Comments on: Best Group Blog of 2007

By: saskboy

saskboy — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:08:25 +0000

Sammy, I’m willing to listen, really. What’s your point other than you don’t like the politics of Desmogblog? If you can come up with a better definition of what a “blog” is, please share without the snarkiness.

By: Scott Tribe

Scott Tribe — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:42:04 +0000

Some politicians do their own blogs; would you not count them as blogs because politicians are doing them?

As for the paid part, a lot of the US bloggers get “paid” for doing theirs, and no one down there is complaining about whether they’re a real blog or not.

Sounds to me like some sour grapes.

By: Sammy Hagar

Sammy Hagar — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:11:08 +0000

Ah, now I get it! Any web site is a “blog”, just so long as it’s entries are dated, and it doesn’t ask for a postal code.

My bad.

By: saskboy

saskboy — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:11:14 +0000

And on that page is the following:
”
Welcome

Please provide your postal code to receive the best value in your area.
Postal Code Go

Looking for company info?
Click here
Bienvenue

Entrez votre code postal pour que nous puissions mieux vous servir.
Code postal Go

Voulez-vous des renseignements sur la Société? Cliquez ici
© Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited 1997 – 2007 ”

I don’t know of a blog that asks for your postal code before it gives you DATED, chronological entries, written by one or more authors, and optionally takes comments.

By: Sammy Hagar

Sammy Hagar — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:12:58 +0000

Well, in that case, presenting the BESTEST CANADIAN “GROUP BLOG” EVER:

http://www.canadiantire.ca

By: saskboy

saskboy — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:36:08 +0000

Sammy Hagar (if that is your “legitimate name”), hardly anyone would call the email you provided to make this comment a “legitimate address”.

But back to your point… Whether a blog’s writers are paid or not, the definition of a “blog” is not affected (correct?). So if you can explain from your perspective what makes a website a “blog”, I’m sure it would make for an interesting debate.

By: Sammy Hagar

Sammy Hagar — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:26:10 +0000

Huh? Desmogblog.com is a corporate website produced by James Hoggan & Associates Inc., a Vancouver PR company. Their writers are paid employees. Hardly what anyone would call a legitimate “blog”.

By: Blue Menu

Blue Menu — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:15:29 +0000

So much carnage for such a disappointing result. I can only surmise that we were not violent enough to win.

By: saskboy

saskboy — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:37:35 +0000

We only skimmed the francophone blogosphere this year, so I hope next year we have volunteers to better publicize the event among bilingual and non-english bloggers.

It is interesting to note that a blog done in spanish won Best Photo/Art Blog.