[WikiEN-l] blogs vs websites - (was Bauer DRV question - history)

[Denny Colt]

On 3/27/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> And what makes blog entries less reliable than your average website.
> You're
> applying too much of a generalization.
> Newspapers are a good example. Generally reliable, but that doesn't mean
> they all are.
>
> Mgm



This might be my semi-newbieness asking  but could someone explain to me why
we even differentiate "blogs" at all? all a blog *is* is a private web
site/web space.

Whats different between:

1. dennycolt.blogspot.com
2. www.dennycolt.com, running with blog softwares...
3. www.dennycolt.com, with hand-edited pages

I don't understand why the ruckus about blogs specifically--shouldn't it be
"personal non-notable websites by non-notable people, if editors judge it to
be a crap website"? A 'blog' is just a site organized... with a certain
structure. Some news sites that are RS even run off blogging/blog style CMS
software... simply because they're good at organizing stuff.

Would a blog about NBC written by the CEO of NBC be bad? I am actively using
a blog on the [[RegisterFly]] article that is on blog.icann.org that is
written by the CEO of ICANN, Paul Twomy. It's written an in a personal tone
but it's a fine source for the ICANN/registerfly issue.

on the same token, a privately held website on flora of south america could
end up being a great, fantastic source on south american trees. or a
blogspot.com by Jerry Seinfeld on his about stand up comics. or a movable
type blog on emeril.com by emeril lagasse could be a good authority on cajun
cooking, and so on...

I am wondering why the 'blog' aspect itself has this dirty Scarlet Letter
connotation...

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- Denny