Suggestion: Content Forum

[ChickenFreak]

There seems to be very, very little discussion of blog content, aside from the frequently-repeated advice that "it's all about content". While of course none of the forums forbid discussion of content, most of the titles suggest that they're primarily about other things. There's a little discussion of content in "show off your blog!" but it tends to be about how your content can bring in readers and bring in ad clicks, not really about the content itself.

So, what about a forum or subforum that's purely about content? Not SEO, not ad clicks, not Twitter followers, not promotion or ads in any way. Just content.

ChickenFreak

[Melody]

Completely agree! As I read through many blogs and posts, I think that many people here don't even understand what content is.

I can give examples galore, but I'll wait for a new forum!

[AndrewS]

Originally Posted by Melody

Completely agree! As I read through many blogs and posts, I think that many people here don't even understand what content is.

I can give examples galore, but I'll wait for a new forum!

I believe that creating the right type of content is the key. But is also the hardest part, not all the people can create that kind of content. Actually just a small percentage

[ChickenFreak]

Sure, but in the end, that's still what the blog's all about. So a place to discuss it would be cool.

[Nathan]

That is a very good idea. I will have to check with some of the other admins and folks in charge higher up the line, but I am all for it.

Nice suggestion!

[Chrisg]

Sounds like fun, like a bloggeries blog.

[Melody]

We at least need a new thread about content or something. I think subforums tend to be neglected. I was just in the comment thread looking at the blog of a very recent post and I was stunned at how many ads are on the blog. What are people thinking when they create these blogs?

[Bloggeries]

How about we use an existing forum most appropriate but start a bloggeries blog?

It will be a general blog, you can write an article about your niche and at the end similar to ezinearticles or whatnot a small summary about the author linking to their blog should someone want more?

Sound good?

[ChickenFreak]

Sorry, I think there's a misunderstanding. I'm not talking about writing content for Bloggeries, I'm talking about a forum to discuss content creation. Just as there are forums to discuss SEO and blog marketing and so on, this would be a forum to discuss blog content creation.

[ChickenFreak]

Maybe people are having trouble imagining any discussion of content - of what would be discussed? I imagine topics like:

- How people come up with fresh content ideas.
- How they ensure content quality.
- When quality is most important, and when timeliness (getting the post up there fast) is most important.
- How people go through the process of coming up with an idea, researching it, writing it up, and so on.
- What kind of content works for scheduled posts.
- The best way to tag and organize content for maximum reader utility.
- How to decide what content fits a blog's theme and what doesn't.
- Writing, just plain writing, in the blog context.
- What kind of writing "voice" works best for what kind of blog.

I understand that in theory this discussion could be nudged into in a couple of the forums here, but there's really no place that it actually fits. The only place that I can see for it is "Blogging Basics", but that doesn't seem quite right - that implies that content is a sort of beginner thing that we get out of the way before going on to the important stuff like SEO and ad clickthroughs.

I'm a little puzzled, in fact. Is discussion of content actually _off topic_ for Bloggeries? Have I fundamentally misunderstood what this place is about, and is content really considered an unimportant and largely irrelevant part of running a blog?

Confused, and more than a little frustrated,