I guess I need to learn some humility: http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2007/12/blog_advice
From Glenn - http://instapundit.com/archives2/013009.php
I love it when grey beards (in this case literally) give advice. In this case the entire claim to fame is having arrived at the party early and giving it a name, and from what I can tell from Wikipedia that seems to be about it.
The problem with the advice from my point of view is – if everybody actually took it what exactly would be linking too? At the end of the day there are a lot of different types of bloggers. Some are content producers, others act like guides, and still others fall somewhere in between. Take my favorite blogger – Glenn Reynolds (aka http://www.instapundit.com). He rarely posts without a link to somewhere else but he also contributes a fair amount of content on top of his link.
If as Mr. Barger suggests, that a blog should be primarily a list of links, then why bother? It also seems like he doesn’t like the idea of people producing original content – ie learn some humility. So who exactly is qualified to produce original content?
He’s the thing – my blog is primarily for me. I’m transitioning over to where it will also be a marketing tool, but in general nothing will change. It will still be me. I’ve always avoided talking politics, sex, and religion. I however do express opinions on occasion (like this). My primary focuses are on technology and motorsports.
Unlike people tech journalists (I can think of a few/most), I actually do this stuff to earn a living. If I bother to write an article about something it is because I just did it. As such I don’t usually have much to link to.
All that said – my success comes from flexibility. I don’t attract much traffic today. Unless you happen to search on a few specific things this blog won’t be found. As mentioned earlier I want this to be a marketing tool to help support my business. So perhaps linking more might help attract more traffic. But this will still primarily be a content site.
Sorry Jorn.