Hw 16b:5 pillars

In the interview with Robert Scoble "Blogs: Humanizing The Face OF Corporate America," Scoble explains the five things that he thinks made blogging as hot as it became. One of the "5 pillars" as he calls it, was "ease of publishing." This pillar means that no matter who you are your voice is easily able to be heard. Anyone is able to get their opinion out there and you don't have to be a journalist or on the news, it is so easy to publish something of your own. The second pillar was "discoverablitiy." This means that no matter who you are, if you have a blog that is worth something, it is not hard at all for you to become discovered. The 3rd pillar was "cross site conversation." This is so anyone can see who was linking you with track backs. The 4th was "permalinking." Permalinking is "where you can isolate a URL that will take you directly to a post" (Scoble 130). Making little things like this so easy for blog writers, it makes it more available for everyone including the reader. The last of the 5 pillars was "syndication." This is basically a group of people who run the blogosphere, and have websites that link many different blogs together.