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The Death of Blogging: Part 271

Ari Herzog

It seems that every month there is a newspaper article about the death of blogging. Verne Kopytoff wrote a sensationalist headline in the New York Times in February 2011 entitled, “ Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter.” Why must headlines continue to be printed about the death of blogging?

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The Death of Blogging: Part 271

Ari Herzog

It seems that every month there is a newspaper article about the death of blogging. Verne Kopytoff wrote a sensationalist headline in the New York Times in February 2011 entitled, “ Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter.” Why must headlines continue to be printed about the death of blogging?

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The Importance of Guest Blogging

Ari Herzog

Why does anyone bother guest blogging? Guest blogging is very important for both the blogger and the blog they are guest blogging on. Many bloggers don’t see the point in guest blogging and it baffles me! 1: Guest blogging gives you a new perspective. 1: Guest blogging gives you a new perspective.

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Non-Facebook Users: Please Comment Here

Ari Herzog

Across the blogosphere, Danny Brown wrote in September why he installed Lifefyre as a commenting system — and he wrote a month later why Disqus was installed to replace Livefyre. To the non-Facebook users who read my blog, is the commenting system so important to you? by Jacko i only comment on blogs with disqus these days.

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The Downfall of the Inconsistent Blogger

Ari Herzog

The following is a guest blog post by Daniel Offer. A person has a great idea, and the motivation to start a blog suddenly dawns upon him. Pressures from his daily life begin to take over and consume the hours that were once devoted to fiendishly pounding out a new, witty blog post. Think of your blog as a pet.

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How Social We Are With Social Media

Ari Herzog

And the whole blogosphere enables me to converse with like-minded people. by Christopher Roberts@Philosophy Blog. In some ways, social media brings us closer. Twitter allows me to know people on the other side of the world. Facebook lets me stay in contact with friends from high school and college. But it’s also driven us apart.

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Should Digital Sabbaticals Be Planned to End?

Ari Herzog

She produced no tweets and her blog lay empty. Waxing on a blog post and echoing it on Twitter, Gwen elaborates: I started the month riding every thought wave. Gwen Bell left cyberspace last month. Other places she frequented on the web were also void of her voice. Now that August has come, she returned.