I saw this info in an article listing 10 technical things that are “dead or dying.”
Blogging is dead – or at least it has shifted to another medium. Now, instead of typing several pages worth of material, most Web users just tap in a 140-character sentiment on Twitter. “Long-form” blogging is not as popular, and we all know the jokes about the blogger in his parent’s basement. Sites like Blogger.com and TypePad.com have declined considerably of late, dropping about 25-30 percent in user visits per Compete.com. Granted, some have discovered the streamlined blogging tool WordPress.com, which has enjoyed steady growth the past few years.
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Let me know if you think this is true about our class blog. If its time to retire it, what should we replace it with, if anything? If you would please, click on the Submit News link at the top right of the Blog page to email me your response. That way all responses will be easier to keep up with because they will all be in one email account.
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