Science blogging networks – what works, what does not?
This session is moderated by Cameron Neylon and Deepak Singh, with assistance from Anna Kushnir and Erin Johnson:
Several science blogging networks exist or are in the process of getting started. The best known are Scienceblogs.com, Nature Network, Discovery Network blogs and Scientificblogging.com. What are they doing right, what are they doing wrong? What are the pros and cons of being a part of such a network. What constitutes ‘success’?
Rough outline: Anna and Erin will be giving short introductory presentations on what they find is good about their respective networks. Cameron Neylon will present a brief “anti” case (playing devil’s advocate) and Deepak will then attempt to maintain order as the battle is joined! Any suggestions or comments on specific discusion points are welcome.
Discuss:
I like networks because they aggregate blogs in a single space. I can browse several science blogs at a time. I sometimes think if i belonged to a blog network I could attract more traffic and reach more people (the good). However, I sometimes get the feeling that these networks only attract other science bloggers and not so many “general audience people” to whom I direct my blog post (the not so good). DNLee
Also: scienceblogs.de (in German), Lablogatorios (http://www.lablogatorios.com.br/ in Portuguese) and Science-on-blogue (http://blogue.sciencepresse.qc.ca/ in French)
