Comments on: Your blog readers may not realise they are reading a blog

By: Cargo

Cargo — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:08:50 +0000

And remember, as long as they are interested in your content, it doesn’t matter if they think it a website or a blog.

By: Codrut Turcanu - AdS

Codrut Turcanu - AdS — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:25:53 +0000

In my opinion, the best way to let your readers know the difference is to let them know, in their own words.

And remember, as long as they are interested in your content, it doesn’t matter if they think it a website or a blog.

By: BlogBuzz August 9, 2008 | Webmaster-Source

BlogBuzz August 9, 2008 | Webmaster-Source — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:16:10 +0000

[...] Your blog readers may not realise they are reading a blog – Do you know you’re reading a blog? Good, I guess that doesn’t apply to Webmaster-Source. This is a real problem though, and one that irritates the heck out of me sometimes. Blog = “a sort of content management system” not “an online journal.” [...]

By: Paula

Paula — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:46:01 +0000

I have to agree that it isn't necessary to educate our readers that they are in fact looking at a blog. The only thing that may be confusing to a reader is the fact that the blog posts move down the screen so anyone trying to follow a post that has been broken up into parts may find it a little confusing that Part 1 is below Part 2 for instance.

I think that with the move to news style templates the traditional blog is looking more like a regular website anyway…at least that's my opinion.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:24:31 +0000

Interesting thoughts! I think that if people believe they are reading a magazine it's even better, isn't it? Magazines have a more professional reputation in the minds of most people than blogs.

By: Zackatoustra

Zackatoustra — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:52:34 +0000

About RSS :

I only have a couple of readers (a couple, litterally, I call them "good friends" ). They're all familiar with what a blog is, but that doesn't mean that they are familiar with RSS.

Actually, I've tried a couple of time to explain to some of them how "really simple" it is to be notiifed of updates. Still, even if I wouldn't be able to live without RSS and OPML, that doesn't mean that every reader wants or needs to realize that they are using RSS/OPML.

It seems that explaining what RSS is, and how it can change the world isn't useful. The best way would be to make the process of "subscribing" or "joining" a step by step wizard, or to transparently integrate this into the browser (which is the only tool you know your readers use..!)

By: DLWarner

DLWarner — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:19:16 +0000

Better word than subscribe might be "join" … Anyway I must add that the post title kinda freaked me out. At first I thought that people might be reading my content with their eyes wide shut!

By: Link Building Bible

Link Building Bible — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:07:16 +0000

Whats a better word than subscribe?

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:38:17 +0000

Telling everyone that you're site is a blog kind of puts limitations on how much bigger than a blog it might actually be. My main site has a blog, but it isn't only a blog, it's a got a stack of portal-type pages and some news syndication sections (with permission). The blog is a big part of it (in terms of traffic and effort I put in) but it's not the only part.

By: kranjcarz

kranjcarz — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:40:12 +0000

Nice article…. Thanks…