Impact of blogs on me
Posted: Mon - August 15, 2005 at 12:10 PM
Abstract
Recently i also found that blogs help in tapping
into the experience of individuals even for ideas on planning my trips to my
vacation destinations.
...While i do
not tend to make decisions based on one blog but a general consensus among many
blogs does indeed provides feedback which in my experience has been difficult to
ignore. On the whole this new found democracy in voicing opinions is indeed a
working to be a very helpful tool in my daily life.
While a lot has been said about blogging in
general. I was actually amazed at the influence blogging would have on my life.
The area where blogging has the greatest influence and value to me personally is
in the area of reviews. Prior to widespread popularity of blogging i would
typically spend a lot of time researching products. This was an imperative need
when buying a new product/item that i had no prior experience with. Even more so
when researching vendors and the quality of their services. I usually take the
customer reviews hosted at the product or vendor PR material with skepticism.
The advent of blogging changed the
equation a whole lot. I now frequently find myself referring to blogs of other
individuals for unbiased opinion on product/vendor reviews. Recently i also
found that blogs help in tapping into the experience of individuals even for
ideas on planning my trips to my vacation destinations. I have found that they
offer a far greater insight into the practical aspects as compared to the
travel sites.
While i do not tend to
make decisions based on one blog but a general consensus among many blogs does
indeed provides feedback which in my experience has been difficult to ignore. On
the whole this new found democracy in voicing opinions is indeed a working to be
a very helpful tool in my daily life.
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