Comments on: Print Journalism and Blogging Together…At Last http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/02/07/print-journalism-and-blogging-gradually-merging-as-one/ As relevant as Eric Fischl. New York art news, reviews and gossip. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:25:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Art Fag City http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/02/07/print-journalism-and-blogging-gradually-merging-as-one/comment-page-1/#comment-25332 Art Fag City Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:52:27 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/02/07/print-journalism-and-blogging-gradually-merging-as-one/#comment-25332 Tom: LOL. Major media has already proven they mostly write junk and it's hard to imagine them getting a clue. It's more for those who decide to type in more general search terms -- even if smaller blogs have written about the stuff more knowledgeably, they get buried in a bunch of crap. Someone looking for Painter Perry House will always find you, but the chances of someone stumbling upon through a more general art related search are greatly reduced. Tom: LOL. Major media has already proven they mostly write junk and it’s hard to imagine them getting a clue. It’s more for those who decide to type in more general search terms — even if smaller blogs have written about the stuff more knowledgeably, they get buried in a bunch of crap. Someone looking for Painter Perry House will always find you, but the chances of someone stumbling upon through a more general art related search are greatly reduced.

]]> By: Eric http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/02/07/print-journalism-and-blogging-gradually-merging-as-one/comment-page-1/#comment-25326 Eric Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:44:57 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/02/07/print-journalism-and-blogging-gradually-merging-as-one/#comment-25326 I also worry about the Internet getting regulated and no longer being free. Right now my blog doesn’t cost me anything. They might start taxing the Internet and basic blogs may no longer be free. Also, like you mentioned, search engines might get more corporate, and it might become impossible to locate a personal (non-corporate) blog unless you know the specific URL (or fees might be charged in the future just to have a website appear in a search). There are bound to be major changes in store for the Internet, the way it works, the money streams generated, as more and more money is spent in cyberspace. Internet sales have grown exponentially. As daily life becomes more and more insular, we will become more and more dependent on the Internet. People exercise less, read less, go out into the community less. I think that the powers that be will put price tags on cyber-activities that were once free because they will have the power to do so, and people won’t have any other options. We are so habituated to these things that we won’t want to give them up. The process of insularization might speed up greatly due to environmental disasters, human generated damage to the ozone or air streams, etc. I will stop spinning this cheery web of conjecture. I also worry about the Internet getting regulated and no longer being free. Right now my blog doesn’t cost me anything. They might start taxing the Internet and basic blogs may no longer be free. Also, like you mentioned, search engines might get more corporate, and it might become impossible to locate a personal (non-corporate) blog unless you know the specific URL (or fees might be charged in the future just to have a website appear in a search). There are bound to be major changes in store for the Internet, the way it works, the money streams generated, as more and more money is spent in cyberspace. Internet sales have grown exponentially. As daily life becomes more and more insular, we will become more and more dependent on the Internet. People exercise less, read less, go out into the community less. I think that the powers that be will put price tags on cyber-activities that were once free because they will have the power to do so, and people won’t have any other options. We are so habituated to these things that we won’t want to give them up. The process of insularization might speed up greatly due to environmental disasters, human generated damage to the ozone or air streams, etc. I will stop spinning this cheery web of conjecture.

]]> By: tom moody http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/02/07/print-journalism-and-blogging-gradually-merging-as-one/comment-page-1/#comment-25320 tom moody Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:43:00 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/02/07/print-journalism-and-blogging-gradually-merging-as-one/#comment-25320 This is a legitimate concern but you have to have the confidence that even with all its fake blogs the major media will still write about junk. If you write about Britney Spears your blog posts will get pushed down below the results of the Time magazine blog, but if you write about something great you will own the field. Just as a test I Googled three creative types I wrote about recently. Painter Perry House is in the top 10 Google results for his name; artist Ludwig Schwarz is in the top 20; musician Artur Nowak the top 20. If Time writes about any of those great talented people I'm happy to have my results pushed down, because it means someone in "the system" got aboard the clue train. This is a legitimate concern but you have to have the confidence that even with all its fake blogs the major media will still write about junk.

If you write about Britney Spears your blog posts will get pushed down below the results of the Time magazine blog, but if you write about something great you will own the field.

Just as a test I Googled three creative types I wrote about recently. Painter Perry House is in the top 10 Google results for his name; artist Ludwig Schwarz is in the top 20; musician Artur Nowak the top 20.

If Time writes about any of those great talented people I’m happy to have my results pushed down, because it means someone in “the system” got aboard the clue train.

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