I really should be writing something else at the moment. News, articles, The Blog Herald posts – anything really. But sometimes things just doesn’t work out that way.

I feel like starting a blog network.

Got your attention there, didn’t I? So how would my blog network work? Well, first of all I wouldn’t call it a blog network, not because it’s geeky (sorry John, have to link you every time I touch this forever on!) or because 9rules doesn’t do it. No, it’s more a matter of definition since my blogs would have a more daily approach, I think. I would scrap the traditional gadget blogs (which I enjoy reading otherwise) and aim for depth rather than speed. My gaming blog wouldn’t pump out news Joystiq style, it would give you in-depth analysis and features – quality over quantity. And it would definitely lack reviews, man – they are everywhere these days.

My blog network would be small, which is plain stupid when it comes to getting the links in and Pagerank up, but I can’t help it – pushing out loads of blogs feels wrong. They can do that when I sell it for a truckload of money. Every site would have two or three authors and should be updated daily.

I would use Youtube, Flickr and similar services to do my dirty work. Hosting your own video clips is expensive, but having a user on Youtube solves this problem. This especially would suit a gaming blog well since you get pitched with a gazillion trailers every month.

Podcasts suck. That’s my general opinion. If you got to do them, do them right – like The Blog Herald (proud of you Matt!). My podcasts wouldn’t suck, they would be short and concise, professionally mixed by my nerdy brother who’s into that sort of thing. And they would be right to the point, a weekly part of the content flow. Maybe I would do a network edition, with the best stuff all crammed into one. As a playlist of course, if you don’t want to hear about the pains of an aspiring novelist you won’t have to.

My blog network wouldn’t have a job board, better that I partner with one. It would however have a Wordpress dedicated blog, with tips and tutorials. That would be giving back to the Wordpress community, and also a not so subtle way to hoard good PR (not Pagerank) and inbound links.

The blogs in the network would have somewhat similar designs, but not too close to each other either. You would (almost) recognize a blog in the network, but the tipping point that makes you sure would be the network menu at the top of each page. A dynamic thing by the way, with links to other blog one click away but dropping it down would give you the highlights of each blog as well. Nifty huh?

What blogs would be in there? How would the network rule the world? Who would pay for it and who would write what? That’s something for another post, I think. Hey, maybe this’ll become a serial here at tdhedengren.com! Spooky.