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Old 02-16-2009, 07:08 PM   #1 (permalink)
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What do you want from a scuba blog?

Summer 2008 2 friends and myself started a diving related blog. The reason being that we couldn’t find any interesting and entertaining dive blogs that brought news every day. Most blogs write a bit to often about scuba related deaths and are not entertaining at all, just informative and in some cases a bit depressive.
We took off and immediately received a small group of frequent returning visitors, so that meant that the blog was appreciated by at least a small group of divers.
Now I’d like to raise the question: what would you like to see in a diving blog? E.g. trip reports, news from around the world, columns, etc. etc.
Should the blog be informative without an opinion or can it be funny and sarcastic?
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Old 02-16-2009, 07:35 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Nice blog. I added it to my reader. The other one I read is scuba news. For me, I am always interesting product first looks, interesting DIY, news, trip reports with a consistent overview (depth, difficulty, temp, etc) and rating, interviews with industry professionals as well as humorous diving related info. Pretty much everything.
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Old 02-16-2009, 07:36 PM   #3 (permalink)
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personally i would like to see a bit of both. serious Q and A, as well as funny stories to keep it interesting.
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Thanks for your comments.
It's difficult to write produkt first looks (without copying them from established media) and detailled trip reports when you're just starting up. Most of that has to come from readers as we obviously don't have the time and funds to go diving everywhere.
Somewhere in this forum I read that there's an interest in info concerning cheap dive spots. That is actually a very good idea.
I'll try to do something with that in the near future.
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What is the difference between a Blog and a Forum (like this scubatoys forum)?
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A blog posts news, info etc. that readers can comment on.
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i guess ones experience on his/ her dive which includes the rates or budget like what DivingAnarchy.info suggested. description of the place where one stayed and the people who manage it also would be helpful and interesting.
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