The Everything Blogging Book
I spent the last couple hours starting to read “The Everything Blogging Book” by Aliza Sherman Risdahl. This is a fairly interesting book. The authour begins with a history of blogging and the internet, but does not belabor the details. I like the conversational tone of the writing. There is not so much information that the book gets boring. There is a lot of useful observation on what you might find in any given blog. One chapter was about what kinds of blogs are popular.
I found it interesting that some of the first web pages that were called blogs were really just long lists of links to web pages the author found interesting. Maybe in future I will record some of my web surfing and post a list of URLs I visit. There are many sites I have seen that are nothing more than long lists of website links, but I never thought of them as being blogs. A blog is where you write out your warped opinions and rant about how unfair your personal life is. Well, maybe not, but still, you have to have something interesting.
I’m glad I bought this book today. Reading it has been an interesting diversion. One thing that started to bug me about “The Everything Blogging Book” was the chapter on different popular blogs. The author listed about a hundred URLs in this chapter, and finally I got so sick of reading computer gibberish I ended up skipping everything in italics, which made the reading a lot easier. There was only one chapter like this though, so it wasn’t too annoying.
I don’t know if this book is going to help me write more interesting posts to my blog. I don’t know if I will get many ideas to create an empire of knowledge. I may never make a single penny off of advertising. I will enjoy myself reading this information. That’s why I buy books, I enjoy reading. If I get some practical information that helps me improve my blog and find more viewers for the pages I create, then it’s worth the cost. Besides, I could always sell the book for a profit when I’m done reading it, if I ever bother to start selling my things.
