Wriging Thread: Blogging in the UK still yet to take off?

Blogging in the UK still yet to take off?

Bartoneus — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:16:42

but I'm interested in those who blog professionally.

In soviet Russia, profession blogs you!

Blogging in the UK still yet to take off?

seopher — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:28:15

I recently stumbled across a US net-business blog that had such a targetted community he only had 12,000 uniques a month but had over 2,000 RSS feed subscribers.

It's hard to say where and when the tipping point would come for a site like that. The content was excellent and the community thriving, but statistically quite poor.

Blogging in the UK still yet to take off?

CK — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:15:17

I'm intrigued to find out what the 'tipping point' is behind some blogs that sends their popularity through the roof.

I would imagine that some of this is down to good quality writing, but I find myself coming across blogs quite by chance that are eloquent yet totally devoid of comments. As a result much attention must also be focussed toward marketing: but where, and how? Places like Digg are all well and good, but they contain such a glut of information, much of it identical, that it is hard for deserving newcomers to reach the heady climbs of blogging popularity.

Perhaps then the writers must attempt to access some kind of niche readership, yet a niche is so often small and esoteric, and by extension limited.

Blogging in the UK still yet to take off?

NoelKingsley — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:53:36

I find the most interesting and appealing blogs are from those people who are passionate about something, who have an indepth knowledge on a topic and who share openly with others.

Blogging in the UK still yet to take off?

Andrew — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:16:47

Seopher, there are actually quite a lot of top level Brit blogs and blogging/tech/new media events. As usual, they tend to swarm around London but if you search you will find.

Now I'm not a Scoble fan by any means, I find him far too arrogant for my liking, but the guy he's 'interviewing', Mike Butcher is the editor of TechCrunch Uk and he 's pretty keyed in to what's happening in the UK and beyond.

Blogging in the UK still yet to take off?

cooper — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:47:23

I guess it's a matter of the type of blogs you are looking for.

I read a beautiful revolution, a great little blog. He's doing some work for the bbc now I think. I
bowblog
Strange Attractor
underground tube diary
Random Acts of Reality

Plastic bag dot org

Blogging in the UK still yet to take off?

karmatosed — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:22:32

*cough* ;) Plenty of blogs in the UK ;) I actually have quite a few clients now from the Uk and for about 2 years most sites I've worked on that are UK based have had a blog. Yes, it may be a bit 'slower' but blogging is alive in the UK. From sheer numbers the UK will always have less blogs - 10% of UK != 10% of the US. In my field of design there are many noteable blogs from Fadtastic, Jon Hicks through to Mark Boulton and Jeremy Keith.

Blogging in the UK still yet to take off?

seopher — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:21:08

Yeah I already read Bright Meadow from time to time. I'm being rather vague and all over the place with my thoughts this evening so I'm sorry.

Blogging in the UK still yet to take off?

Josh — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:06:10

but I'm interested in those who blog professionally.

Then I can't help you.

Kami didn't say anything about techy blogs. He said blogs from the UK. :) Two of the UK blogs that I read are about what Kami said: life. Bright Meadow and Informationally Overloaded.

But, those probably aren't what you're after.

Blogging in the UK still yet to take off?

seopher — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:59:09

Maybe I'm just missing a bundle of techy blogs from the UK. Care to point me in the direction of a few? :)

Blogging in the UK still yet to take off?

Kamigoroshi — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:54:54

Nothing wrong with not blogging for money. In fact, if that's really true, I am so loving people in the UK. Given the amount of blogs so focused specifically on money rather than life itself, it's taken the passion out of blogging.

I read a fair bit of UK blogs too. I can say from my perspective that blogging is as part of UK as it is the rest of the tech driven world.

Blogging in the UK still yet to take off?

seopher — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:41:29

I'm talking about instantly recognisable bloggers from the UK. Maybe I've just not found the right blogs yet but every blog I visit on a regular basis is US based.

Maybe I should rephrase my statement/question. I appreciate a lot of people blog in the UK, but I'm interested in those who blog professionally.

Blogging in the UK still yet to take off?

Josh — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:22:52

I read a fair share of blogs written by people from the UK. Just because there aren't a large number of UK bloggers clamoring to make money from the activity does not mean it hasn't "taken off."

Sure people write in their livejournal accounts but no one really takes it to Problogger levels.

And? Is there a problem with this? Is blogging not blogging unless you're trying to make money from it, gain something from it?

What exactly is "Problogger levels"? Posting numerous times a day? Monetizing?

Blogging in the UK still yet to take off?

seopher — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:09:12

No one in this country seems to do it. Sure people write in their livejournal accounts but no one really takes it to Problogger levels.

There aren't really any blogging/affiliate conferences in this country. Has anyone else noticed this?