What is a medical blog? Archive with commentary

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Blogs are growing a lot more slowly. But expert/specialist blogs still thrive, according to The Economist: http://goo.gl/s1pv .

There are still relatively few medical blogs, for example, there's little content overlap among the several cardiology blogs. Compare and contrast this to tech blogs.

Discussion:

@kevinmd: Are blogs dying? I agree with this take: http://goo.gl/s1pv

My response (@DrVes): Blogs will not die but many will move (or start) on Facebook.

@kevinmd: Agree. Facebook, and Twtter to an extent, provide much lower barriers to content generation than blogs.

@DrVes: "Fame or Influence - which would you prefer as a blogger?" http://goo.gl/sP7J - My blog is my archive, I'm happy if readers find it useful.

@sandnsurf: "Fame or Influence - which would you prefer as a blogger?" Agree, blog simply online archive with commentary.

@DrVes: If you want to write a blog, you can do it on your own, for free. There is no need for blog conglomerates http://bit.ly/d5WPrI and http://bit.ly/95b5o0

References:

The evolving blogosphere: An empire gives way. Economist, 2010.

What My 4-Year-Old Son Taught Me About Successful Blogging: “Tell the World Something Important”

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What My 4-Year-Old Son Taught Me About Successful Blogging - “Tell the World Something Important” - ProBlogger video.

"A successful blog is actually built on that. If you’re doing something that matters to people, if you’re doing something that’s real and that is actually impacting people’s lives in some way, you’re much more likely to build a blog that people are going to take notice of, and that people will trust, and that people will keep coming back to."

Advice on social media use by medical librarians and doctors

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All health librarians need basic web 2.0 skills

View more documents from Dean Giustini.

For physician specific questions and answers, please click "full" view in the document above and go to page 3.

Tips and Tricks for Changing Your Blog Template

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All tips shown below apply to HTML mode:

- Decrease the font size of a paragraph in the sidebar

- Introduce a break (new line) between lines of text in the sidebar

- Hyperlink an image