To blog or not to blog - that's the question.

If you are a journalist or a writer, a blog is a good place for writing and sharing your writing with the world.

But blogs are also time consuming, and writing personal blogs makes you a public figure. Don't share things too personal. And don't share your opinions about your employer. Or about your mate. In the following page, the author explains why he doesn't write a personal weblog.

Blogging is a commitment, and not everyone wants to update his blog all the time. If you don't update your blog, it becomes closer and closer to a usuall site.

RSS is going to revolutionize journalism but not everyone is a journalist.

The following RSS guidelines site contains good information on using RSS for business. Business blogging tips are also included.

RSS (and business blogging) is great for short updates about the current state of affairs. It's good for marketing and for search-engine optimization. Blogs have their place. But don't over-use them. The world is not really that dynamic. The lifetime of a good article, for example, is much longer, and it takes less of your time.

Write your usuall way, and think of blogs as a distribution mechanism. Don't write unless you want to share it with the whole world.

Combine blogs with your usuall site, like I do with small-business-web-hosting-strategies.com. Be positive, and smile.