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- The forums are more insular. Think of the forums as an intercom system. Blogs are your megaphone blasting out at the rest of the world.
- You can categorize. Have multiple interests? Make a category for each. That way if someone is interested in cats but not so much woodworking, they can still follow without being bothered by uninteresting topics.
- Forums are about "discussions" and "community". Blogs are about "you".
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Why should I want a blog?
Some random thoughts for those wondering how a blog is "better" than the forums:
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Blogs are not like forums or email lists or chatrooms. People do not look for blog hosts and then browse merrily though the myriad posts. They find, through various means, one blog, decide if they like it, and then either bookmark it or subscribe to its RSS feed.
So what are these "various...11-10-2007, 09:31 PM -
I know, some times it feels like no one is listening. This early in the blogging game, you might even be right. The search engines only found these blogs a few days ago, and it will take awhile to be indexed, ranked, etc.
In addition, unlike the forums, there is currently no way of measuring...11-20-2007, 08:26 PM -
More as an experiment than anything else, I've started a blog
Most of the information will be duplicated here in the forums, but folks really seem to like the blog format.07-14-2004, 12:17 PM -
...if you don't eat your meat?
How many blogs do you subscribe to? I thought so.
Just as you have to look at photographs if you plan on making your own, and you need to read novels if you plan on writing one, if you want to blog well you have to read good blogs.
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Flora, a blog is a form of diary but it is open to all your friend. It is a sharing of thoughts and ideas. BLOG - Binary Log.
And I must say that you do live a bit like a gypsy, must be fascinating. Where is your favorite place to stay?12-01-2007, 06:13 PM
