To Join a Blogging Site
or Not to Join
Joining an established blogging site like live
journal or
blogger has plenty of advantages, especially for
the blog
novice. Sites that host a lot of different blogs
often have
very useful tutorials about building and
updating your
blog, and you are likely to encounter a very
user-
friendly software interface at an established
blogging
site. In addition, these sites provide a kind of
instant
community of fellow bloggers who can provide
advice,
insight, and feedback. These established sites
often
keep directories of their members, which can be
great
news for your traffic logs because it means that
other
bloggers on the site will find out about your pages.
However, there are also some downsides to linking
up
with a large blogging site. By posting within
the
established templates of a site like blogger, you run
the
risk of having your blog look and feel like
everybody
else's. The blogging movement is very much about
the
creation of distinctive sites and the development
of
individual voices, so it makes plenty of sense that
many
bloggers would shy away from the cookie-cutter
look
and feel that these blogging sites often promote.
Many
bloggers feel that the content of a blog is what makes
it
distinctive, not the look of the blog, but many
members
of the blogging community feel that the visual
impact
of a blog should match the originality of the
writing.
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