When blogging started almost a decade ago, no one really perceived it as something ‘useful’. Since blogs are just diaries that convey confessions and love stories, a lot of people don’t pay too much attention to it. Fast forward, blogs now have become a source for useful informations, a must-read if you’re going to make a decision or going to do something. Because of its evolution, people are now putting a high expectations in it. If you started a blog the right way, then all of a sudden get stucked with stuffs and started posting those ‘oh so personal’ posts, then people would now call you and your blog OVERRATED. Nowadays, people always EXPECT something.
Over the years a lot of what used to be good blogs are getting started to be labeled as overrated blogs. Name it, techcrunch.com, time.com, icanhazcheeseburger and plenty more others… The criteria for them is simple for ruling out that a blog is overrated. If a blog is well-trafficked, has a ton of good press around the internet yet its not really showing up good content for what it gets, then it’s easy to label the blog as overrated. For example shoemoney.com is a famous blog for this niche. It gets a ton of comments per post, sold out ad spots and humongous rss list. But it hardly (varies for different type of people) gives out helpful tips that are related to internet marketing (maybe except now, because he started the x thing membership). Does that make it overrated? You judge!
I have a mixed take on these so-called overrated blogs and the whole concept of this overrated thing. After all they are only blogs. And blogs aren’t required at all to post useful/helpful content right? It’s also not their problem that they got famous for posting personal stuffs or pictures of cat.s After all it seems like blogging goes back to what it really is before content-wise. Just play w/the game of blogging… My piece of advice as always is that never ever claim to be an authority. Unless you can commit to it for life..
How bout you? What are the blogs that you think are overrated? You think yours is overrated? or mine? 😀
Alvin Phang although his a good blogger, sometime he just post something that doesn’t concern “Make Money Blogging stuff” and his post today was worst, “cheese Cake”… Oh well…
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Overrated Blog. Hmm……. You right people are expecting something much more from blogs.
I believe blogging should be fun. I really cannot say if my blog is overrated or not.
About your blog, I do not know what others think about it but I love your blogging style and your passion towards it.
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I don’t want to go out there and claim a certain blog overrated and a certain blog not as everyone has their own reasons for visiting a blog. I don’t visit Shoemoney hoping to see a tip or two. I go there to see what Shoe is up to lately and some industry updates I might have missed.
Blogs I rate overrated would be those that try to give something from its niche, but it fails miserably, yet its popularity is in the sky. Example? None that I can think of off the top of my head as I feel it not even worth remembering if it is that overrated. 😉
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Cheese cake?
LOL
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I agree with Static about blogs that are overrated or those trying to give something but can’t and are too popular.
I don’t know though. Overrated is basically just saying that a blog is too popular and too many people like it. Not really posting non-useful stuff.
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there are i think lots of overrated blogs. those who gets lots of buzz and publicity but who are not really offering the real contents and inputs that their readers really need.
you got it right! perez is one of the most overrated blogs.
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problogger.net he kind of bugs me! Another blog overrated and full of non sense topics! How to be a better blogger topics are over rated!
I seen a few good articles but that;’s about it.
Besides that I really don’t know!
Yes many blogs are overrated, they put out great content at first but then are just interested in becoming more popular and making more money, and some are sucked in to that and don’t have good posts. Some bloggers manage that though which is good so people still have good content from them.
Also, nice new logo Melvin. I have not visited the blog in a while so it is new to me.
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LOL, that’s an awful one…
i didnt mention perez! 😀
i actually think it the other way… darren is a successful blogger and i think whatever he creates could easily be a hit…
Yeah this is why I said King of! He’s starting to grow on me more and more it’s funny! I think ti’s his dedication that impresses me!
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Its a awesome post I found here. very impressive.
I don’t know if ‘overrated’ is the right term. Most blogs just go off track when they start to realize about more underground secret stuffs. Like make money online for one. Well, who can’t blame them? Once or twice we do go under the spell of MMO.
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“Fast forward, blogs now have become a source for useful informations, (sic) a must-read if you’re going to make a decision or going to do something.”
Haha! I think the vast, vast majority of people are hardly going to turn to blogs as their first source of information, (with the possibly exception of how to write blogs) and they’d be pretty stupid if they did.
The most I can really expect from a blog is for it to be interesting, and the vast majority of those fail in this criteria, though the reasons aren’t just because they’re badly written.
For news I read news sites and so on.
Blogs as a first choice? Hardly.
One blog that comes to mind is JohnCow.comHis blog is somewhat boring to me but others find it interesting. I find that he made a name for him sometime ago and is still riding the gravy train so to speak.
My blog is about blog news, tips and tricks, but also about personal events and experiences. I blog about what I find funny and whats important to me. I do as most other bloggers, I guess we all have our own way and style and goals for our blogs.
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