Yep, some brand new slang for the blogosphere.  All those endless, repetitious, duplicate postings of blogs that are actually advertisements with the same message and no actual content have a new name: CLOGS.

 

To repost the same blog over and over: clogging

 

A person who reposts the same blog over and over to push other blogs out of viewing position: clogger

 

Thanks to everyone who's posted and commented on this practice.

 

I'm hearing that clients and visitors to the Keen blogs find it annoying.  I have people (clients and non-clients alike) who enjoy popping in to read my blogs as well as the blogs of other readers who actually write thoughtful, interesting articles on genuine topics.  Also, this doesn’t happen on other sites that exist strictly as blog platforms (Blogspot, Technorati, etc.) or sites that give members the option to blog (MySpace, for one example). Only here on Keen can a blog reader have the pleasure of being endlessly hounded to “CALLL ME ASK FOR FREE MINS AND BUY MY SPELLS AND I:”M THE BEST R EADER HERE SO YOU MUST CALL ME NOW!” (sic) all day freakin’ long.  


If someone wants to blog strictly to advertise, I suppose that's their business. But the constant reposting of the same "ads" over and over throughout the day – sometimes hourly - is irritating, rude, and clearly done to "push" other blogs down and then off the front page.

 

 

Love and peace,

Dona

 

 

 

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