Comments on: Blogs as Blogs or Websites?

By: kubalek

kubalek — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:11:56 +0000

Excellent. Many clients get excited to have a “having a blog,” but then don’t tie them in to their website, creating confusion in users.

Yes, it should be clear that the user is moving from the main site to a more casual, more personal section (the blog) but don’t suddenly stick a blogger template in my face and give your blog a new logo/name/etc. How confusing for clients! And brand dilution!

I don’t understand clients who want to make their customers work so hard. Teach them one interface and keep it consistent. From Blog to website, keep it seamless.

(One of biggest pet peaves is bloggers who offer ten thousand links to other blogs, but no links to their contact information or to their own website(s). JEEEZZZ…talk about giving away your power.)

A good corporate blog is simply a sub-section of the website. It can stand alone, but always offers visitors an obvious path back to the core site, since that is often where the real sales happen.

By: L

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:49:19 +0000

Ai, then the fashion blogs have much too steep competition.

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By: Baz L

Baz L — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:04:55 +0000

My 2 cents:

Who really cares? I mean, right now the line between “website” and “blog” has been blured so much that I believe it doesn’t really matter any more. Before I started blogging I didn’t really realize this. But right now, I can look at almost anywebsite (except the static ones I guess) and in the right light It’s gonna look bloggish….

As long as information keeps flowing, we should be happy.

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By: Roaring Tiger

Roaring Tiger — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:34:28 +0000

I’m with the crowd that doesn’t really care if you call my site a blog or a website…just as long as you visit regularly!

I don’t assume folks know what a blog or RSS feeds are though, and give them tips to help them understand how to get my blog delivered to them. I’m convinced it’s made a big difference in raising my RSS readership above my HTML visitors on my (day-job) corporate site.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:41:25 +0000

Congrats on the extra income of a weekend slashdoting. I come to this site every day during the week but wouldn’t you know it I found out about the article you posted here about yoor income from Slashdot….guess having your name in a lot of places is not so bad after all :)

Finally had a chance to look at your other blogs this morning, I enjoy the default navigational structure of a weblog and when I go to one of your sites it looks like a website instead, I believe that the reason that the weblog is becoming more popular all the time is surely not content as some content can be minimal or even wrong but more the ease of navigation that lets a user interested in the authors opinion or specialty to find any related info within just a few clicks. Over the last couple years I have started to surf again and instead of a broad www surf it is more a surf through the info within a weblog and the links branching out only from that site.

Thanks again for your great content, opinions and navigatable info

By: Ryen

Ryen — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:31:09 +0000

I agree with “In the end a blog is a type of website.”
However, this statement can be interpreted into various dircections. For example, what’s the difference between a blog site and a web site?
Can I listen to more about this?

By: Eoghann Irving

Eoghann Irving — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 03:35:20 +0000

Blog is just another word. Websites which acted just like blogs existed before the term or the software existed. My feeling has always been that people spend far too much time worrying about defining and naming things.

It’s much more productive to spend the time working on your blog rather than worrying about whether its a blog, a website or a widget. ;)

By: Jim Turner

Jim Turner — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 17:09:22 +0000

Well said Darren. Websites are more braod in the sense of what they provide. I look at a blog as a communication device that is a part of the whole.

Jim