Now firstly, everybody is entitled to their own opinion, and there are plenty of different criteria which is used in creating blogs - this is simply my opinion, which hopefully most people will agree with!
My ideal blog has to agree with a subject matter. In this case, my subject matter is Greek religion and aspects about it which I personally find fascinating. Unlike some of my fellow students who are doing posts on a single subject, for example 'the role of Athena within the pantheon', I prefer to talk about a range of topics which enable me to explore a wider variety of criteria, as well as keeping my audience interested with my topics and further to prevent repeating myself!
Referencing or linking is essential, that much is certain. We cannot come up with interesting topics for discussion without enlisting the help of other works as focal points. Reynolds (2007:118) came up with this interesting point: 'Bloggers tend to link to original sources wherever possible. The result is that you can follow the link and make up your mind for yourself. A blog that doesn't have links is less interesting. The link isn't a guarantee of accuracy, of course the source you're using can always be wrong - but it does let the readers evaluate the source themselves.' In my case, my 'links' take the form of references, and I try to add as many references as I feel are necessary for a particular point. For sure, many people will try to quote and quote until they're blue in the face, but if their quotes aren't relevant or too heavy to read then what is the point? Quality not quantity in my opinion!
One criticism that arose during the blog session was that my ideas lacked originality. Now while I can understand this point, I do not feel that a lack of originality infringes on the quality of the posting. For example we can take one idea that we studied in class and go further with it in our posting - something which I hoped to achieve with my Aphrodite posting. Nevertheless my next postings will hopefully involve more original ideas which are also interesting!
Right, rant over, I will now take on board the criticism and hopefully incorporate some of the tips into my future postings!
Further Reading:
G. Reynolds (2007) An army of Davids: how markets and technology empower ordinary people to beat big media, big government and other Goliaths. Thomas Nelson Inc.
S. Gardner (2005) Buzz marketing with blogs for dummies. John Wiley & Sons
My ideal blog has to agree with a subject matter. In this case, my subject matter is Greek religion and aspects about it which I personally find fascinating. Unlike some of my fellow students who are doing posts on a single subject, for example 'the role of Athena within the pantheon', I prefer to talk about a range of topics which enable me to explore a wider variety of criteria, as well as keeping my audience interested with my topics and further to prevent repeating myself!
Referencing or linking is essential, that much is certain. We cannot come up with interesting topics for discussion without enlisting the help of other works as focal points. Reynolds (2007:118) came up with this interesting point: 'Bloggers tend to link to original sources wherever possible. The result is that you can follow the link and make up your mind for yourself. A blog that doesn't have links is less interesting. The link isn't a guarantee of accuracy, of course the source you're using can always be wrong - but it does let the readers evaluate the source themselves.' In my case, my 'links' take the form of references, and I try to add as many references as I feel are necessary for a particular point. For sure, many people will try to quote and quote until they're blue in the face, but if their quotes aren't relevant or too heavy to read then what is the point? Quality not quantity in my opinion!
One criticism that arose during the blog session was that my ideas lacked originality. Now while I can understand this point, I do not feel that a lack of originality infringes on the quality of the posting. For example we can take one idea that we studied in class and go further with it in our posting - something which I hoped to achieve with my Aphrodite posting. Nevertheless my next postings will hopefully involve more original ideas which are also interesting!
Right, rant over, I will now take on board the criticism and hopefully incorporate some of the tips into my future postings!
Further Reading:
G. Reynolds (2007) An army of Davids: how markets and technology empower ordinary people to beat big media, big government and other Goliaths. Thomas Nelson Inc.
S. Gardner (2005) Buzz marketing with blogs for dummies. John Wiley & Sons
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