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Wednesday's Featured Blogger - Kaye Trammell

This week's feature is Cele-blog star Kaye Trammell. Kaye is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Florida and has "a meta-blog: a blog about blogs". Kaye is well known in the blogosphere for her astute blogger insight.

>What do you think is the key to bloggers become so popular?

I think that the key is offering something unique, honest & interesting. It helps to be a good writer, but a good heart can compensate for not know where to put a comma. I find myself much more interested in blogs where people talk about their lives, profession & feelings much more interesting than boring blogs like mine :)

>The Perseus results indicate that more women are blogging than men. But it does seem that the blogs that get the most attention are authored by men. Do certain types of material get more attention than others? Why so? Others feel it is the linking. What are your thoughts about this?

I think that political blogs get more attention than other types of blogs, but that doesn't make them any better than other types of blogs. I actually prefer the more personalized blog to the political blog. If no one links to you then no one knows who you are. That is a very real factor in blogging.

>What are your thoughts on why there are so few women deemed to be 'A list'? The recent Top 100 seems to highlight this as well.

Blogging takes a long time -- maybe men have more free time on their hands ...

>What are your thoughts on the blogosphere as gendered space?

I don't feel it very gendered, but I tend to not look at the world in that way. I think that blogs are great because you don't have to be gendered. You can can have a dark blue background & post to a very masculine template.

>Have you ever had any negative responses to your blog - in the comments perhaps, or via email?

Honestly, the only disagreements people have had with me have been very well-thought out posts (on their own blogs) explaining exactly why I'm wrong. You can't complain about that. I love Lasica's comment on Dan Gillmor's blog: "If you publish a blog, you're self-published. That means you're the publisher. That means you can fire the ass of any punk editor. When the readers send in corrections or criticism, I just call it fan mail."

>What has been your biggest challenge in the Blogosphere?

Tearing myself away from blogging. I would love to blog the day away, but alas, I have a dissertation to write.

>How has blogging influenced your life?

Words -- or blog posts -- cannot describe it. Completely transformed is an understatement.

Thanks Kaye!

posted by Netwoman @ 12:14 AM