Comments on: Blogging vs Twitter [A few Random Thoughts on the Two Mediums]

By: David Andrew Wiebe

David Andrew Wiebe — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:32:17 +0000

I think you hit the nail on the head. I don’t have much to add to this post. Twitter is fun, but blogging is fun too, and both serve a purpose unique to each other.

By: ECStewart

ECStewart — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:03:32 +0000

I view Twitter & my blog (site) like tea & cake.

Twitter is the watercooler where I have community tea. It’s when I invite them to my home for cake (blog/site) for consume meaty information.

Thanks for the Tweetmeme button info -I’ll have to check that out.

By: appleblogger

appleblogger — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:41:38 +0000

i guess, twitter still famous. But people fine with blogging way.

By: Work From Home

Work From Home — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:48:48 +0000

It’s like comparing lemons and oranges, the two are completely different, and Twitter in large part can really be an incredible distraction and waste of time.

By: Joe Alban, L.Ac.

Joe Alban, L.Ac. — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:25:53 +0000

I think for me, Blogging is much more important. Twitter does not help me to build trust with my clients. As an acupuncturists, people care less about one line ideas and links than explaining what is going on with my TCM philosophy, how to do some exercises, or choose some healthy food. Although, I recently read your post on Twitip about Tweeting for acupuncturist, I think that blogging for the moment, is more powerful because you can take you time to explain something.

By: Chad Horenfeldt

Chad Horenfeldt — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:40:42 +0000

I agree with you and wrote on the topic in a post called “Social Media Success Stories”. Essentially my blog was fed by Twitter retweets. Twitter is another channel to promote my thoughts and content. It’s been a lot of fun as well.
@chadhorenfeldt

By: Moise Levi

Moise Levi — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:16:53 +0000

Ok people ; first, the facts ;
I am NOT a tech expert like those you can find at techcrunch, engadget, gizmodo, and others.
I have been blogging for years ; now on blogger (owned by Google) (GOOG) , and in the past via Geocities.
Blogging is quite simple ; you open an account via Google’s gmail, then it allows you to create a blog via Blogger. It only takes around 15 minutes. Then ? you can start to set up the “monetize” button by adding ads sold by Google. You get a free blog ; you do all the writing, and Google sells you adspace and makes all the money :)
Advertisers today prefer to see their ads on niche blogs rather than buying key words …..
It makes sense ….. that is why most of the ads on my blogs relate to finance :)
Now comes Facebook ….. and Twitter ….
But let’s see how Facebook is quietly taking over ……
I have been using Facebook for a while now and I finally see what they are REALLY doing.
A few days ago, they once again changed their format.
The blog you are reading here can be seen on my Facebook account (seen only by my friends), with ads ONLY belonging to Facebook….
In the past, the RSS feed into Facebook was only uploading my posts in a simple format.
Now these posts are available with ads from Facebook.
I Tweet as well on Twitter ; guess what ? My Tweets go to my profile on Facebook, and you can add your comments on my profile …… you can also comment my Alpha Global posts ….

Bottom line ?
The blogger creates the content via Blogger and Twitter
The content goes straight to Facebook …. and the advertisers know that a person on Facebook spends more time there than on Google search ????

With all the applications available on Facebook, why do you need to go elsewhere ?

Like I said, I am not a tech expert, but Google (GOOG) is facing some real challenge here.
And the blogger ? he/she does not make a penny by driving content to Facebook

As of today, I STOPPED uploading my contents (Blogger and Twitter) to my Facebook profile.

By: Josh Hurlock http://twitter.com/JoshHurlock

Josh Hurlock http://twitter.com/JoshHurlock — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:59:14 +0000

Darren,

Thanks for the post. I like blogging better because this takes more time and is, thus, more thought out. I find blogging easier to convey my thoughts than Twitter. I like Twitter, though, to tweet out blogs I am reading, such as yours. Keep up the solid work.

By: Snake owner resources

Snake owner resources — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:15:11 +0000

When I check my stats I think I might get 2 or 3 people a month coming to visit any of my sites via twitter. Granted I don’t spend all day spamming it, nor do I have thousands of followers but if I had to rely on twitter for traffic I’d just give up.

