The clock’s ticking and soon we’ll be saying goodbye to 2008. Just like with any other year, 2008 is filled with both good and sad memories but I think with regards to my life, there are more good memories.
I just remember that I’ve read a news article about two weeks ago that more and more people are relying on the accounts or statements that bloggers write regarding products and services.
Let me clear that up a little bit. That news article said that when people wants to buy something, let’s say a new laptop, they would go Google it and then would choose to read the reviews made by bloggers regarding that new laptop model that they want.
It means that more people are starting to value the opinions of bloggers and highly gives importance to these bloggers whenever they make their purchase decisions.
What could be behind it? I can only think of one thing. Perhaps it’s because bloggers are just like you and me. They are common, normal people who have tried a certain product, got pleased or pissed with it, and just stating their opinions of it. It makes the product review more human and more likely to be unbiased, assuming that the blogger was not paid to write that review.
I also have my faith on my fellow bloggers that whenever I want to find out about something, I try to find what others say about it before I dole out the cash. So far everything that I bought using this technique brought me much satisfaction. Whether it’s my Asus Eee PC, my Genius headset or my Samsung LCD monitor. It goes to show that a good quality product can usually get its right share of promotion, an unbiased one, through word of mouth starting with bloggers.
As a blogger, I have 3 Christmas wishes that I do hope will come true in 2009.
No, it’s got nothing about world peace, or perhaps just a slice of it. But generally, my wishes are not selfish by themselves.
A Blogger’s Christmas Wish Number 1:
Lastly, I wish that more of my fellow bloggers
will practice responsible blogging
and in the process, become responsible netizens as well.
For all of us to refrain from writing about crap,
thinking about crap, blogging about crap,
and most of all not helping in cleaning up
all the crap that we have churned out on the web
and the blogosphere in particular.
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