Comments on: Connecting The Irish Blogosphere http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/02/28/connecting-the-irish-blogosphere/ Search Engines, Domains, Statistics and Analysis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:46:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: John McCormac http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/02/28/connecting-the-irish-blogosphere/#comment-67 Wed, 09 Mar 2005 13:07:40 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/02/28/connecting-the-irish-blogosphere/#comment-67 Two Irish hosters have been offering free Irish blog hosting - <a href="http://www.irishblogs.com">Irishblogs.com</a> and <a href="http://www.blogsome.com">blogsome.com</a> appear to use Wordpress. Two Irish hosters have been offering free Irish blog hosting - Irishblogs.com and blogsome.com appear to use Wordpress.

]]> by: Carol Ann Lynch http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/02/28/connecting-the-irish-blogosphere/#comment-66 Wed, 09 Mar 2005 12:45:42 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/02/28/connecting-the-irish-blogosphere/#comment-66 One of the best around is dervala.net. Brilliant Ireland in archive One of the best around is dervala.net. Brilliant Ireland in archive

]]> by: Carol Ann Lynch http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/02/28/connecting-the-irish-blogosphere/#comment-65 Wed, 09 Mar 2005 12:43:32 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/02/28/connecting-the-irish-blogosphere/#comment-65 Just began a blog at Blogspot.com. Am Irish, living in London. Would have used Irish hoster, if I could have found one, am interested if anyone knows of such a host? my blog at www.ainelivia.blogspot.com all welcome Just began a blog at Blogspot.com. Am Irish, living in London. Would have used Irish hoster, if I could have found one, am interested if anyone knows of such a host?

my blog at www.ainelivia.blogspot.com all welcome

]]> by: hostyle http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/02/28/connecting-the-irish-blogosphere/#comment-62 Fri, 04 Mar 2005 22:49:34 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/02/28/connecting-the-irish-blogosphere/#comment-62 What makes a site a blog? I know of countless online journals by irish people that get updated regularly / periodically or in some cases just once a year. Some use "blogging software", some roll their own and others update static pages. Whats so important except "its easier for me to see if somethings changed when I use software so you should too" about "blogs"? This whole gung-ho attitude of "my site is a blog and yours isn't" is a load of cack. Please give it a rest people. What makes a site a blog? I know of countless online journals by irish people that get updated regularly / periodically or in some cases just once a year. Some use “blogging software”, some roll their own and others update static pages. Whats so important except “its easier for me to see if somethings changed when I use software so you should too” about “blogs”? This whole gung-ho attitude of “my site is a blog and yours isn’t” is a load of cack. Please give it a rest people.

]]> by: fmk http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/02/28/connecting-the-irish-blogosphere/#comment-60 Thu, 03 Mar 2005 21:23:25 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/02/28/connecting-the-irish-blogosphere/#comment-60 but for such a site to be meaningful i think it needs to be more than simply a listing. there needs to be some way to express the popularity/importance/value - and not just in terms of links in - of sites. maybe a meta-blog is what is called for. but for such a site to be meaningful i think it needs to be more than simply a listing. there needs to be some way to express the popularity/importance/value - and not just in terms of links in - of sites. maybe a meta-blog is what is called for.

]]> by: Tom Raftery http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/02/28/connecting-the-irish-blogosphere/#comment-59 Thu, 03 Mar 2005 08:26:08 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/02/28/connecting-the-irish-blogosphere/#comment-59 <blockquote>An ordinary search engine links websites a blogosphere search engine links people.</blockquote> Wow! It sounds simple and obvious but that is an amazingly powerful concept John.

An ordinary search engine links websites a blogosphere search engine links people.

Wow! It sounds simple and obvious but that is an amazingly powerful concept John.

]]> by: John McCormac http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/02/28/connecting-the-irish-blogosphere/#comment-58 Thu, 03 Mar 2005 01:07:17 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/02/28/connecting-the-irish-blogosphere/#comment-58 Yep Bernard, The definition of Irish or Irish related is going to be the most difficult part of this. The location aspect is less important than it would be with geolocating websites because the typical blogger site is not a business site with a hosting budget. A blog is more likely to be hosted with blogspot or blogger or Typepad. From the stuff I've been testing, the link structure of a blogosphere search engine is somewhat different to that of an ordinary website search engine. An ordinary search engine links websites a blogosphere search engine links people. Yep Bernard,
The definition of Irish or Irish related is going to be the most difficult part of this.

The location aspect is less important than it would be with geolocating websites because the typical blogger site is not a business site with a hosting budget. A blog is more likely to be hosted with blogspot or blogger or Typepad.

From the stuff I’ve been testing, the link structure of a blogosphere search engine is somewhat different to that of an ordinary website search engine. An ordinary search engine links websites a blogosphere search engine links people.

]]> by: bernard http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/02/28/connecting-the-irish-blogosphere/#comment-57 Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:52:55 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/02/28/connecting-the-irish-blogosphere/#comment-57 John, i don't think that the definition of irish can be left up to the operator totally. the se operator's definition maybe different than the general opinion. Irish: Of or relating to Ireland or its people, language, or culture. So your going to have to look at the ping/subscription/topics/location, not necessarily in the order, but i think that would be pretty spot on. I don't honestly think that location can be ranked to highly, as cost would probably be a factor to someone who hosts with blogger, or some low cost hoster. As gavin said, people will have to blog about it, to make people think about what is actually "irish". bernard John,
i don’t think that the definition of irish can be left up to the operator totally. the se operator’s definition maybe different than the general opinion.

Irish: Of or relating to Ireland or its people, language, or culture.

So your going to have to look at the ping/subscription/topics/location, not necessarily in the order, but i think that would be pretty spot on.

I don’t honestly think that location can be ranked to highly, as cost would probably be a factor to someone who hosts with blogger, or some low cost hoster.

As gavin said, people will have to blog about it, to make people think about what is actually “irish”.

bernard

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