Re: Blogger and Garden Blogs

**"* P* <k*@gmail.com>**

Doug,
It did cause a minor tempest. Pam Penick's blog Digging addressed it in this
post with links to other bloggers' posts:
http://www.penick.net/digging/?p=391
and then there are more responses in the comments.

Kathy

On Dec 17, 2007 9:07 AM, Doug Green <dgreen@kos.net> wrote:

>
> I just posted a note on my blog about Blogger that some of you might wnat
> to
> consider.  IMO... In short, Blogger has implemented a new policy of making
> all commenters on your blog have either a Blogger account or "register"
> with
> a non-linking account in order to make a comment.
>
> In the short run, this isn't likely too big a problem as the Blogger
> network
> is fairly large and the numbers most garden bloggers are talking about
> with
> subscribers are still pretty low.
>
> In the long run however, professional garden writers may want to ensure
> they're in a system where all visitors can comment equally.  Have your own
> self-hosted blog.
>
> Why?
>
> The deal is fairly simple.  Blogging is about networking and creating
> relationships between blogs and writers.   If I, as a non-Blogger person
> can't include my blog-link in a comment on your site, then you and the
> other
> readers don't know who I am and can't include me in the conversation by
> visiting my blog or back-linking through.  I ran into this on the weekend
> where I wanted to make a comment on a Blogger garden site but couldn't
> because I didn't have a Blogger account and I wasn't all the keen on yet
> another registration for a non-linking identity.
>
> Blogger has created a wall around it's blogs and writers and while it may
> not have been the intent, effectively created a long-term policy of not
> allowing any other blogger outside the network to interact.  A closed door
> policy reminiscent of AOL back "in the day."   You won't see the effect of
> this in the short term but in the long term, I suspect that Blogger blogs
> will increasingly talk to themselves.
>
> A useful strategy might be to have two blogs - one inside the system and
> one
> outside the system.
>
> But that's too much work for me. :-)
>
> So that's a heads-up if you're using Blogger.  You'll see inbound comments
> from other Blogger readers but likely decreasing numbers of comments from
> non-Bloggers over the next few years.
>
> I haven't seen this issue raised in garden blogs even though it has been a
> bit of a firestorm on other blog areas I follow.  My apologies if I've
> missed it in my travelling and moving.
>
>
> On a lighter note - a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Season to all
> fellow
> garden writers.  May the simple gifts of the season be yours this year.
>
> Doug
>
>
> --
> Doug Green
> Ist in Online Gardening Publishing
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> Blog http://www.douggreensgarden.com
>
>
>
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