Whereas:
I reject the new way to blog
Writing for the primary purpose of profit, being overly concerned with SEO, monetization, social networking, traffic, trends — all have corrupted the very reasons why I have this blog. I write because there are things I feel strongly about, or have opinions of, or it just strikes my fancy. My thoughts on this blog are not for sale, nor are they created to pander to the sentimentalities or tastes of other people.
I discount the importance of the niche
This is not a political blog, nor is it about technology, photography, art, sports, or whatnot. This is a personal blog, and the only niche it belongs to is mine. It reflects whatever it is I want to reflect at any given time, and that will not change, will not be compromised, for better traffic, placement, or other reasons other than personal ones.
Therefore:
I write when I want, how I want, about what I want, because I want to
Without fear nor favor, on any number of topics that hold my attention, and not because I was paid or asked to do so. I reserve the right to care, or to be inane, at the same time or separately. Donations should go to your favorite charities, your children, your loved ones, your pets.
I will not tell you what to think
Nor should you expect to be able to tell me what to think. The capacity for individual thought is not a limited resource, but it can be onerous and will often get people in trouble, which is probably why there are some who don’t exercise this commonly innate ability more often. I celebrate everybody else’s right to their own opinions, and should we differ, convince, don’t tell.
Signed,
Jorge Cosgayon
7 Comments
hi jorge, nice blog site! ;-) i see that you’re not so much of a fan of SEO and blog monetization. hehe! well, you’re doing great naman with what you do eh! keep it up. cheers!
ei heidz musta na ;p i’m not a fan of doing seo and monetization IF IT’S THE ONLY THING the blog’s about — which pretty much karamihan ganon na nga. pero that’s their thing..ako ayoko lang gawin kaya tinanggal ko lahat ng ads dito hehe
this is really great – great theme with great perspective in blogging. ive quit monetizing my blogs long before, and i really feel what you are saying. hail to the freedom of speech!
Hi,
I was curious what it would take to get a text link on your blog saying something like “Tungsten Wedding Bands” or “Tungsten Wedding Rings” with a hyperlink to our site (www.superiorweddingrings.com). We are a relatively new company and we are currently trying to improve our page ranking on Google. We operate on a small budget, and we would be more than willing to give you a tungsten ring from our site in exchange for a link. Let me know if this would be something that you would be interested in. Thanks for any help you can give us.
Thank You
Nick
Superior Wedding Rings
Hello Jorge, how are you? i found this blog and i like what you’re doing here, well this is my first time comment. I just added you in my ym jorgecosgayon and hopefully we can talk sometimes through messenger.
Dear Jorge Cosgayon,
My name is joyce godio, a research assistant for the study, “Filipino blogging and political participation,” an independent research funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada through its Strengthening ICT Research Capacity in Asia (SIRCA) grant program. A component of this study aims to: (1) look into the motivation of Filipinos for reading political blogs; (2) determine if and how Filipino political blog readers participate in politics, offline or online; and (3) examine whether reading political blogs have affected the nature and level of their political participation.
In this regard, we’d like to request your participation as one of the survey respondents for this study. The survey, to be administered via email, can be accomplished in 5-7 minutes. Let us know if you’re interested to participate, so we can send you the survey form in Word file. Please note that your name came up in a sampling, conducted between February 15 to May 31, 2009, of blog readers who left a comment in one of the A-list Filipino political blogs identified for that period.
Rest assured that your identity and response will be treated as confidential and will be used only for purposes of this study.
Feel free to send questions/clarifications to the principal researcher, Ms. Mary Grace P. Mirandilla at mg.mirandilla@gmail.com or at mpmirandilla1@up.edu.ph. To learn more about her work, visit http://www.linkedin.com/in/gracemirandilla or view the attached bio. Info about the SIRCA grant program can be found at http://www.sirca.org.sg/.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Thank you very much.
Regards,
joyce godio
Good day!
I am Karen Apostol from UP Diliman taking up BA Broadcast Communication. I am on my senior year and I am conducting a research on how bloggers make use of blog advertisements to gratify their needs in blogging.
As a relatively new phenomenon, blogging is a trend which is of popular use by many of the Internet users. There are many possible advantages and/or usage of blogging, but this study focuses more on the personal experience of the bloggers in relation to the blog advertisements that can be found in their blog sites.
In line with this, I would like to ask for your participation in my research as one of my key informants. I believe that as a blogger yourself, you will have the experience and information which will be of help for the conduct of this study. Rest assured that all information gathered will be strictly treated confidentially between the researcher and the key informants, and that it will be used only for the purposes of this research.
We hope for your favorable response soon. Thank you very much and more power.
P.s may i ask for your email add so i may send the questions should you decide to participate? thank you.
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