So apparently there are not enough non-white, non-male bloggers, or at least, there aren’t enough in the upper echelon of the “blogosphere” (aka. blogging society). There are a lot of factors that revolve around this issue and it definitely isn’t easy to simplify. Debbie Weil, who runs a site called BlogWrite for CEOs outlined a number of posts by a variety of people perpetuating the call for more linking to blogs run by non-white-, non-male bloggers. By doing so, will bring these blogs higher in rank in search engine results. Is this necessary? I don’t really know. However after reading Chris Nolan’s post on the Top Ten Reasons Why There are “No” Women Bloggers
I have to admit that while that is a relatively fair point of view, I cannot agree with reason #2 stating that “Those men [techies] will only link and read men like them.” We could also easily point out the fact that anyone for that matter who doesn’t like a particular thing will likely not return for it. Sorry Chris, but I disagree with you there. The idea behind bookmarking, sharing or linking is to some degree, define ourselves and our space on the world wide web. To NOT like something yet link it is a personal decision, not simply just another action to continue the trend of “no” women bloggers. Personally, I will link to whatever content interests me regardless of the person. If the blog contains valid, reliable and interesting content, I don’t see why I wouldn’t link with them. However knowing about a person’s blog is key and from my standpoint, to isolate the men who are techies and point to them and place the burden on them to link to sites they may not be interested in or merely to encourage them to link with non-white, non-male bloggers does not necessarily bring about an effective result. Regardless, I give kudos to Chris Nolan and Debbie Weil for making people like myself aware of the issue. From my perspective, Facebook, MySpace, Wordpress, Blogger and numerous online websites have paved the way for numerous people from all backgrounds to blog and I see more and more everyday. So many perspectives, but so little time to read them all.
On another note: More snow today! Yay!
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