The Blog Effect

No, I have not been posting like originally thought I might. It is not that I don't have any thoughts each day, it is more that I don't have anything profound each day, and I don't take the time to treat this blog like a diary.

None-the-less, I did have a thought about blogging this morning. This probably stems from my guilt for not blogging in a while. (Are you as confused as I am?)

So, here is my thought:

Blogging is another 'Andy Warhol' effect. Everyone gets 15 minutes of fame, at least in their own minds. With a single post on a new blog you have world-wide access. The only issue beyond that is if anyone is listening (reading or looking).

After that initial post, if you keep up the posts, the 'American Idol' effect then kicks in and you start to get a few followers. If it turns out that you have real talent, in whatever style your blog is presented, then the word starts to get out and you viewership expands.

These hard-core, long-term, obsessive bloggers tend to fall into two categories: professionals (who have a specific agendas for writing, pictures, political, or religious blogs) and the amateurs (who enjoy sharing their life stories and diaries, or have a fun fictional character). Either way, if your readership is large enough, you can enroll in the AdSense portion of the blogasphere and may make some money.

I have not personally heard or known of anyone getting rich this way. Mostly it is rumors and innuendo. There are those blog sites that are totally commercial. These boys are simply phishing for hits from search engines on a given topic. They are the cheap billboards along the internet highway.

Anyway, that is my thought for today. Maybe something more profound and interesting will pop into my brain in the near future.