Comments on: Google Sidewiki, the Next Nightmare for Bloggers? http://www.webmarketerdepot.com/google-sidewiki-the-next-nightmare-for-bloggers/ Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:50:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Andi Putra http://www.webmarketerdepot.com/google-sidewiki-the-next-nightmare-for-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Andi Putra Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:12:58 +0000 http://www.webmarketerdepot.com/google-sidewiki-the-next-nightmare-for-bloggers/#comment-296 @ John Hey John, thanks for your insightful comment. I'm aware that it's still not that popular now. But the possibility of it becoming popular and the negative impact it might have to bloggers somehwo scared me. Maybe I'm just paranoid. But the possibility is there, right? @ John
Hey John, thanks for your insightful comment. I’m aware that it’s still not that popular now. But the possibility of it becoming popular and the negative impact it might have to bloggers somehwo scared me. Maybe I’m just paranoid. But the possibility is there, right?

]]> By: John http://www.webmarketerdepot.com/google-sidewiki-the-next-nightmare-for-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-295 John Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:47:03 +0000 http://www.webmarketerdepot.com/google-sidewiki-the-next-nightmare-for-bloggers/#comment-295 I've been using it a little bit, and I've been meaning to write a blog post about it. But you got me thinking about it now so here's a long comment instead :) I just don't know if its really a big deal. If people do use it primarily for trolling and spamming, then average surfers won't bother reading it. If the comment voting and reporting system is good enough to keep quality comments at the top, then maybe it will actually be a good thing for anyone who is running an honest website and bad news for all the scammers. I'm also really interested in politics, and this brings new media tech to the old media companies who have been going online but trying to retain control over anything and limit comments & dissenting points of view. Blogs already accommodate that for the most part, so its the big outlets that would really be forced into a change. But really? Very few people seem to be using it, and most of the comments I've found were from the day or two after it was released. So I'm not really opposed to it, but I also don't see much interest outside of internet marketing circles. Heck, the only reason I ever installed Google toolbar in the first place was for the PR bar! .-= John´s last blog ..<a href="http://websitebuilding.biz/seo/seo-reality/" rel="nofollow">SEO – The Reality is Staggering</a> =-. I’ve been using it a little bit, and I’ve been meaning to write a blog post about it. But you got me thinking about it now so here’s a long comment instead :)

I just don’t know if its really a big deal. If people do use it primarily for trolling and spamming, then average surfers won’t bother reading it. If the comment voting and reporting system is good enough to keep quality comments at the top, then maybe it will actually be a good thing for anyone who is running an honest website and bad news for all the scammers.

I’m also really interested in politics, and this brings new media tech to the old media companies who have been going online but trying to retain control over anything and limit comments & dissenting points of view. Blogs already accommodate that for the most part, so its the big outlets that would really be forced into a change.

But really? Very few people seem to be using it, and most of the comments I’ve found were from the day or two after it was released. So I’m not really opposed to it, but I also don’t see much interest outside of internet marketing circles. Heck, the only reason I ever installed Google toolbar in the first place was for the PR bar!
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