Yep, total BS. Rehashing the same trash without originality and most of the time, with no credibility.
Now, I myself am a ‘tech blogger’ but unlike the vast majority, I am one with a little dignity and because I would not like my own blog to fade into to obscurity, I put to test my ‘creativity’ and ended up with this … Discussions with A.
In that particular article, the topic of discussion is not something far from what most tech blogs in Nigeria ‘write’ about today – same ol’ specs and price shit – but the presentation breaks away from the usual convention.
A while back, I also published an article (still on specs) wherein I cited (and properly credited) over 7 sources just to discuss one device.
What do y’all experts think?
More of these or more of … well, you know, the usual stuff?
I think the “age of free cheat codes” started the nonsense. I am hoping to use www.spotlight.ng to curate quality content from blogs that actually believe content shouldn’t be some shit jammed together. Thats one reason among others why I created www.bloggers.spotlight.ng, It would be nice to have your blog listed there (its free), listing it yourself gives the freedom to update details from time to time. So yeah … more of what you’ve got started.
My contributions:
We have great tech blogs and Google helps you to get the best when you search for keywords they have contents on. Eg: oscamini, androidnigeria, Ogbongeblog and a lot more that provide answers to Nigerian tech needs.
I don’t know your blog and I might only visit it when you write something relevant that rank well on Google.
First, I am not the original poster, but i understand his point, this is not about building cool blogs if you read the post, its more about content. Linda Ikeji is crap aesthetically, but delivers on content people want. Someone says something is crap, you ask why, an example, just because you are big (an adult) doesn’t mean you are not full of shit.
If anything comes outta the post i think its that people should learn not to use shouting yellow as background or crappy blue, and as much as content is important, that is, for Christ’s Sake ORIGINAL content, your interface matters too. Not like you can’t cite and stuff but then when every single post on a supposed tech blog was copied from ogbongeblog what are we talking about.
These are not crappy blogs, you just mentioned a few of the 2%.
You have started knowing the blog like this niyen Its not everything Google Google Google,
Second, he said 98 not 99 the above doesn’t have to be cool you may say you disagree thats fine, bring your own stats.
Third Hotels.ng wasn’t always Hotels.ng neither was google always Google, Anyway thats another ish.
Currently in Nigeria, what the average person wants is fast information about a gadget usually a phone, and since that’s on demand, tech bloggers will definitely update their websites on specs, and some others will do un-boxing since they have access to these phones.
You cant wake up and spit comments if you’ve not done good research and if what you care about is phone specs too.
If you see a gap, you fill it anyway you wish.
Checkout Techgyst, and Techpoint, well thought out critics are welcome.
I agree with you on one part, I am a mobile tech reviewer (tech blogger if you must) from Kenya and I have had my articles republished on Nigerian tech blogs without credit more than once. I never used to watermark my images until I started seeing them on shanty Nigerian tech blogs with no credit whatsoever and I decided from then on that all my images would be watermarked.
I went through your blog and I must say I like your style, not because you have quoted me or credited my work more than once but because it is a different approach to the usual “spec sheet” article.
Keep up the good work, I am actually considering picking up your style and using it for devices that I cannot get a review unit. Thanks for the inspiration.
help a brother.
Its not everything Google Google Google,
not 99 the above doesn’t have to be cool you may say you disagree thats fine, bring your own stats.