Apart from making money on the internet, blogs in general are probably the most powerful communication medium today.

Why?

1. Blogs are faster than radio, television, and newspapers.  A blog post can be written in about 30 seconds and searched by Google in matter of minutes.

2. Blogs are organic communication medium because they are made to “grow”.  Everything about a blogging software platform has been designed for viral-spread of information.

3. Blogs are mentioned everywhere these days even in radio, television, and newspapers.

4. Blogs can be made and run by any person with slight knowledge of internet unlike any other traditional media.

5. Blogs stand for freedom of speech by individuals, not by greedy media companies.

6. Some blogs are worth more than some radio/TV stations.

7. Blogs can keep track of its past articles unlike radio, TV, and newspapers. (archives)

8. Blogs are closely connected with search engines and SEO.

9. Blogs rule the internet world in terms of speed in which information is spread.

10. Blogsphere makes up a large portion of information we read today.

As you can see, there are many reasons why blogs are taking over traditional media.

Now the biggest challege is, “How do we keep traditional media from taking control over blogs?”

I don’t think traditional media will ever get to take over the blogsphere but if they try, we need to fight back and tell them to shove it up their as*. Blogging, Blogging, blogs, communication_medium, freedom_of_speech, google, making_money_on_the_internet, matter_of_minutes, newspapers_archives, radio_television, radio_tv, search_engines, software_platform