After yesterday’s post on social media being key to blog marketing, there’s a certain irony in reading an article which suggest that Facebook is killing blogging.
Of course, this is just one opinion amidst many, and the “x is killing y” argument is eternal, but it’s an interesting point of view.
What seems to be happening is that people maintaining personal blogs are blogging directly less, but sharing more via Twitter and Facebook.
After all, although personal blogs can build up a large following, many are most avidly read by closer friends — the sort of people who are likely to be Facebook contacts.
When it comes to professional blogging, though, the POV in yesterday’s article suggests that social networks are in fact a vital method of drawing people to blogs, not away from them, and building loyalty. [Read more…] about Facebook is not killing blogging…