'Blood's Law of Weblog History: The year you discovered weblogs and/or started your own is 'The Year Blogs Exploded'. Corollary: the year after you started your blog is the beginning of 'Weblog Permanent September.''
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The year you start a blog becomes known as the year blogs exploded; the following year marks a permanent September for weblogs.
- In plain terms
- Your blog’s start defines a boom year, then a lasting September.
- What can you take from it?
- Acknowledge the rapid evolution of online publishing.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does 'Permanent September' imply for content creators?
- How do trends affect long‑term blogging?
Another view
The metaphor may not apply to all blogging experiences.
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