Comments on: Do You Have to Be First?

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By: Barbara Ling (aka Owlbert)

Barbara Ling (aka Owlbert) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:19:23 +0000

I think it all depends on the niche in which you are blogging.

Take the iPhone arena. Dozens of blogs exist but you can separate out the ‘up to date’ ones by seeing which ones reveal breaking news first (and hence monitor those particular blogs for your own research needs).

However, I am generally a fan of reporting news and then giving my readers resources for further exploration. Substance seems to really improve readership.

Data points,

Barbara

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:11:50 +0000

I don’t really try to be first, I post about things when I’ve decided what I think about them, my blog is about opinions on the news not necessarily breaking news (although once or twice a year I post as soon as possible, MacWorld anybody?).

By: Stephen Downes

Stephen Downes — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:00:21 +0000

There are different ways to be ‘first’.

Most people thing of being ‘first’ in the sense of the story: to be the first to refer to an event, a product, some media, or some such thing.

Such ‘firsts’ are centered around the immediate, and hence, often the trivial and the meaningless. Being ‘first’ practically guarantees not depth of explanation or exploration of themes.

My newsletter is structured so as to practically eliminate the possibility of being first, inasmuch as it cites the source of every item it posts (and typically cites an intermediary ‘via’ source as well).

Yet, despite this – and perhaps because of this – my newsletter is ‘first’ in different ways: the place where people see things first, the place where trends are noticed first, the place where some insight or observation can be seen first.

I think that blogs that seek legions of me-too links and daily ‘firsts’ weaken themselves in the long run.

By: Taufe

Taufe — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:38:45 +0000

I think I can be the first. But I do not want to be…

By: phil.gs

phil.gs — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:08:12 +0000

I know I can’t be first, so I don’t even try. I like to think that instead I bring thoughtful insight and analysis, as well as gathering and seeing connections between disparate news items.

By: Randy

Randy — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:08:39 +0000

In my presentation at WordCamp 2007 on blog content and development, I stunned the audience by telling them that unless they can honestly be the first out with the news, it is better to be one of the ones who digests and processes the news before hitting the publish button as then they will have something to add to the blog conversation rather than regurgitating the old news.

LOVED that statement. I wish more bloggers would do that so the blogosphere as a whole would become a much more interesting read. Old Media does the “ditto” news ad nauseum after the breaking story hits. The only time you should “scoop” the news is when you actually have some scoop.

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:07:59 +0000

I’m not first. I’m never first. I don’t want to be first and I’ve had my bacon saved by not being first.

I don’t think people come to my site for the latest information, instead, I focus on providing thorough, useful analysis of what is going on and working on getting the best information, not the quickest.

The way I see it, unless you have a huge team of writers, you can not control when you find out about an article and, even if you do everything possible, will miss some stories. It’s best to be known for something you can control, doing the best job you can.

Besides, there have been times I’ve waited on reporting a story to find out that there were serious errors in it later. That’s helped my credibility.

As such as it is…

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:53:12 +0000

Oh yea I know what that is like being first. I also am guilty of that. However I feel that sometimes you owe it to your readers to publish weather you are first or not. Personal choice but one that I often make for my readers.