Is Blog Traffic dropping for Bloggers due to the proliferation of Social Networks, or are bloggers writing less posts that people want to read?  Maybe Social Networks are being blamed but their not the only reason why traffic might be dr…

In the last three days I received two invitation to join Facebook, one invitation to join Pownce and two inquiries about my Twitter address (see an analysis by USAToday). Mind you, I have a profile on LinkedIn, and an old one on Ryze — remember that o…

Hi, are you saying here what I think you are saying?

“Why? Because the A list has turned professional and focuses on news that gets tons of links and mentions.”

Only the people who blog about the news are A-listers? What about all those people who share incredible content and teach others about business? There aren’t only two camps, you know?

What Tony says here is significant:

“But it has incredible potential because its also a platform to get your own voice heard to the web — and therefore, the world — at large, in a way that no longer requires any technical sophistication.”

“Most of my A-list blogger friends, myself included, are seeing INCREASES in traffic.

But most of my other blogging friends are seeing decreases. Even my wife’s blog is going down.”

It seems like blogging is going mainstream, the big players are only getting bigger, but the small ones are getting shut out. People are starting to realize that small blogs aren’t worth the effort anymore. Turns out they’re not a good way to make money and building traffic is hard. It makes more sense to use the social network apps.

But will people *actually read* the good stuff or will we do what we do with legacy media – follow the prurient nonsense which fuels the profits and saturates the system with garbage?

Most of my A-list blogger friends, myself included, are seeing INCREASES in traffic.

But most of my other blogging friends are seeing decreases. Even my wife’s blog is going down.

Why? Because the A list has turned professional and focuses on news that gets tons of links and mentions.

Everyone else was blogging for their friends to tell them what kind of lunch they were eating or their experiences with some car dealer or something else.

Well, guess what, Facebook, Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku, and tumblr are ALL better places to share that kind of information with your social networks.

That’s why the traffic is going down for most bloggers, but not the A list.

Oh, and I’d count this blog as the A list. Anyone who I read in Google Reader and/or gets on TechMeme is defacto A list now.

I get to read stacks of new blogs every day. Each has its own twist or take on a subject. Sure there are loads of bad blogs and yes, an “A-list” but if someone has taken time to create good content, the reward is in the comments and interaction with other like minded people.

Social networking sites will allow these bloggers to reach out to an increasing amount of people and build up this trust factor, something that is very rare to find in mainstream media.

Blogging is just beginning to stake its claim. If anything, this more of a dawn for blogging than a twilight.

That’s baby steps.

Blogging, as a serious medium, is really about three or four years old. It has a long way to go now that it has prove itself to not be a fad. This is not the twilight but we are witness the birth of blogging possibilities.