BLOGS

Blogs have been on my mind lately. I'd like to share some of my thoughts about them with you.

To name a sampling, blogs can be informative, promotional, emotional, historical, just about anything you want them to be. They're a great way of getting yourself known, especially if you have a blog through blogger.com, which is owned by Google. I don't know about you, but I Google my name every day to see what pops up.

Informational - Recipes, medical answers, decorating, dating, you name it. You can find all sorts of information on blogs.

Promotional - Even the radio and TV stations have bloggers these days, as well as authors, musicians and other artists.

Emotional - Blogs can be a way to share triumphs, sorrows, disappointments, happy moments and more, depending how deep the blogger wants to go.

Historical - You can not only learn about history through blogs, but they become historical in themselves, capturing our thoughts and the moments in our lives and preserving them so we and others can look back on them.

Blogs are a two way street. A blogger may start out thinking he or she will get something out of the public, but soon will learn it doesn't come without a price. The more you give of yourself and let people into your life, the more the public responds.

Still, it doesn't hurt to exercise caution in speaking your mind. If you spread the wrong words over the Internet, you'll never get them back. They stay there. Think carefully before you bad mouth anyone. It may seem the words you're typing are between you and the screen, but they're not. What seems so private is very public. Think again if you believe no one will pay attention. You know what people say. Almost everybody is connected in some way to everyone else.

Since I've had blogs so much on my mind lately, I've started a special blog. This one is about blogs. It's called BLOGS THAT RULE and you can find it at http://blogsthatrule.blogspot.com.

I invite you to check my new blogspot each day to keep up with the best of blogs. I'll be adding more after I check them out to see if they qualify.

Happy Blogging,
Morgan Mandel
www.morganmandel.com
http://blogsthatrule.blogspot.com
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