Internetling

While others are fantasizing about Microsoft’s Yahoo offer, I’ve got something that’s even more important to talk about.

I started blogging last summer: a local SEO experiment. Didn’t work. Updating daily wasn’t a challenge, but slowly I lost my passion.

That’s when it hit me: passion is what drives blogging. Only with passion (or 20 Indian ghostwriters, which I sadly cannot afford) can one sustain a certain quality level through a long period of time. And so, The Internetling was born. A blog where I post what I like, and not what I have to. It changed the game a lot. I enjoy writing posts a lot now and always take time to proof-read and improve.

While I was not an active blogger back in 2007, I’ve been following many interesting blogs. I still remember how I gobbled up all of those articles, and the overwhelming desire to guest post. I was aware of course, that for these bloggers you have to write quality stuff and have authority. Well, maybe someday, who knows

Now, back to the topic. I want to tell you about a few who radiated this passion. And you, loyal readers (and those who hate me, but still subscribe for some weird reason) have them to thank for what The Internetling has become. I like The Internetling as it is, and am not worried about the growth. What drives me now, and this I learned from these bloggers, is the pure joy of blogging.

Oh, and if you were perhaps wondering, John Chow ain’t one of them

And now, you guys who managed to read all this trash above, I present to you:

1) Martin Reed of CommunitySpark

Promotion sure goes a long way: I first stumbled upon Martin’s blog when John Chow posted a paid review of Martin’s blog, Community Spark. This blog is about community building, administration and marketing. It is very nice to read, his style is very calm and his mind evidently doesn’t skip from topic to topic like mine. Recommended. I still read all the posts, although it’s been eons since I’ve commented. Hope this little review will make up for it.

2) Nate Whitehill

Now I don’t remember really how I first got to Nate’s blog. It was probably through some blogroll, who knows. Well, I’ve been reading Nate’s blog since the very beginning (end of January, start of February 2007). His blog has seen rapid growth last year and is showing no signs of stopping, but what I really like at Nate’s blog is that you can see how much work is involved: very down-to-earth! Of course, I never met Nate in person but he seems like a very nice person. Be sure to check his popular posts.

And Nate, if you’re reading this, show some love for us who don’t have Cinema displays – I can hardly see teh first post on my 19″ Sony

3) John Waraas

Well John, you’re famous now!

My first dose of Waraas was his post abotu buying a house (no way guys, I’m waaay too lazy to find it and link it). His blog has got lots of interesting content you don”t find on other sites. I won’t argue about his SEO techniques, let the slogan ‘Evil SEO‘ speak for itself. On John’s blog, you can learn a lot just by reading a few of the posts, plus his writing is really fun to read. Just recently noticed he’s a member of Sitepoint, like me.

4) Darren of Problogger

I think Darren has seen quite a few reviews, I can imagine. I like Problogger for the same reason most people like it: the good design (thank goodness he ditched the old one), the high, consistent posting quality, and frequency. Darren simply pwnz the other A-listers.

Right, Chow wins in the evil category, I admit that

Well, that’s it. Check out these blogs, every single one is very interesting and full of cool content. I hope these blogs gain even more influence – it would be very positive for the blogosphere. Keep up the good work!