Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Anyone who’s even remotely into computers know what a blog is. Blogs, more often than not, serve as an avenue for pompous windbags and frustrated journalists(henceforth referred to as “bloggers” ) to whine about things they are unhappy about; express the most trivial of things in a grandiose, aggrandized, philosophical manner; engage in a rabid commentary on the hottest political issues, and much more. “Bloggers” range from suicidal goth/emo kids with serious attention deficit (SG/EWSAD) to Borderline Retards with Internet Access, A Colostomy Bag, And Lots of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Tablets (BRWIAACBALOLADT’s).
Join me today as I exhibit keen insight, offer profound commentary and sink my awesome talons of truth on this new wrinkle on the internet people like to call blogging.
For one to fully understand the blogosphere, one must first get aquainted with its denizens. On that note, allow me, Spoony iuv—err Mike, to introduce to you the many characters who inhabit this burgeoning subculture.
The Newbie Link Whore
Hi sirs! You write really well! Exchange links?
Link whores are usually newbie bloggers who are desperate for attention. You’d be surprised at what Link Whores are willing to do in order for their abominable blogspot or livejournal blogs to get noticed by the more established bloggers in hopes of getting traffic. Although the Link Whore’s methodology varies, these are the tactics they commonly employ:
- Posting extraneously asinine comments. (like commenting “I couldn’t agree with you more. If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. I wrote a post related to this on my blog at http://crappyblog.blogspot.com! Please link it! or else!” to a post about parenting.)
- Posting a lengthy post on his/her own blog about an established blogger with the sole purpose of flattering him/her into giving him/her some link love. Guy Kawasaki writes about this in detail here.
Make no mistake people, these bloggers will go to great lengths to get traffic for their crappy blogs. The Newbie Linkwhores often fail miserably though because their content consist primarily of posts about their first menstruation, their first kiss and other awfully boring stuff; things which any self respecting blogger will never link to unless each clickthrough guarantees a mind-blowing orgasm.
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