Does Blogging Mean Having a Whale of a Time | Is Yours a Whale Blog?

What a gigantic mammal it is, the Humpback Whale, although it is not the largest. It is the Blue Whale which is the largest and reportedly even larger than any known Dinosaur.

Scientists aren’t sure why Whales breach (see the breach action in the above photo). Some say it’s to clean off parasites. Others say it’s just for fun.

Q: Are there similarities between the Whales and Blogs/Bloggers?

A: Yes, I think we can find some.

For starters, I say that Bloggers want their Blog to be large like a Whale. Do Bloggers breach like the whales? We ought to know the answer to that because unlike Whales, Bloggers are communicable and they can be read and be heard.

The reason scientists expound for why whales breach, could be rephrased in this manner. “Do Bloggers clean off parasites (whatever it is that they write and publish) or blog just for fun?“

Q:Where is this article leading to?

A:Golly jeez! you’re probably right. The analogy drawn here looks rather obtuse. However, grant me a few more moments for me to make it comprehensible.

I have read at various Blogs as well as from email Newsletters about what it takes for a Blogger to do it right. One thing is sure, we are not short of Gurus and their advice about how to make a Blog BIG! SUCCESSFUL, EARN, you name it. It’s all about increasing traffic, rank and what a Blogger needs to do to achieve it.

I have also read about events, such as, Blogger get-togethers and Blog Contests. And oh! lordy, there’s even mathematics involved complete with charts, numbers and formulae. The latter elevates blogging as a socio-communico science. Consider this, there may even be a time when our higher Institutes of Education offer a Degree Course in blogging. Far fetched? Who knows?

Yes, Blogs have become a force majeure and there are incessant discussions within and without the blogging community about “How to enlarge your Blog” (no pun intended). Bloggers are having a whale of a time competing amongst themselves, so to speak. Is that what it’s all about? No, some even cheat! I know of a Blogger who cheated a Contestant at his own Blog Contest.

Then there are Bloggers who get burnt out and disappear just like how some Whales expire when they ground themselves on a sandy beach or at the bank of a river estuary.

Whales are hefty eaters too. So are Bloggers. Bloggers want it all. Maximum drops, maximum exchange links, maximum traffic, maximum rank, maximum earnings and so on. I know one Blogger who left me a message requesting for a link exchange. When I visited his Blog, I was shocked by the length of his Blogroll. His Blog had two Posts which were out distanced by the length of his Blogroll. Now, that’s what I would call a Maximus Bloggeroll Blogger.

Q: Where is all this leading to?

A: It points to something that is becoming more glaring. Bloggers have begun to lose their blogging finesse. The Blog content dissipates while they chase after non value adders. Most Bloggers follow the trend and become staunch adherents to turn theirs into a “Whale Blog”.

Bloggers seldom make an effort to know the Blogger behind the Blog. For example, When was the last time that you opened the “About” page at a Blog so that you could know a little more about the Blog owner?

Regrettably too, there are “plastic” Bloggers as there are “plastic” people in real life. Care to recall how many times have messages are left at your Blog that says, “Hi! dropping by” or “Did an EC drop” or “Visiting, Hope you return the visit” and such like?

Q: And what is wrong with that?

A: Good repartee! Admittedly, Bloggers have a right to rid themselves of parasites at their Blog. However, may I rephrase what I said earlier. Have Blogs reached a stage where a personal Blog conveys a proliferation of aimless writings?

For instance, why do Bloggers transform their personal Blogs into e-Commerce websites? The lure of earning as articles are written to advertise has defaced the value of a personal Blog. Or is there a need to revisit what a BLOG means? We all know that it is an acronym gathered from two words, weB LOG. The meaning of Web we know. So too is it for the meaning of Log. And without batting an eye, Personal can’t be argued.

Therefore, this is how I came about with the analogy about Whales and Bloggers. Bloggers are like the Whales. The former blogging BIG by instinct rather than by reason. As one of many examples of what I allude to? I have seen Blogs where the Blogger published provocative photos of herself. Gosh! if this Blogger believes that she is divinely endowed, the Blog isn’t the place to flaunt it. She should make it a career and cash on it. I wouldn’t for a moment think that these Bloggers would be flaunting their 50 year old bodies if they are still breaching like the whales. But then again, there are exhibitionists too.

Therefore, a Blog has mutated to serve as a means for an end and that contrasts with its original definition. I have noticed that Blog content apparently matters less and less in just over a year.

Bloggers are afraid to wear their hearts on their sleeves. They write “safe” or comment “safe”. And then again for instance, at the opposite end, who has the time to read any article that goes beyond one word, “EntreCard” or “Adgitize” or “CMF”?

I can’t deny that there are really great Blogs and Bloggers out there. Some of them are obscure because they can’t bring it upon themselves to be a “Whale Blog”.

Q: Is that all you can say about there being respected Blogs and Bloggers?

A: Well, one man’s meat is another’s poison. Hence, what I believe makes a Blog and Blogger admirable may not be agreeable to others. I say that Bloggers who write without affectation and are not pretentious about their knowledge, these contribute towards the worthiness of their Blog. There are Blogs out there that relate what it is like on the other side of the fence. There are practical and wholesomely good material Blogs. These Blogs and Bloggers have a knack in attracting visitor’s to return repeatedly because of such qualities. That more or less, summarises what I believe makes a great Blog and Blogger.

According to the Statistics report, there’s not much worth reading at Windmill on the Hill. It states that visitors at Windmill on the Hill spend an average of 1.55 minutes and an average read of 1.69 pages.

Is it because that I too am one of those who desire to be a “Whale Blog”? I’m off to have my breach! hahaha!

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