Introduction to Building Better South Dakota Blogs

Intended to stay as last post for finding Footnotes below

Writing a personal log on the web has become relatively easy with the development of Bloging systems such as Blogger, TypePad, WordPress, Powerblogs,RadioLand, Manilla, and many more "mini" content management systems (CMS). [Scroll past this post to the "Nuts and Bolts" section of the blog footnote for links to the blogging systems.]

Web publishing of logs is now known simply as "blogging". Many blogs have "grown like Topsy". Some of us had little idea of what we would actually produce when we started blogging. Blogs can be about nearly anything and also written by nearly anyone able to type semi-coherently.

Blogs have become a cultural event or fact and with that "fame" or "notoriety" have come suggestions that bloggers adhere to some blog standards, codes of ethics, etc...or conversely ignore all rules whatsover.

I suggest we here in South Dakota put something together more in the nature of "Building Better South Dakota Blogs" This may be of benefit both to bloggers and blog readers. I suspect there may be some consensus on what makes a good blog; but, many readers and bloggers may also think there should t be no hard and fast requirments of any kind.

Blog ethics have been discussed at university journalism departments and special events. Todd Epp has suggested that some such conference should also happen here in South Dakota..perhaps annually. Think about it if you blog in South Dakota.

Below in the "footnote" area of this blog, are some indications of ways to build better South Dakota blogs. If you have suggestions for changes or additions, let me know at the e-mail address in the masthead of Dakota Today The email address there is not "hot". You will have to copy it.

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