Comments on: Sex Blog Smearjob

By: Desireous

Desireous — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:54:46 +0000

Well I think the article is funny. Sometimes I forget that a large portion of the world is rather boring sexually. I really wouldn’t expect them to get the whole sex blogging concept.
I’m so happy though to have found the blogging community and found like minded people! Who cares what the rest think? You know?

hugs
Des

By: hungryheart22

hungryheart22 — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:09:38 +0000

i blog because i can.

i have been keeping a journal since 1973. i grew up in a completely dysfunctional household and found that getting my thoughts down really helped me to move past whatever was eating at me.

that being said, i have cum to realize that putting down on paper, what can only be read by those that know me, is quite hazardous to my health (and well being.) upon discovering my sexual side (and all the ensuing adventures), i have cum to see that perhaps the cyberworld is a better place for my thoughts. more damage control. plus an opportunity to be bawdy, anonymous, and reflective…

my recently discovered brain tumor has only reinforced the need to get my thoughts down and out, before i can’t. i am seeking to fill my hungry heart before my opportunity is lost forever…

By: Bacchus

Bacchus — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:22:28 +0000

That’s a huge question, WildChyld, much bigger than I can answer in the comments. One thing I can say, though, is that blogs like yours with a strong commercial marketing identity are very difficult to do well. People are suspicious and slow to link because they feel (rightly) that they are just giving you free advertising, in an adult market where paying for traffic is the norm. Obviously this can be overcome with compelling content, but the best sex blogs tend to be intensely personal and durable over long periods of time — something that’s very tough to do in a corporate environment.

I’ll give your question some thought, it may be time for a highly-opinioned “What makes a good sex blog?” article.

By: WildChyld

WildChyld — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 07:59:00 +0000

I’d be interested in hearing what you all think distinguishes the good blogs from the bad. I just started blogging regularly for gvsextips and I always wonder whether people are actually getting something out of my rambling. Granted, ours is more about education than about randomly rambling about my own exploit but still…what distinguishes a blog as THE ONE to read?

By: Lurking

Lurking — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:48:37 +0000

Point taken Bacchus; she should have recognized that like any type of blog or website, there are some worthwhile ones out there in an ocean of low quality crap. Perhaps she’s never been exposed to one of the decent ones. :)

By: Sabrina Morgan

Sabrina Morgan — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:13:02 +0000

It’s kind of depressing that the author’s idea of real sex is such a letdown. Sure it’s not always perfect, but why focus on the negative?

Then again: Is it just me, or does anyone else think a sexual outtakes blog could be pretty funny, especially if it took reader submissions?

I can’t be the only sex blogger who accidentally sat down on a guy’s balls doing reverse cowgirl…

By: uncle

uncle — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:22:58 +0000

Just to clarify… not all of us Brits are prudish freaks, terrified of the idea of sweat and glistening… ive been reading this since i found it on the google homepage modifier thing a couple of months ago, and I enjoy it!

By: REd

REd — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:58:05 +0000

Oh, I almost forgot. Maybe she’s just scorned because her sex-blog attempt didn’t get any traffic.

‘But no one will want to read it, of course.’

By: REd

REd — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:56:19 +0000

To tell the truth; This is the only ‘blog’ I frequent; I have read many other blogs and sex-blogs and yes, a lot can be ” dull / stupid / inane / written by geeks.” In general if the writer of a blog isn’t blogging about topics that interest me then certainly the articles are inane. But the fact that a sex-blog is of a specific topic of interest to ‘its readers’ points to the contrary.

*In my geekiest voice*, “anne just got Owned in the face!”

By: Bacchus

Bacchus — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:20:15 +0000

Red, your point is exactly what I was getting at in my sarcasting ending sentences. Although I don’t do much sex writing on this blog, I do point to a lot of useful resources for better sex, and believe it or not, from time to time, I actually get thank you letters. So I know that sex blogging has the power to improve sex lives, because I’ve heard from people who say “I read XYZ and we tried it and it was wonderful, I never would have heard of it if you hadn’t linked to it!”

But of course, Anna-In-The-Guardian finds all this just too embarrassing in her veddy British fashion, so it must be bad.