When Is A Blog No Longer A Blog?

I think it is a blog when it is personally written

I do agree that a blog is no longer a blog when the owner gives up on it..

A blog is no longer a blog when the posts are not dated.

This article has brought up some good points. In my opinion, a blog is a blog as long as it is updated with fresh content...

A blog is a blog when you can feel the personal touch of the owner.

If it becomes just a news holder to me is not a blog any longer.

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A blog is a blog for as long as it's active. It doesnt matter if its a one-man operation or if it's multiple people and guest bloggers. Being a 'media company', does seem to meld well with being a blogger because you do have an audience, and in some ways you are almost like an MC, the Host with the Most, your blog is your microphone, the internet is your studio and audience. Audiences and media/marketing go together like peanut butter and jelly. If you hav eone, its almost required that you have the other.

A similar question would be 'when does The Tonight Show stop being a tv show and turn into a marketing vehicle?'. It stops being The Tonight Show when people stop watching and it goes off the air.

I agree. Though I think having a company of people researching and writing a blog does sway away from the meaning of a blog it is still a blog. The personal connection is lost though this way. Not the type of blog I like to read.

If someone is writing a "blog" because someone is paying them a salary to do so and they wouldn't do it otherwise it isn't much of a blog. The personal aspect is key I think or it isn't very bloglike. Some of the blogs which are driven primarily by trying to get ad dollars rather than express the thoughts of the author aren't very bloglike either....

Blogs have evolved so much in the past couple years its really hard to say what is and what isn't one. I see good points from both sides though

Yes John, i totally agree with you. Frankly i was shocked that you're NOT in the list, instead some unfamiliar faces.

There are blogs, with more than one author so a blog can have more than one author but hasn't got to!

i agree with you Michael Fultz..

If blog never updated..that blog is dead!

I would say that a blog would have to be updated regularly to be a true blog, otherwise, it is just a static website..

a blog is not a blog when the bloggers turn most of the post into news and which are not entirely fit his own categories. I guess... :???:

a blog is not a blog when its owner gives up on it. Even if there is a add comment in the blog nobody would click on it because nobody accually visits the blog.

I remember someone recently just wrote in their post that a blog is no longer a blog when the commenting is turned off. I think many people could accept that as a "no longer a blog" turning point.

Conclusion:
1)a blog is no longer a blog when it becomes stale
and never updates
2)A blog formed by entries that are chronological in date and time and includes interaction with the readers.
3)a blog is no longer a blog as and when the author(s) do not have any personal connection with their readers.
4)a blog is not longer a blog when it is dead. No more contents are updated.
5)blog shouldn't be defined by how much money the blogger earns

I think a blog is formed by entries that are chronological in date and time and includes interaction with the readers. Otherwise it's a website.

Everyone has seen websites that have an accompanying blog. What's the difference between the two? The website might have daily updates but they are informational and no discussion is required. Often websites will have a contact page to encourage people to contact them through private means such as a form or email.
The blog can also be informational but it invites public input from the readers.

A blog that makes a lot of money or no money is still a blog. If there is one person or 100 people adding content to the blog, it is still a blog.

That's my .02 and I'm sticking to it! ;)

I think it makes sense to say that a blog is no longer a blog as and when the author(s) do not have any personal connection with their readers.

Btw John - Are you a fan of the Harry Potter books? I just covered a post on 5 Secrets that Harry Potter Can Teach Us About Blogging over at http://www.dailymoolah.com/2007/07/21/5-secrets-ha...

Check it out if you can and let me know what you think :)

Cheers - Dev

Is a blog still a blog if users can't post comments? If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Yes to both.

I think a blog (or a website) is not longer a blog (or a website) when it is dead. No more contents are updated.

We should have an open mind to accept every new things come along...No such laws to say a blog must have how many people to be employed, how much money it must make...etc.

Who knows what is the next hot item after "Blog"?:grin:

I agree with Alex Ion. And, to add, dating sites are not blogs. Nor are sites whose only purpose is to sell merchandise or services. I'm not saying that a blog should only be a diary, but to have no opinions or interactions with anyone is contrary to the entire concept of what is a "web log." Fact is, with so many "blogs" out there, we, the readers, can find plenty that truly are blogs. And those are the ones I read. If I want to visit a commercial site, I'll go to amazon or homedepot or sears.

Well, okay. So I don't really go to sears.

Hi I do agree 100 % comments is blogging.
Have a good day.
Justin

I think a blog is no longer a blog when the blogger gets out of touch. For example even though John is ranked 2477 on alexa and top 100 on technorati ... he is still involved in conversations and comments on his blog. When you lose that touch with your visitors, your not a blog anymore.

Darin

Bloggers tend to blog about everything and not solely on their niche topics. But when the blogs stop posting new post and stop the comment function, it will eventually dies.

Once you start hiring CEOs you stop being a blog and become a media company.

You can be a part time blogger even if you took 5 minutes to preload wordpress with 30 plr articles and hit the submit button to make it load articles ..ehmm posts each and every day...During that small timespan you updated your blog and you were a blogger at that moment.

And even a blog that wasn't updated for a while is still...a blog. Maybe in need of a bit attention but it doesn't change it's appearence.

To me a definition of a blog...if it looks, smells and feels like a blog it must be a blog

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thank you.

Correct but like me for my community I still consider myself a blogger since my writers are unpaid and do it whenever they have time to offer their expertise on subjects.. sort of like guest blogging. and i make a fairly decent income on it. Not enough to live on it only where I live now but when I move heck yeah.

The company that I recently worked for was the same way. They wanted blogs, but no comments. Being that they are a newspaper/media company that means they just have a bunch of columns and editorials.

Their view was that they would moderate the comments and once a week or so allow the 'best' ones, much like letters to the editor.

They were also afraid of liabilities by people's comments, but it turns out there is a federal law (in the U.S.) that prevents those who publish such content from being liable.

It takes a while for old school media to get it I suppose.

A blog is a web site which has posts in chronological order and usually allows readers to interact with it by writing comments. There can be one user posting and maintaining posts or multiple users from a large corporation.

It has nothing to do with the number of posts or their frequency, the number of users, or even its theme or lack of one.

A blog is any web log software. That's all.

A blog is no longer a blog when it loses that community feel. Technically it might still function as a blog, but when it become nothing more than a fancy information portal for a larger site it is not a blog.

That being said a "blog" can be run by one person and not be a blog, or it can be run by 100 and be a blog. It's all about the presentation more than about the budget spent on presenting things.

It is too difficult and nearly impossible to classify anymore. I think you just have to look at it on a case by case basis.

The convergence of content management systems and blogging has begun... I think we'll be having this discussion a lot more until it disappears altogether.

i agree with Markus and i don't know what a blog have to do with a dating site :shock:

I think the fundamental thing that makes a blog a blog is that posts are regular and the format is informal. Blogging in and of itself is akin to writing in a journal.

A blog is a web platform for communication, not a type of individual. Sounds to me like Markus doesn't know what he is talking about or is the jealous one. So if you start a blog making $0 and eventually make tons of cash with it and hire writers etc, then that same blog is no longer a blog, and you aren't a blogger? Doesn't make sense. A blogger is someone who writes on a blog.

Marcus' opinion is exactly like music fans who stop finding a band cool/good once they become successful because they supposedly "sold out".