Comments on: Are blogs breaking the internet? Some thoughts. http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/blogging/are-blogs-breaking-the-internet-some-thoughts Frank Prendergast's web design thoughts, comments and tips. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:02:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Prototype of a Person » Blog Archive » Blog Navigation Survey Results http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/blogging/are-blogs-breaking-the-internet-some-thoughts/comment-page-1#comment-1952 Prototype of a Person » Blog Archive » Blog Navigation Survey Results Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:33:33 +0000 http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/?p=75#comment-1952 [...] what you’re looking for and makes the reader task orientated (leading to high bounce rates) as Frank pointed out in his blog post: Frank said: If your blog does not lead users to further information they are interested in, they [...] [...] what you’re looking for and makes the reader task orientated (leading to high bounce rates) as Frank pointed out in his blog post: Frank said: If your blog does not lead users to further information they are interested in, they [...]

]]> By: Seth Stacey http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/blogging/are-blogs-breaking-the-internet-some-thoughts/comment-page-1#comment-1834 Seth Stacey Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:38:00 +0000 http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/?p=75#comment-1834 I don't know if I've seen many blogs that are hard to navigate, except when the authors stink at using page titles (happens occasionally). One interesting study I saw (forgot where, should be easy enough to find) outlined just how many blogs are really just spamming search results. At one point it was around 20% of all blogs on wordpress were simply spam blogs (I'm sure that has gotten better, but still). I don’t know if I’ve seen many blogs that are hard to navigate, except when the authors stink at using page titles (happens occasionally).

One interesting study I saw (forgot where, should be easy enough to find) outlined just how many blogs are really just spamming search results. At one point it was around 20% of all blogs on wordpress were simply spam blogs (I’m sure that has gotten better, but still).

]]> By: Frank Prendergast http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/blogging/are-blogs-breaking-the-internet-some-thoughts/comment-page-1#comment-1807 Frank Prendergast Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:11:18 +0000 http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/?p=75#comment-1807 Hey John, thanks for commenting! Sure, as I said to Sinéad I found myself wanting to answer 'it depends' a lot, which is why I ended up writing this post :) Agreed on formatting, some people don't make the distinction between writing for the web and writing for print I think. For bettter or worse our attention span on the internet is shorter and demands an mtv approach to formatting: short bite sized elements! :) Hey Bernie - have you done any analysis on whether your blog *is* being navigated though? Not inferring it's hard to navigate, just making the distinction between what people say and what they do... Hey John, thanks for commenting! Sure, as I said to Sinéad I found myself wanting to answer ‘it depends’ a lot, which is why I ended up writing this post :)

Agreed on formatting, some people don’t make the distinction between writing for the web and writing for print I think. For bettter or worse our attention span on the internet is shorter and demands an mtv approach to formatting: short bite sized elements! :)

Hey Bernie – have you done any analysis on whether your blog *is* being navigated though?

Not inferring it’s hard to navigate, just making the distinction between what people say and what they do…

]]> By: Bernie Goldbach http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/blogging/are-blogs-breaking-the-internet-some-thoughts/comment-page-1#comment-1806 Bernie Goldbach Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:51:08 +0000 http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/?p=75#comment-1806 In the 7 years I've been blogging, no one has said my blog is hard to navigate. Although I know my commentary is often obtuse. In the 7 years I’ve been blogging, no one has said my blog is hard to navigate. Although I know my commentary is often obtuse.

]]> By: John Braine http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/blogging/are-blogs-breaking-the-internet-some-thoughts/comment-page-1#comment-1805 John Braine Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:48:56 +0000 http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/?p=75#comment-1805 I filled it out yesterday but had to leave the first one blank. "how easy do you think navigating a blog is?" I know what she's getting at but its *almost* like asking how easy is it to navigate a website. Blog navigation varies greatly. Pretty much agree with you on msot stuff but on question5, I put a bit more importance on visual content in that I have unsubscribed from people who don't use paragraphs! I can't read one big ugly splurge. Some good formatting helps too, without going over the top. I filled it out yesterday but had to leave the first one blank. “how easy do you think navigating a blog is?” I know what she’s getting at but its *almost* like asking how easy is it to navigate a website. Blog navigation varies greatly.

Pretty much agree with you on msot stuff but on question5, I put a bit more importance on visual content in that I have unsubscribed from people who don’t use paragraphs! I can’t read one big ugly splurge. Some good formatting helps too, without going over the top.

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