http://louisgray.disqus.com/A Silicon Valley Blog for Early Adopters and Tech GeeksenMon, 28 Jul 2008 17:44:34 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2007/06/biggest-blogs-arent-really-blogs-any.html#comment-1024367<p>i agree fully and that from the south of africa!</p>johrneMon, 28 Jul 2008 17:44:34 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2007/06/biggest-blogs-arent-really-blogs-any.html#comment-429217926<p>I'm not sure this applies to just the big blogs. I think we're seeing a separation between "personal blogs" and "business blogs". Personal blogs are just that, a place for people to post their thoughts and ideas. Business blogs are focused on a specific idea and are created to make money. I have no idea how the blogs you mentioned started, but they are clearly business blogs now.<br><br>By the way, it's an interesting parallel to non internet media, which has also changed from "news" to "business". Essentially, all of these media sources stopped focusing on their core function (providing information they were interested in to their audience) and became focused on making money. Which is a perfectly acceptable decision, but it does have some consequences on your content and style.<br><br>I run my blog as a hobby. It's for fun, so I don't have to care about stats, sponsors and public relations. That means I can put in whatever content I like and feel passionate about. That's very different from a big media business like these guys.<br><br>Anyway, sorry for the long rambling comment. Going to go update my "countdown to the iPhone" clock. :) <br><br>Gal</p>60 in 3Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:01:00 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2007/06/biggest-blogs-arent-really-blogs-any.html#comment-429217927<p>Great post Louis, you make some solid points.</p>tony chungFri, 08 Jun 2007 08:31:00 -0000