Should blogs mention significant days if it has nothing to do with their niche?
Yesterday was September 11th, and my heart goes out to all who have been affected by it, but it brings up the question, should blogs mention significant days if it has nothing to do with their niche? The simple answer is: probably not. If you can bring it into a story to make a point (like I did here) then maybe you have something going for you, but I don’t need ExtremeTech telling me about Arbor day (obviously this is an exaggeration), that is fine that it is in your mind but I don’t need YOU to tell me about it, you are ExtremeTech, talk about some freakin technology, extreme, tech, whatever, Arbor day doesn’t really have anything to do with what you normally talk about, so don’t talk about it.
I did mention September 11th in this post, was that ok? Yes, because it has something to do with what I talk about, blogging.
We all know that September 11th was a tragedy, it was horrible that it happened but when you write in a blog you should try to be a little bit more professional and talk about what you talk about on your blog. John Chow wrote about going off topic on his blog, saying at the end that you should not go too off topic. He was absolutely correct, when you go off topic it puts your readers off, even if what the off topic post is about is really important, it doesn’t have a place on your blog so don’t do it.
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well a twitter message is more appropriate!