Monday, July 18, 2011

Dan Riehl Responds to the 'Slow, Painful Coming Death' of the Conservative Blogosphere

I guess John Hawkins hit a nerve.

Dan Riehl responds, "John Boy Hawkins Gots 'dem Cosmic Conservative Blogosphere Blues."

This part echoes some of my thoughts from last night:
... when it comes to what John seems to be lamenting, that lone, sometimes howling voice of the true Indie blogger - as I see myself when writing here at my site and not for Breitbart Media, it will always be something of a haphazard, hard to make a living effort done for love of something, perhaps America or a particular political ideology, for most. It's not a bug it's a feature, as Instapundit might say. But it's damned important that people do it and should be to you for its own sake if you plan on staying with it for any length of time; otherwise, you'll only get discouraged and go away. There's nothing new in that.
Dan's thoughts don't really make me adjust mine. If nobody's reading your blog it's hard to stay motivated. Do we need to consolidate into some kinda big-business model, as John suggests? Probably not. But blogging's gotten way more professionalized. The big media outlets have eaten up a lot of the space on the Internet. Readers will have less incentive to search out the niche blogs when there's so much alternative content sponsored by big guns in the background. It's tricky. But Dan's right that there's nothing new in the online patriots pounding out a platform, and hopefully some of these folks break through for the recognition.

When I was checking the blog rankings last night, The Lonely Conservative came up #57 on Technorati --- and that's really impressive, as Lonely Conservative often mentions the limited time she has for blogging. Congratulations!

Anyway, more later. I'll be checking into the Wordpress switch over I was talking about. A little change can keep the blog fires burning.

4 comments:

  1. Thank you for the mention. I'll never for the life of me figure out the Technorati and Alexa rankings. But they are good to me so I won't complain! Advice on starting a Word Press blog - those big providers that offer cheap hosting aren't worth your time or money. I just switch to a new host and they cost a little more but things are much better. Let me know if you decide to make the change and I'll give you the info.

    ReplyDelete
  2. It looks as though John wants to intimidate up and coming competition in the blogosphere. I don't blame him, he needs to stay competitive. I don't make a living from blogging, so I simply ignored his controversial piece and will continue to encourage everyone to start blogging.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Dang! When I moved to Wordpress Technorati lost me (so investigate before you move Donald). No matter what I do, following their directions explicitely, they say they cannot find me. Technorati was always an important measure for me.

    Maggie@MaggiesNotebook
    http"//maggiesnotebook.com

    ReplyDelete
  4. Dang! When I moved to Wordpress Technorati lost me (so investigate before you move Donald). No matter what I do, following their directions explicitely, they say they cannot find me. Technorati was always an important measure for me.

    Maggie@MaggiesNotebook
    http"//maggiesnotebook.com

    ReplyDelete