What Makes Good Blog's Good/ Media Flows

This week I and my classmates were instructed to look at different award winning blogs, and what made them great. Through my investigation I clearly could understand why these particular blogs were chosen to be the best of the best in there selected fields. I found it amazing how people are able to incorporate different elements in, to make a good blogs. While there were many great blogs to choose from, I was able to narrow my search down to four. The first blog that I found to be interesting was, a blog entitled “AParenting World”. This blog one first place in the best group or community web blog category.  

Our Parenting World is a weblog dedicated to parents, who support each other, with helping each other out with different types of parenting tips. The blog was started by a Mommy and Daddy team. Together the both wrote the book “Picking the Right Hospital Right Doctor in Singapore” the book went on to become a huge success. But that is not the reason why I choose this blog as one of my top favorites. If you ever get a chance to visit the blog the first thing that stands out is how interactive the blog is. You are able to play with the website like a toy. It is very child friendly. 

There are calendars with upcoming events letting there visitors know what is going on in their area.  One thing that this couple has been able to do is build a brand associated with their blog. They have made there blog a brand name in the parenting world.  They have also been able to offer what some refer to as blogger expertise. By providing a consistent stream of original material and content they have demonstrated knowledge of a specific field or niche. That is why I believe “A parenting World “was able to take home first place in there respected field. 

Another great blog that I found to be very interesting and was also named number one in its respected category was TMZ. TMZ for the past couple of years have been able to catcher an audience with its jaw dropping celebrity gossip, and exclusive interviews with the world’s top celebrities. While that is great that is not why I choose TMZ as one of my favorite blogs. When you first enter there blog it commends your attention. With headlines saying “BREAKING NEWS” or “THIS JUST IN”, it automatically grabs your attention.  They have been able to develop an audience, readers of blogs expect or anticipate new content on a regular basis, and that is exactly what TMZ has been able to do. With regular updates by the hour, or if you have their app by the second you can always stay in the loop to what is going on. 

They have been able to create a media entity that creates on going publication that is delivering fresh content in a variety of formats. But more importantly they are always engaging their community in a interesting topic.  When a blog is able to get readers and people who visitors to interact in the form of social media outlets, then it is a form of free advertisement for themselves. This then is wonderful proof that people are engaged with the blog and the content and material that it contains.  That is why TMZ I believe has been able to stay successful an rank number one in its category. 

While I found it interesting to read about the latest gossip or the best parenting tips, I wanted to figure out what blogs were considered to be national recognized and why. I was able to come across some of Time top 25 blog’s. One of the blogs that they had listed that quickly grab my attention was the New Yorker. The New Yorker is in a way like the newspaper, offering reader’s insight on the daily news, current fashion trends and a lot more. When you first enter the site, what you will find different about this blog compared to the others, is that it is very simple but flows really well. There is not a lot of moving part, or animation. You will not find “BREAKING NEWS’ scrolling across the top the webpage. What you will find is clear an concise information that some readers enjoy.  What makes them great is that they are able to capture a host of different topics and give a quick summary about it. While offering additional links if you chose to want to explore the topic in further detail. They are what some would refer to as a navigation blog. This is a reason why I believe they were named in the top 25 blogs by TIME.

The last blog that I thought was really good was a blog entitled “MADDIE ON THINGS” the blog follows a dog through its adventure through a serious of different images. This blog is not one that is going to give the latest news or the hottest gossip or how to parent a child. This blog is simply for enjoyment and for great laughs. People I believe love to engage in things that are humorous yet entertaining. That is exactly what this blog has been able to do. It captures the reader’s attention through visuals rather through words. It allows for the reader to place its own words on the images given. Which is remarkable and fascinating for a reader like me, this was by far my favorite blog of them all.

After having the chance to look a several blogs, I came to this conclusion. What makes a great blog is simple; it’s the ability to capture the reader’s attention, in which they can relate to. It does not matter what it is. You can see through my findings that none of these blogs are the same but are all award winning blogs. The reason being is because they have been able to capture their target audience, and at the end of the day that’s all that matters