the Blogger 'playing' should be played to attract readers to a greater, such as the aggressive promotion of your blog, spent several hours reading and other times more Commenting on the blog than they spend for their own writing, listing all available on your blog directory, etc.. Every one of us has a different definition of success for some, a big success enough readers, some using their blog as a money-making device and, in fact, make the ultimate success of some of the money, while others , Like those with a deliberately low profile, just to make believe that the full expression of what they are doing post'd like to say that adequate consideration.