Comments on: Digging For Abouts, Indistinct TITLEs

By: Borderland » Blog Archive » My Wake-Up Call

Borderland » Blog Archive » My Wake-Up Call — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 19:23:48 +0000

[...] Alan Levine posted a gripe he has with sites that don’t offer a short explanation of what they’re about – where it’s easy to find. I realized that I qualified, but I wasn’t sure that it mattered until I read Miguel’s piece. Consequently, I added a new line to my blog header and I’m going to narrow my focus just a bit. I’ve been writing about literacy for the last few months, but it may not have been apparent to anyone else! Literacy is a big topic. I’ve been preoccupied with my expansive view of the subject. I’ll see what happens if I try to come back to down to earth a little bit. [...]

By: Stephen Downes

Stephen Downes — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:30:55 +0000

In the case of Open Source Media, this opacity serves to hide the fact that it's a right-wing political blog, has noting do do with open source, is not in fact open source, and copied the name from another site. There are more details available on CNet. That said, I second your comments. I deal with new sites every day and one of the most frustrating things is finding out who the author of the blog is. Imagine! And, of course, the other details that an about page would provide - like where they're from, why they're blogging, who they are affiliated with, who is paying them (if anyone), etc.

By: Gardner

Gardner — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 20:30:41 +0000

Excellent post, and thanks for the pointer to Jakob N., which was new to me. A twofer!

By: Sabine

Sabine — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 19:58:12 +0000

When I read complaint#2 I panicked and rushed over to my blog. I hadn’t even thought about my web page titles.
I got ‘em. Whew! Thank goodness for WordPress. Otherwise this old dog would have had to learn a new trick.

Now I just need to think about my “about” text.

Thanks for the tips!