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   5/07/07

   kiltak

   I have never participated in those memes, and I don't think my readers would appreciate if I did. I don't think memes have their place on blogs that have an audience composted of professionals.. (whatever they work in))

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      5/07/07

      kiltak

      Composted.. rofl sorry about that, I meant "composed"
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   5/07/07

   NicholasK

   Kiltak, very excellent point. In a professional blog, I have rarely seen a professional blogger join in. But there are some instances in which you may join if it is related and if it is well structured and conducted. I chose to do the "5 things you didn't know about me" since it was early on in the blog and I wanted the readers to know something about me...

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   5/07/07

   jungl

   Please enlighten me, what is memes?

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   5/07/07

   NicholasK

   Something that gains in popularity and spreads. It can be an idea, tune, joke, poem, rhyme, etc.
   
   Blog memes aren't usually under the exact definition of a meme since it is usually artificially built up in most cases. These days, blog memes are usually those that tend to be sort of like a virtual tag of sort...
   
   But other technology examples could be the youtube video of those guys dancing on treadmills... that gained a huge following and spread like wildfire..

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   5/07/07

   sexyinred

   I think it might be useful to join memes if your blog is new (to gain more exposure and linkbacks) and well the blog should not be dealing on subject like SEO and the like..serious niche...{like what Kiltak said).
   
   It's the thing more for personal blogs...but I did join for the sake of variety of subject in my blog like Wordless Wednesday or Click and Comment Monday.
   
   Yeah I think that's what memems for anyway...for bloggers to socialize and meet up every week according to what memes you choose to join.

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   5/07/07

   NicholasK

   sexyinred, excellent point. The Wordless Wednesday one is also very nice. For those who don't know what that is, you can go click on the following link to take you there...
   
   wordlesswednesday.com/

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   5/08/07

   marjie

   you know what...I actually haven't been hit by the technorati train. how do you go around doing that? it's kinda sad coz I do have a technorati account, but I don't have the traffic I need. any ideas?

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      5/08/07

      marjie

      btw...I forgot to answer your question. I've joined 2 memes, which means I've been hit twice. One was about music (polypocket.blogspot.com/2007/04/music-in-me.html), and the other one is about goals (polypocket.blogspot.com/2007/04/on-goaling-forward-tagging-game.html) kinda fun really!
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   5/08/07

   jphillips

   well i joined a couple of memes, like the "why do you blog" one, and recently the "5 blogs you'd read" meme, and the "ultimate guide to productivity" meme, and a couple of others, i especially like "group writing prjects" since it's easy to make things relevant and keep things on topic. I try to make sure not annoy my readers (hope i'm doing things right hehe)

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   5/08/07

   NicholasK

   Marjie, the Technorati Train can be found here: www.doshdosh.com/blog-website-promotion/technorati-favorites-exchange/
   
   Jonathan, I don't know about the others, but I certainly haven't been annoyed. hehe. Just keep up the great writing is all I ask =)

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10. 

    5/09/07

    PrettyLady

    I take part in Funny Monday, photo hunters, Wordless Wednesday, Thursday Thirteen and Friday Feast.

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11. 

    5/10/07

    ThriftShopRomantic

    I joined in the "7 weird things you didn't know about me" as a way of showing camaraderie with the two people who managed to simultaneously tag me. I did it as an addendum to my regular blog piece, so it didn't take away from that. I think occasional participation in something like that can build rapport.

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12. 

    5/10/07

    NicholasK

    PrettyLady, now that's what I call meme-tastic. That's a lot of participation for you... Friday Feast, now that's something new..
    
    ThriftShopRomantic, you're right, some of these memes are alright because it does give your readers a little more information about yourself..

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13. 

    5/10/07

    villageofmany

    Every time I find a meme and do one week of it, it seems the meme dies out and never has new ones posted again bleh.

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14. 

    5/10/07

    PrettyLady

    I enjoyed them, but I'm not sure if I'll continue all of them.

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15. 

    6/21/08

    lvs

    whats a meme?

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