Comments on: Blog Network Has Double LA Times Traffic With Fraction Of Staff http://www.psfk.com/2008/08/blog-network-has-double-la-times-traffic-with-fraction-of-staff.html Ideas & Trends Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:51:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: KidMechano http://www.psfk.com/2008/08/blog-network-has-double-la-times-traffic-with-fraction-of-staff.html/comment-page-1#comment-81487 KidMechano Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:23:24 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/08/blog-network-has-double-la-times-traffic-with-fraction-of-staff.html#comment-81487 I think an important thing to remember here is, who is truly a content creator and who is an aggregator? The more localized a venue is, the more they will need to create content that fits their local demographic. They are serving a different type of constituency. Many of the blogs on your list lean more toward aggregation than original content. Aggregation is a ton easier than research and creation. The bigger questions are- what is the total aggregate quotient for most newspapers (via the AP, etc.) and should they delivering any aggregate message at all? Localization is becoming a fact of the future, in so many ways. A localization mindset, mixed with a larger global outlook, will begin to change how we view everything. It forces the question of what gets produced and where? Should we be paying for our products and foods to be shipped half way around the world or should we be trying to figure out how to maximize what is local to us? Its a boutique (or regional) vs. mass market question. I think an important thing to remember here is, who is truly a content creator and who is an aggregator? The more localized a venue is, the more they will need to create content that fits their local demographic. They are serving a different type of constituency. Many of the blogs on your list lean more toward aggregation than original content. Aggregation is a ton easier than research and creation.

The bigger questions are- what is the total aggregate quotient for most newspapers (via the AP, etc.) and should they delivering any aggregate message at all? Localization is becoming a fact of the future, in so many ways. A localization mindset, mixed with a larger global outlook, will begin to change how we view everything. It forces the question of what gets produced and where? Should we be paying for our products and foods to be shipped half way around the world or should we be trying to figure out how to maximize what is local to us? Its a boutique (or regional) vs. mass market question.

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