Comments on: The truth about blogging

By: RB

RB — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:40:49 +0000

Ooop, sorry wrong link.

By: RB

RB — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:40:05 +0000

My blog is here: http://tinyurl.com/TWSTBLOG

By: Gary Grant

Gary Grant — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:50:46 +0000

Hey RB,

Sorry if you somehow got caught up in the spam collectors….

Our interaction between blogs is indeed the key to not only growing traffic but building credibility through crediting your sources.

By: RB

RB — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:29:11 +0000

Yup, so here is my comment without the link:

Don’t follow this whole thing? I have a small blog that nobody ever goes to about MINI Coopers. I have a lot of fellow MINI bloggers links on my site and they mine. I visit about 25 autoblogs a day in search of new stuff to talk about. I steal pics and add those bloggers thoughts to mine. I always credit those other blogs and link back to them.

I make no money from this as I have no connections within the auto industry. I wouldn’t mind making some bucks but for me it’s just fun and a way to get things off my chest. I enjoy all you fellow bloggers work and if I didn’t… I stop visiting. I used to go to TTAC daily but stopped going there about a year ago. I now remember why I stopped going there but it had nothing to do with this subject.

By: RB

RB — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:25:50 +0000

I left a comment here but I think you saw my link to my blog as spam? I removed that link with this post to see if it was that.

By: Porsche Cars, Products and LifeStyle

Porsche Cars, Products and LifeStyle — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:40:53 +0000

@Gary G,

Thanks. Coincidently, I received an email today from someone else mentioning Gary F. I will reach out and introduce myself.

John

By: Strada

Strada — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:31:44 +0000

Gary G,

The automotive blogosphere is full of pundits, opinions, comments on a daily and ongoing basis, and its been around for long enough now that most folks have a preference for certain blogs, and editorial content.

For the owners/contributors of these various blogs its a lot of work and if we agree or disagree with the editorial content. We have to give credit to the folks that keep their blogs up to date.

The quest to monetise blogs has been ongoing for a long time, with a few automotive blogs generating enough traffic to generate some sort of financial return. In the meantime the money does not pay for the time and effort that goes into keeping a blog compelling and current.

A while back we did a piece on blogging with our resident “The Colonel” which you might find interesting take a look http://stradaautostore.squarespace.com/dialogue2008/category/blogosphere

The automotive blogosphere is vast there is room for everybody its what makes it interesting, and entertaining.

By: Gary Grant

Gary Grant — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:35:16 +0000

Porsche, if you have a look around The Garage, Mr. F is one of the team here.

By: Porsche Cars, Products and LifeStyle

Porsche Cars, Products and LifeStyle — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:57:03 +0000

Gary Faules,

My post was meant for Gary Grant. I don’t believe you and I have met, virtually or otherwise.

Sorry for adding to the confusion.

By: Gary Faules

Gary Faules — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:26:16 +0000

I could care less what he Robert Farago writes but even from 50,000 feet surely you must be able to see the difference between being able to attract new viewers with quality/informative witting versus using a method of trash talk. Key point being “good content”. Porn sites have high traffic too and that does not make their content good.

Robert Farago’s skills (or lack of) seem to have been learned in chat rooms which makes sense since he often uses a method better known as “flaming”. The simple truth is, like any other flamer, these types of reactions are exactly what he lives and dies by.