Blogging and the Wisdom of Crowds

jayeff · 2006-11-26, 12:58 PM

There are some serious pitfalls in trying to generalize about blogs.

I run a string of health-related sites and for them it is vital to provide something which is both readable and informative. Those blogs also seem to be very interactive, since people love to talk about what ails them. But I think it was the people at blogger.com who estimated that overall around 96% of blog comments - if you include the acceptable comments which say something relevant but then mention "btw I have posted on a similar topic over at..." - are spam.

Porn however, for the majority is primarily visual, so while it is good to add text for the benefit of the search engines, you would need a very individual "take" on the topic or style, for too much text not to get in the way. Fetish and swinger sites can be exceptions. Solo sites or photographer's sites too. But I don't think the majority of porn blog webmasters would be best served by going too far in that direction.

2006-11-26, 12:58 PM	#11
jayeff Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand! Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 95	There are some serious pitfalls in trying to generalize about blogs. I run a string of health-related sites and for them it is vital to provide something which is both readable and informative. Those blogs also seem to be very interactive, since people love to talk about what ails them. But I think it was the people at blogger.com who estimated that overall around 96% of blog comments - if you include the acceptable comments which say something relevant but then mention "btw I have posted on a similar topic over at..." - are spam. Porn however, for the majority is primarily visual, so while it is good to add text for the benefit of the search engines, you would need a very individual "take" on the topic or style, for too much text not to get in the way. Fetish and swinger sites can be exceptions. Solo sites or photographer's sites too. But I don't think the majority of porn blog webmasters would be best served by going too far in that direction.