Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Blogging From A Commercial Perspective

By Yonas K


Web logs, or blogs as they are better known, have taken the internet by storm. Surprisingly, they have achieved popularity and gained momentum thanks to its inherent dynamism that has catapulted it into a position in the online arena. Blogs at the outset were in the doomed list with most online guru's under-rating it as a superfluous option but all those prophecies turned out obsolete as blogs slowly yet spontaneously began their way up to online hierarchy. As in any new development, no matter online or offline, blogs also became victim to their own popularity, being labeled as a place where teens communicate nonsense. The predominance of young users did to some extent compromise the dynamic application of blogs, but thanks to a wave of new generation sites like zatsit.com, that has true potential to unravel the robust and powerful applications of this remarkable new online phenomena.

Blogs were originally thought of as online extensions of human expression and it unfortunately turned out as a medium for expression of all that was gist-less, silly and obscene. People, it seems, were carried away by the bad publicity and nonsense content that plagued the blogs from getting the serious kind of users who had more substance to discuss and express than romance, racism and rubbish remarks on anything and everything. Dominant players in the blog arena also went with the tide as they received a large number of hits, and by virtue, a stream of ad money which they otherwise could only dream about. This strategy from a long term point of view, however, revealed some inherent fundamental flaws. First, in due course of time , as the number of users increase, targeted traffic will descend, directly resulting in advertisers being less and less interested with not wanting to invest in an awful situation. Secondly, allowing uncensored, useless, biased and nonsense content will ultimately backfire and if things go as present, the service providers are most likely to be in the wrong end of lawsuits, copy right infringements and intellectual property violation.

A new generation of sites is needed , where blogging is the same minus all the nonsense and irrelevant content. The key to a good, contextually relevant and serious online following as it turns out is categorized blogging where each and every one knows where he is and who all are around him safe guard the sober spirit of online expression. Areas like art, architecture and self-help, largely ignored by others have found justice with these new generation site like zatsit.com, where bloggers are given a fair share of its resources and bandwidth.

It is indeed unique that the same peculiar and strange relationship between art and architecture, serves as a passion that transcends beyond geography, language and ideology have been grossly neglected by the dominant players in the blog arena. Art and architecture, which happen to be one of the everlasting passions of man kind, are worth the time effort and bandwidth it consumes. Moreover, these subjects are hotbeds of dynamic and diversified ideas from a host of like minded individuals who are passionate and serious about their corresponding areas of interest. For example, if you are an artist who just cannot afford the financial implications of going global to monetize your works then, a place at these sites like zatsit.com where people of different places and color is where you should look for expanding and diversifying your artistic exposure. You can share your ideas, debate, discuss and deliberate on issues of outstanding interest and witness what's going on in your area of interest and all this for nothing. If you wish, you may show case your products like your painting works or your services then and can also take note of the specialized services these sites offer for a premium which will enable you to highlight the various offerings from your part.

You need not bother about hosting or search engine optimization with these sites making sure the pages are well presented and reached. Given the fact that these sites are a specialized hang out for specific people , what you get will be a considerable amount of relevant traffic to your pages. Remember when it comes to monetizing your online presence or exposure or if you just want to have more contacts and like minded people, then quality rather than quantity is imperative. So just give these sites a try. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.


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