Comments on: Are Big Blog Networks slowing down?

By: Is problogging in recession? | YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:11:21 +0000

[...] 3 months after we saw big blog networks re-balancing their budgets, there’s another one that’s just finished brewing headed by Gawker Media’s [...]

By: noel

noel — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:42:23 +0000

It’s all about income from blogs should be greater than expenses for running those blogs. If income is less than the expenses, then definitely it cannot be sustained. As a business, each blog has to earn or at least break even.

A lot of factors come into play. One perhaps is the slowing economy as per animohosting. I suspect whenever companies slow down, advertising and marketing budgets are greatly reduced to keep expenses to a minimum. Without advertising, some blogs are going to be affected.

I don’t think the blogging business model is failing. But definitely there is going to be some adjustments to be made.

By: 10 Secrets to Blog Network Success

10 Secrets to Blog Network Success — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:15:30 +0000

[...] gnashing of teeth around whether blog networks will survive or not (see here, here, here and [...]

By: JC John SESE Cuneta

JC John SESE Cuneta — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:30:08 +0000

Blogs and bloggers have become nothing but a PR tool. It is far from the original “blog/blogging/blogger” when it started years ago.

Already expected such closures, I’m not surprised. I have blogs that I follow, subscribed, and reading, who themselves are PR tools only, so why go to other blogs who offer the same thing – being a PR tool?

Secondly, advertising-wise… XML Feed ftw. 0 ads.

Truth hurts.

By: Easton Ellsworth

Easton Ellsworth — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:45:47 +0000

Abe, thanks for posting this. I think more than anything it may be that it’s difficult for a lot of blog networks to build enough traffic and authority to make advertising dollars really flow their way. I’ve been a full-time editor at Know More Media since it launched in 2005, and I know what it’s like to struggle to find advertisers. I’m pretty sure our business model has been sound. We just haven’t generated the amount of revenue that we had hoped.

I hope everything works out to the benefit of bloggers who work hard, whether for networks or not.

By: Animohosting.com

Animohosting.com — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:01:10 +0000

It is because of the slowing economy in the US. A lot of my foreign clients are complaining about their economy. All businesses are affected and most likely even the blog biz industry.

By: BrianB

BrianB — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:29:46 +0000

Sorry for posting another comment, but Lifehacker, though less entertaining, is a much more useful site than all other tech blogs put together… to regular people, I mean.

By: BrianB

BrianB — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:27:36 +0000

And didn’t I tell everybody blogs don’t sell?

By: BrianB

BrianB — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:25:34 +0000

Go to the advertising networks like Federated Media and that network engadget and gizmodo use (forget what it’s called, adblogs something). That’s the best way to gauge the industry.