I’d be interested to know how many people have actually used twitter as their primary means of developing traffic as opposed to adding on to what they already have. Nothing wrong with doing that I’m just wondering how effective twitter is for getting the marketing engine rolling from a “dead stop”

By: Nicole Hernandez

Nicole Hernandez — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:43:13 +0000

@jan

That would definitely make me feel more comfortable using it, but they seriously need to build in a way to have one link display without regard to the character count.

On the trust issue I was thinking more in terms of the rare people who will purposely send out malicious links, and the inevitable which is that somebody creates a virus that spreads itself by tweeting shortened links. Things like twhirl are installed software, and we all know what has happened in the past with viruses and installed email programs.

By: Bhargav Bavarva

Bhargav Bavarva — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:21:36 +0000

As you said and also rohit agree that both media have their own advantages.
I thought, The blogging work well only when blogger have good immediate reply that not happen with all blogger except many include you too.
So to say that both have its advantage and disadvantage vary from person to person.

By: Pushkar

Pushkar — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:05:59 +0000

Twitter is very useful for those who have large following, but for others with very little following it isn’t the most useful tool. Also your country of origin or region plays a big role as your blogs are more focussed to a particular region. Twitter is good for European & US blogs not for others due to limited number of twitter users in other parts of world.

By: ITrush

ITrush — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:47:20 +0000

Blogging takes all my time also and next is tweeting..

By: jan

jan — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:56:52 +0000

@Nicole Hernandez:

“I’ve worked in tech way too long to go clicking on links without being able to tell where they go – so I don’t … which means I’m not commenting on things people post referring to them.”

You can use Tweetree. It displays shortened URLs in full below the twit. You can thus see beforehand if what you’re about to click is of great interest to you or not.

In my experience with Twitter, I have yet to meet a user who posts link with malice or bad intention. Otherwise, he or she can only hurt his reputation or brand.

Of course, you can just test the waters by following people you personally know or individuals who have unassailable reputation online. And take it from there – adding occasionally people recommended to you by people you trust.

By: Nicole Hernandez

Nicole Hernandez — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:43:55 +0000

I suck at Twitter. Seriously. I find that social networking in general is something I really have to work hard at because I am not a social person by nature and putting out the effort to be is exhausting to me. Twitter is more difficult that most for me to keep the conversation up because of the url shortening thing. I’ve worked in tech way too long to go clicking on links without being able to tell where they go – so I don’t … which means I’m not commenting on things people post referring to them.

Of course, it could just be my age ;) I don’t ‘text’ either.

Blogs… that’s the bread and butter right there. Articles, well thought out or spontaneous, filled with deep contemplation or mild bits of insanity, that’s where I enjoy spending time.

By: Viraal

Viraal — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:25:06 +0000

Well I believe that, although, both blogging and twitter have their own strengths and weaknesses. I do have a feeling that twitter has an edge above blogging due to its inherent strength of getting followers very quickly.

A blogger might have to face with those days where he might face blackouts and does not have anything to share but while using Twitter I haven’t faced such an issue. There is always something to share. Also, it can help you to engage in real time conversation with your followers which is a better experience than replying comments on the blog.

By: Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach

Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:34:22 +0000

Both have their uses. I use Twitter for social networking, and blogging to share my views/ideas/teach my customers/etc.

My son recently had a tick on his neck – a simple tweet for help gave me lots of suggestions on what to do. Couldn’t have done that with me blog.

By: Victor Velasquez

Victor Velasquez — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:47:47 +0000

Solving Problems with Twitter (A mini case-study)

This is not about the “Plane Down on the Hudson” or the “China Earthquake” kind of “moment,” but, nevertheless, this is an example of how Twitter helped us solve a problem we had run into in Mexico almost as quickly as it came up:

http://www.nearsoft.com/ns/blog/Twitter-and-Yammer-at-Work.html

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:06:34 +0000

I’m all about the twitter. if you have a nice site like I do (personal finance), twitter allows you to be more free and add some more personality behind the blogger….it also allows me to say random comments just for the hell of it ;)

By: Belkis

Belkis — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:23:38 +0000

Blogging should always be a number one priority. Twitter and other social media tools just gives you another way to driver traffic to your site which is the whole point of having followers. Sometimes I think people forget this. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and reinforcing mine.