Robert Scoble sets out the following criteria which Jeff Sandquist disagrees.
1) Easy to do reverse-chronological content display. Type in a box and hit publish. New stuff goes at the top of the page. Old stuff moves down.My two cents:
2) Discoverable. Through search engines
3) Social. I can track when you link to me from another domain, either through search engines, through trackbacks, or through my referrer logs.
4) Permalinkable. I can send you a link directly to a post.
5) Syndicatable. I can use a news aggregator to read your content, which lets me read a lot more Blogs.
Whether it is open or restricted, A Blog is something that exhibits the above characteristics.
Now, what do you call private blogs? (ie., public Blogs that are restricted)? That seems to be the point of contention between Jeff & Robert.
What's your take?
Blog is a medium of publication hereto before was not accessible to common man. Any one who has access to computer and internet can publish anything they want that will appease their emotion, motivation, knowledge, and skill.
ReplyDeleteBlog takes away the exclusiveness that news papers, magazines, tv and radio broadcasts enjoyed.
Gossip!
ReplyDeleteAge old human need to be recognized.
Exile from the real world..
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting spin.. but I agree with the 'to be recognized' part..
Raman
ReplyDeleteBlog is challenging the MSM.. but still has ways to go..