Dave the Gooner has entered the debate on Wad Blog. In his opinion, the real strength of commercialised blogs is their ability to hit a clearly defined target demographic. A large number of hits, although possibly desirable does not necessarily translate into good business.

His argument is logical, well laid out and definitely worth a look.

An interesting article on Wadblog this week. Dave Ward, the founder of Big Blog Media writes about his approach to setting up a Blog Network. Unlike other networks, which tend begin with a group of good writers but limited technical knowledge, he's used personal experience and his technical knowhow as the backbone to BBN.

The idea being that a professional platform will, with time, attract quality writers. Follow his progress here and at Wadblog.com

Big Blog Media is a Blog Directory, or what some people might refer to as a Blog Network. Our Blog Directory ranges from Popular Blogs such as glitzblog which is in the celebrity blogs category; to free blogs on specialist subjects like VOIP and RFID.


Big Blog Media is always looking for bloggers, so if you have a subject you would like to blog about then please e-mail james@bigblogmedia.com .


Please include details of the type of blog you would be interested in adding to our Directory.

Link: http://www.wadblog.com/wadblog/wadblog.php/2006/01/12/james_butterworth_joins_big_blog_media

Dave, The Gooner started this site on his own with $1,000. He knew it would be difficult but dived in headlong, anyway.


Well he's staged a bit of a coup by snagging media expert James Butterworth, ex of Granada TV, 20th Century Fox and FilmNet.





As Dave says “I think that if I want to create a network that is going to be taken seriously then I need the right people”. We think he’s done it. More here