Comments on: What’s In It For Me? http://freshblogger.com/2006/11/whats-in-it-for-me/ Fresh ideas for blogging, making money, and living a more productive life Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:02:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Blog Tag: 5 Reasons Why I Blog at FreshBlogger http://freshblogger.com/2006/11/whats-in-it-for-me/#comment-25071 Blog Tag: 5 Reasons Why I Blog at FreshBlogger Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:43:40 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2006/11/whats-in-it-for-me/#comment-25071 [...] meme. This time Adnan tagged me to write about 5 reasons why I blog. I’ve posted before on what I get out of blogging, but here are the 5 main reasons why I blog, in no particular [...] [...] meme. This time Adnan tagged me to write about 5 reasons why I blog. I’ve posted before on what I get out of blogging, but here are the 5 main reasons why I blog, in no particular [...]

]]> By: ray http://freshblogger.com/2006/11/whats-in-it-for-me/#comment-1419 ray Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:15:23 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2006/11/whats-in-it-for-me/#comment-1419 There is a lot of garbage out there, Syed. I think the volume of it on the net is greater than most other media because it's easier to publish on the web and also it's much quicker for users to access a great deal of content. This is compared to television or radio where, even though you can change the channel, the feed is controlled by someone else. The SEO thing really is a double-edged sword. You can optimize for good traffic, but that doesn't mean your content is really what people want. I do think Google and other search engines care about this and are trying to give higher rank to sites that offer meaningful, and especially, relevant, content. The internet has changed a lot since I first logged on in the early 90's. I expect things will change much more in the next few years, but I think we're always going to have to weed through the garbage just like fast forwarding through the commercials. There is a lot of garbage out there, Syed. I think the volume of it on the net is greater than most other media because it’s easier to publish on the web and also it’s much quicker for users to access a great deal of content. This is compared to television or radio where, even though you can change the channel, the feed is controlled by someone else.

The SEO thing really is a double-edged sword. You can optimize for good traffic, but that doesn’t mean your content is really what people want. I do think Google and other search engines care about this and are trying to give higher rank to sites that offer meaningful, and especially, relevant, content.

The internet has changed a lot since I first logged on in the early 90’s. I expect things will change much more in the next few years, but I think we’re always going to have to weed through the garbage just like fast forwarding through the commercials.

]]> By: Syed http://freshblogger.com/2006/11/whats-in-it-for-me/#comment-1409 Syed Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:28:21 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2006/11/whats-in-it-for-me/#comment-1409 I agree with you, Ray. Blogs can be fun on their own, and don't neccessarily have to be done for money. That said, most people these days, it seems, are starting blogs to make money. If you ask me the Web has become too commercialised. Adsense has given rise to lots of garbage sites. SEO thing is getting out of hand. Only the other day I was searching for a medical condition on Yahoo, when I found out that first 20 sites that came up were advertising "alternate medicine" promising miracle cures for the desease. They came up first because someone knew how to 'optimize' them not because they were good sites. It took me good 30 minutes before I cam across the info. I was looking for. I agree with you, Ray. Blogs can be fun on their own, and don’t neccessarily have to be done for money. That said, most people these days, it seems, are starting blogs to make money. If you ask me the Web has become too commercialised. Adsense has given rise to lots of garbage sites. SEO thing is getting out of hand. Only the other day I was searching for a medical condition on Yahoo, when I found out that first 20 sites that came up were advertising “alternate medicine” promising miracle cures for the desease. They came up first because someone knew how to ‘optimize’ them not because they were good sites. It took me good 30 minutes before I cam across the info. I was looking for.

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