Blogging a...

Hobby, pastime, job, requirement?

I have not been a blogger for a long time. I started my first blog about 2 years ago and lost interest (not inspiration). I suppose time and priorities didn't allow for regular posting and I shut the blog down. A shame really because now this month, yes March 2007 I have opened a new blog Planet Benson, one which I believe I can commit to. It got me thinking why do people blog? I don't mean what they write about as the topics are vast but why they commit themselves to it. Money cannot easily be ruled out as a factor because very many blogs can generate huge income for people who advertise wisely and certain blogs that become extremely popular. Yet, not every blog becomes popular, nor is the author trying desparately to promote it. They have a small ring of followers/readers that promotion is not required as the target audience is small. This can be said about intellectual blogs. They are not there, well at least not entirely there for the wealth. These people post regularly and are the kind of people that are still reading to this point in my blog. Blogging takes on a very politcal opinonated rule as a voice on the internet. I'm not saying that politicians will become bloggers but the intellectual, established and commited posters will have a say across the internet. When I post to my blog I think of who will read and yes of the money I will earn but also who will comment reply and maybe subscribe to my blog. When I e-mail and talk to people on the net I post my blog address as a profile for me. Not some shabby bebo page or msn profile that the most if us could write in about 10 minutes but a definite guide to me. A blog says much more about people than what one would think. Yes, post are of vast topics but the variety and orginality can always be linked back to the author and tells much more about an author that shabby profiles will never tell

Alan