Thursday, February 10  

The Meaning Of Blogging....And Don't Forget To Say "I Love You"

The Meaning Of Blogging....And Don't Forget To Say "I Love You"

I've had my blog going since March 2003 after thinking that blogs would be useful for providing tidbits of easy content for readers - and thus encourage repeat visitors - as well as aid search engine rankings.

The popularity of blogs has been nothing short of astounding and we've seen a recent wave of activity. One part that is causing some problems is issues of slander, copyright infringement and the like.

A guy called Mark Jen recently got fired from Google after posting some pretty indiscreet information on his blog. He got a job at Google and then started his blog the 1st day of his employment and had a moan about how tough it all was.

Bloggers Are Publishers

It really demonstrated to me that people with blogs are now publishers. And that makes them accountable for what they write. If they're slanderous about someone there will be legal ramifications.

If they are indiscreet with the information they disclose about their employer they can expect to be fired.

If you're going to write you need to be aware of the legal position on all of these things, along with needing a 'nose' for what offends people (Yep, guilty am I on occasion.).

"I Love You"

And on a completely seperate note............

Don't forget to send out Valentine's Day cards tomorrow (Friday) letting your clients know you appreciate them. They'll love you for it.

Cheers

Brendon