Are blogs still relevant?
I was recently asked if I still write my blog? I was slightly surprised by the question. Yes, I do. In fact, I have several blogs. I have one for all my photography stuff, I link back to articles and such. I have one for photographic challenges, one for my thoughts which is private and not released into the wild. And, I have one for travel and well, just random stuff. But it did get me thinking, are blogs still relevant in 2022?
Why blog?
Blogging has been around pretty much since the internet was born. People have comments, thoughts and ideas and want to share them. We didn’t have chat rooms and Messenger and such way back then. But we had blogging, in one form or another. Then there was the rise of social media; Netspace, Chatbots, ICQ (oops showing my age here) and so many more. Then came Facebook, Twitter — need I go on? But still in among all of that chatter, there were blogs. I blog about all sorts of things, not just about photography, but yes there is a LOT about photography — and travel.
I can connect with like-minded people, we share community and camaraderie. I read other people’s blog posts for entertainment, to learn, to seek new spots to travel to, or to challenge myself. And I am not alone, over 400 million internet users read on average 20 million blog pages each month.
