This is something that struck me at the Bloggers’ Meet. I think that we are fast running out of good blog names (like “The Examined Life”) Of course, we early bloggers who are responsible for this. Firstly, we’ve taken all the good ones and secondly, the new bloggers think that they have to have some dramatic sounding name to get people’s attention. So we now have names like “The daily random ruminations of a demented maverick maniac” which, unfortunately, tells us only one thing – the blog has started recently and that they have expended all their imagination on the name. Also, the blog probably has a black background.
I don’t know how to solve this problem, but I just thought I’d raise it.
You’re right, as usual. What’s with your sporadic blogging nowadays? And why don’t you suggest even better ones. A good first example from my side:
“The Contaminated Confessions of a Confused Cyber Coolie”
>>Also, the blog probably has a black background.
LOL, LOL π
π My blogging has always been sporadic. It has to do with my mood. Unfortunately I cannot blame them on menstrual cycles.
As a kid, everytime a mallu song became a hit, i used to think this is the last hit song… I would listen to it repeatedly and think god, this is so good, so perfect.. this can’t possibly be bettered. Fortunately, that hasn’t happened.. Better tunes kept coming on. Same with good movie titles..
Blognames i think will get better and better.. What remains to be seen is just what do we start calling better.
daily random ruminations of a demented maverick maniacΓ’β¬Β
Sounds suspiciously like my blog name…..but I dont have a black background.
HAHAHAHA!
How true- esp. me w/ this weird name of mine blog! But thankfully, I CAN blame the menstrual cycle, estrogen, progestrone, cortisol, adrenaline, insulin, testestrone and all you folk! [small mercies for aunpronounable blog]
Great bong, I read your blog and your blog name might have been one of the “inspirations” when I made up the name, but my criticism does not apply to you. Your blog really does contain Random thoughts and you do have a demented mind. My objection was to those who give such names to their blogs without living up to those names.
this is true. my blog name is “The Demented Old Circus Monkey’s Examined Life” go there-
http://dementedoldcircusmonkey.blogspot.com/
my blog name is
skillege in the village
Tsk, tsk, tell us about it. I’ve been trying to help a friend set up a blog and we just can’t come up with ANYTHING that he likes and I (as the self appointed blog authority) will approve!!!
Hmm..this was written two years before I named my blog “The Imagined Universe”. Lovely name, even if I came up with it myself π
The issue I have with blogs is that they fail to live up to their names. I’d say “daily random ruminations..” is a good enough title, but then said blogger will start posting only once a month instead of the promised “daily”. Can I sue the blogger for breach of promise?
A decent untaken blog name:
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http://www.1comments.org
(1 Responses is probably also up for grabs; not quite as good, tho π
I was soooo proud of myself! I came up with a blog name for my own. “Silent Witness.”
Googled it. It’s a BBC one time hit show. Yay…Ugh.
I know what you mean. It’s annoying….