Blogs are a problem.

Yes - they are a place where you can write anything that takes your fancy.

Yes - they allow you to 'publish' instantly and have satisfaction from that fact.



But:



Who reads it?

How do you reach your intended audience?

How much cyberspeak do you need to learn before you can make the best of the potential readership.

The last two/three postings disappear once you have posted your latest offering and only a dedicated fan would search back in case they have missed anything.



I have just appeared here, re-directed from 'Struggling Authors' and I am quite pleased with the site. I have another blog with 'Writelink' and it is just plain bloody awful! This site takes you through the setting up process with clear instructions and plain english prompts; the Writelink Blog is stuffed with software jargon and strange options. I call it Bloggledegook.



My theory is that blogs are, even still, in their infancy. They are having a long childhood, but that is the nature of cybergeekdom. There will come a time when all postings are made in a simple front end slot and links, photo posting etc. is direct and straight forward. If I was of another generation my aim in life would be to make blogs more user friendly and less exclusive.

This is the first blogsite/forum where I can post pictures directly from my computer, without having to go through a 'host'.



I still do not know what is a ping or a pingback. I don't even know if it is useful. Worst is the assumption that I do know and therefore no explanation is given or I don't understand the explanation because it is written in the same mysterious register..

There are other examples of assumptions of this kind, e.g. backlinks.

My next post will be an analogy, with flyfishing as the example.