Blogs that use other people's content

[Ann Omness]

My limitation for listing blogs is actually pretty daunting. It has to really be a blog. A blog is for writing journal entries. It has personality. It requires that you regularly devote some time to writing in it. I doubt if many scammers and cheaters would be willing to maintain a real blog. Personally, I spend about two hours/day on my blog, but I write long entries. I'm willing to give it that much time because it has become my best source for quality traffic over the years. The more you write, the more there is for the search engines to index, the more traffic you get from them.

If a blog is nothing but pictures and links to sponsors, it's not a blog. Even if the author writes reviews of the sites he's advertising, it's not a blog because it doesn't have personality. People like to read interesting blogs. If it's not interesting, it doesn't serve any purpose. I bookmark blogs I like and visit them regularly to see what's new. All readers of blogs do that. If you write stuff that gets you bookmarked, your traffic will keep going up, especially if other bloggers start quoting you and linking to you. A good blog takes a lot of work. It's not a gimmick or a traffic cheat. It must have its own intrinsic value or it won't produce traffic for you.