32 definitions of a good blog

A good blog? Why isn’t that something every single blogger intends to have. Good in this context can be a little bit subjective, depending on the topic, range of readers, type of presentation and many other factors. However, in the interest of being a perfectionist in a perfect world (there’s no such thing by the way), I present to you, 32 characteristics of a damn good blog …

1. A good blog is the same as a newsletter; it’s interesting content that’s updated regularly.
2. A good blog is informative, accurate, newsy, and inviting.
3. A good blog is not stale but kept current with frequent and regular posts.
4. A good blog is not necessarily what you say, but what you give credit to by linking out to others.
5. A good blog is when the comments offer just as much insight and interest as the original posts.
6. a good blog is to imitate others who already managed to create and maintain successful blogs.
7. A good blog is highly personal, daring and so stream-of-conscious that it cannot be contained to a prescribed word limit.
8. A good blog is painfully honest to the point of humiliation.
9. A good blog is what Bitsy writes – meaning she walks a tight rope between wanting the entire world to read it and dreading anyone at allreading it.
10. A good blog is to have more beginnings than ends.
11. A good blog is really well connected into the search engines and the key words and other meta tags are primed to be very successful.
12. A good blog is still defined by the readers who patronise the blog for its content.
13. A good blog is one with good content and the platform does not make much of a difference.
14. A good blog is part relevant content, part blogger personality.
15. A good blog is a conversation, not a one-way PR channel.
16. A good blog is a result of interesting posts, the blogger dedication, frequency and different posts from time to time (about the blog issue of course).
17. A good blog is based on facts and opinions and not all facts or all opinions.
18. A good blog is a mix of ads and journalistic content.
19. A good blog is a content management system, where you can easiliy organize and control your high value content, create the necessary backlinks and evoke interaction with your readers.
20. A good blog is one of the few places where an author is able to brand their personality and establish a relationship with readers.
21. A good blog is one that is started by someone who would keep it up if they never made any money at it.
22. A good blog is arguably a community, complete with its differing ideaologies, talking to itself.
23. A good blog is the one who keep the balance between focusing on readers (being impersonal, that is) and speaking his own mind (being personal).
24. A good blog is passionate and authoritative.
25. A good blog is one which the writer enjoys creating.
26. A good blog is a combination of good, well-written material and good presentation.
27. A good blog is a great way for readers “in the business” to keep up with current events and current controversies.
28. A good blog is in its idiosyncratic independence to pursue whatever however.
29. A good blog is to look at the blogroll that is listed on a blog you read.
30. A good blog is actually a task based on common sense and crisp writing.
31. A good blog is someone whose life is not defined by their blog.
32. A good blog is one that builds your brand by mixing authoritative content with a touch of personality.