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Why did you start your blog ?

Posted by Englishtillidie • 3/08/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic

What was your reason for starting the blog ? My reasons may well be selfish and just thought if I was the only one like that or if others were similar. I have been on the internet for around 5 years now. Having been to message boards had my fallings out and rants, but made friends in equal measures to enemies..

First I went and got a proboard which is a template for a message board but after a year discovered it was great to have the power of admin and you cant be banned from your own board,,, but at times it was like being a teacher in a class of unruley children and so i gave that up.

And I had a break and then came to the blog world and I have found it great but selfish... I see it like this .. primarily all my posts are top... and you make money from adverts... Is this somewhat of a selfish attitude or have others gone down this path..

englishtillidie.blogspot.com/

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3/08/08

boazstuff

I blog when people around me stop blogging. Don't ask me why but i started blogging mainly for additional source of income. Then, i began to get addicted to posting daily. Now, it helps me to relieve stress from work. So, why not?

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  Englishtillidie
  
  Must admit I have found it quite addictive... especially the statistical side of things...
3/08/08

acousticguitarist

drnerdy.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/hello-world/

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3/08/08

Hawaiibadboy

No one else was blogging about teaching kids in Japan.
Not that I saw anyway?

www.waikiki2yanai.blogspot.com

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3/08/08

DrowseyMonkey

I started blogging out of curiosity, I kept hearing about blogs etc., so I thought I'd check it out.

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3/08/08

MadameX

Oh, man, I have no idea. I started my first blog, Rockstories, about five years ago, because I had a website at the time and one of the big SEO "tips" back then was to start a blog on a free host as a source of inbound outside links.

I started my Catholic blog because I was writing many of the things that now appear on it in notebooks and it seemed to make sense to do something else with them.

I honestly have no recollection of why I started my dog blog, especially since the header description actually says "I'm not a dog lover"

I started What's Wrong Around Us? as an experiment, to try out something I wanted to use at work but my employers were skeptical about (it worked)

I started SEQP just because I was so entertained by my search traffic that I wanted to share.

And I started Tiffany Talks so that I'd stop posting personal crap on RockStories, which was supposed to be a writing blog.

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3/08/08

app2usadvisor

There were not many good sources of information about the complex process of Applying to US Universities, specially for non US persons. So I started my blog www.app2us.com/blog/

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3/08/08

eddyprasetyo

i can't remember it... pls ur visiting my first posting eddyprasetyo-pwr.blogspot.com

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3/08/08

MamaFloSATX

I started blogging (I'm new to this) because I always have a great deal to contribute to a discussion and now I find I have very little to say (go figure). I do have opinions but I think I just haven't found my groove yet.

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3/08/08

tigertwo

I started because I love to write, and writing about the things I really enjoy is even better.

I find myself composing blog posts in my head when I am away from the computer and I can't wait to sit down at the relevant blog and get it down. Question is, how many blogs can you successfully run at the same time? I have three (although one is for work) with another work one planned in the next few weeks and at least 5 other ideas for personal blogs.

Must stop...!

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3/08/08

snnygrover

fridayflick.blogspot.com/
plz visit ppl

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3/08/08

BlogBadly

I'll have to admit it was money. Just money.

But it was a lot more enjoyable than I thought it would be, and that's why I'm still doing it.

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3/08/08

CleverElsie

I started Singletude to reach out to the new single majority in the U.S. and provide an alternative to more of the same claptrap directed at singles, which usually amounts to "how to catch a girl/guy." While many singles are looking, we have more going on in our lives than just dating, and I wanted to start a blog that would reflect that.

singletude.blogspot.com

Singletude: A Positive Blog for Singles

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3/08/08

Kiwipulse

I blog because I surf a lot on the web, I just wanted to share my discovery with other bloggers

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3/08/08

jackpayne

I started mine to fill a void. Nobody was writing about con artists. And, like fleas on a plagued dog, they are all around us, robbing us blind, every hour of every day. I've felt that everybody should know, be aware, be in a position to protect themselves: their identities, incomes, assets, estates, inheritances.

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11/29/08

themespreview

I started mine because I want to promote Wordpress themes and hopefully the people who use my themes will drive more traffic to my sites at www.themespreview.com

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11/29/08

dratiffarid

To spread awareness about various health issues in the community.

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11/29/08

tunyalit

I want to share my journal about business idea.
www.asireport.blogspot.com

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11/29/08

roentarre

To start showing off my photos!

www.roentarre.com/Blog.aspx?id=4
www.themesoftime.com/Category.aspx
www.50mmphotos.com
www.facadephotos.com
www.olympus150mmf2.com
www.pentaxsalon.com

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11/29/08

phantomcs89

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