New Breed of Blogs

Earlier this year I felt quite alienated from blogs. I skimmed through them for news but didn’t really enjoy reading them. Many (tech) bloggers didn’t offer much value for readers, no new perspective on news or an original thought. And I guess, it’s not too far-fetched to say, they were merely re-posting press releases. Not everyone, not all the time. But can you really offer value if your blog has more than 20 new posts each day? Don’t get me wrong, this blog is probably not the most unique, thought provoking one either. But that’s up to you – the reader – to decide.

I don’t even think blogs have to be super original or authors have to be brilliant writers. They just have to give me the impression they have spent more than five minutes reading and writing about a topic. It’s not really much I am asking for. Fortunately, there are some new tech and social media blogs around that cover news more in depth, provide an opinion on the topic, basically have a conversation. The bloggers are enthusiastic, passionate, and often critical. Blogs worth reading. And it seems there is a new interesting blog around each day. That’s good. I enjoy reading blogs again.

The ubiquitous Louis Gray is a good source for discovering new quality blogs. He has even posted three articles on blogs he recommends. It’s a really good choice and the blogs cover a wide range of topics. I have been subscribed to some of them before reading Louis’ posts, though most of his recommendations show up in my feed reader by now. So go and read Louis’ posts and check out the blogs. Start from there and don’t be afraid to subscribe to blogs that have just one or two hundred feed subscribers. Mostly those blogs are new and basically the number of subscribers says nothing about the quality of the blog. Well, usually.