Looking at the bigger picture in blogging, what impression would a newbie get when he/she reads this kind of crap? If not for free blogs, many would not be able to afford to blog at all. The blogosphere would be much poorer for it.
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Having said that, I wonder what everyone's thoughts are when a blog seems to contradict itself.
For example, my blog is riddled with seo blunders, and newbie mistakes. But my blog is a week old, and I am not blogging about being a blog expert. I am working on it!
Is it fair to criticize blogs that break the rules of blogging when they portray themselves as experts?
Can someone be taken seriously as a money making expert, or web entrepreneur, if they have a free blog? It reminds me of the story of an "investment advisor" knocking on a door of a multi millionaire on a Sunday afternoon looking for new business. The investment advisor make his pitch about helping the millionaire retire, and grow his wealth. The millionaire replies with "But I am retied, and a millionaire, and you are knocking on my door on a Sunday. Are you sure you don't want me to be your advisor?"
Everyone should be able to do what they want in their dance space, and respect others. Just curious if that applies when a blog portrays itself as an expert?
Jessica
You bring up a good topic and I thought I would wade in.
What if your intention is to show beginners that you don't need to spend a single dime in order to make money online. In so doing you use a free blog to exemplify the point.
I get asked a lot "why are you using a free blog - don't you know that you HAVE to have your own domain to be successful online?"
I'm not a guru or an expert and yet I do quite well using a free blog and showing others how to do the same thing. I know that I don't need to host my own blog to prosper. (Granted it has some limitations as to how far you can take it)
If you choose not to take a "free blog" seriously then you may be limiting your own learning.
Your anology is a bit skewered though - are any free blog experts ( the sunday broker ) knocking on John Chow's door ( the retired millionaire ) offering advice?
If you Google "make money online" you will see a free blogspot blog sitting in position 1 out of 100,000,000 contenders - is he/she successful or not. Would it be worth learning from them or not? Should you take them seriously or not?
I do see your point Jessica and I only wish to point out that it isn't black or white. I often see sites that sell some type of SEO service and claim some form of expertise yet they sit on page 5 in the serp's for their own keyword. How good can they be if they can't even seo themselves onto page one.
Have you ever come across a program promising to drive thousands of visitors to your site and yet their own Alexa stats are 500,000 plus.
I think these type of experts are more indicative of what you are saying than labeling free hosted bloggers as somehow less authoritative than hosted ones. There is good and bad bloggers on both sides. What they say is the important thing - not what platform they use to say it on.
I prefer to read the message not the messenger.
Thanks for bringing up such an interesting discussion.
Thanks for sharing your perspective.
Jessica
my 2 cents
Steven