Comments on: Apples and Oranges – Why Blogs Haven’t Killed Websites

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:41:29 +0000

“But to say that blogs have taken over websites, or vice versa is simply splitting hairs. They both are websites, one is simply easier to update.”

I forgot something also, let’s not forget the social aspects are entirely two different ball-parks. One is incredibly easy to gain traffic through, while the other takes a bit more effort.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:38:45 +0000

I find overall Darren’s posts are very helpful and contain some great detail, although I’ve only been blogging a handful of months so far.

I think every blogger, regardless of size is going to vary the quality a bit, not on purpose perhaps, it just happens.

But to say that blogs have taken over websites, or vice versa is simply splitting hairs. They both are websites, one is simply easier to update.

Let’s now forget that active bloggers are sometimes very focused on blogging, blogging, blogging. This may contribute to some pro-blogging slanted posts perhaps. I mean “pro” there as in the antonym of “against”. Darn that domain name…

Personally I think they will ultimately form together, and we’ll see packages that built a website from purchased components. We already see this, but not at the quality or feature-set level that will make us say wow! It’s not there yet, but it will come soon I suspect.

By: Fantan

Fantan — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:18:37 +0000

I agree with Gerard! I’m also surprised Darren published that post, I used to have a lot of faith in his blog but it has been a slow downward ride the last months or so. This particular post with the list and all was a real low.

By: Gerard

Gerard — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:30:00 +0000

That list was just another example of lazy, uninspired ‘pro’ blogger writing. A blog is a website, just as forums, wikis, and the whole colourful range of content publishing platforms eventually end up as websites.

Defining the blogosphere as some kind of bubble on the Internet has led people to believe it exists independently of the web. It doesn’t. A website is a collection of HTML pages and graphics.

As you correctly point out Thord, cheaper and easier to use content management systems such as WordPress and Drupal are making it easy to put a site online and place it in the hands of the end user for maintenance and updates.

I’m a little bit surprised at Darren allowing this kind of post to go on ProBlogger because it undermines the real expertise that he and other established bloggers have worked hard to gain.

By: Vyoma

Vyoma — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:06:57 +0000

I fell asleep half way through that list – and right before that, though I did not think of apples or oranges, but it was actually a statement on web technology – wrapped around with the word blog, and presented, just because it is at ProBlogger.