What makes a good blog?
Who are we to decide?
According to Forbes magazine, "The method of blogging allows for publication on a whim, when the mood strikes, making the "blogverse," as some like to call it, one of the first places to look for reactions to the happenings of the day, and in specific areas of interest." Forbes goes on to list the best media, sports, travel, and medical blogs, among others.
Technorati has their own list the Top 100 blogs by the most favorited and unique links. These lists contain blogs of different topics but no list of qualifications for the making the top 100 other than sheer numbers.
I have to wonder, what qualifies a blog to be the "best." It may be nice to have your blog on a list that talks up its greatness but I don't think that we can take these lists seriously. They are a good guide but nothing to be written in stone.
A good blog is in the eye of the reader
Not to take anything away from the professional bloggers of the world, but nowhere on any of the sites did I see a link to ehub.ku.edu. So does that mean it is not a good site? Not at all. Blogs are a personal conversation with the readers and if the topic interests you then that makes it a good blog. It may not be on a list but that doesn't matter.
What makes a good blog is one that contains a topic that I am interested and enjoy reading. A blog that is interesting to me may not be one that my friends enjoy and that makes it very difficult to place any blog on a Top Blog list.
A good blog is one that is good in the Eye of the Reader.
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