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Thanks for your criticism, on closer reading I have misunderstood many things about your article, and completely missed the point. I have also misunderstood DT. It has been a good dose of reality for me; I will learn from my mistake.

Sorry I lost you there, but who spoke of policing and regulation?

True to “don’t like, don’t read” but at the same time, I was speaking on what I’d like to see more. You realise there is a big difference between both. I have not argued, or for that matter, insist on what should be classified as “great content”. I don’t think it is within my jurisdiction to say so.

Oh yes, how could I have forgotten the 5th P, People! Tsk. Shame on me.

The right mix for ANYTHING is hard to achieve, don’t you think? Humans will continue, until the end of time, to struggle with balance. I personally think it’s impossible to be perfectly optimal.

Isn’t it interesting how some people like to quote another’s name for credibility, and hence put words in people’s mouths? Happens all the time. I’m particularly critical towards Leng Hiong here because he is supposed to be a science writer, as he claimed. Shouldn’t he be living and breathing the truth, alongside with amplified sensitivity towards words by nature?

Perez Hilton’s my guilty pleasure, in between reading scope of work contracts and tackling clients’ burning demands. It actually takes wit to write the way he does, even if its completely non-beneficial to the brain.

I do appreciate your feedback here, DT. See you around in the digital world.

Two words. Civil Servant.

Also, what does it say when xx’s readership is probably higher than yours? That this country is not ready for the think tanks and your other pre-requisites? Or that she is better at engaging her audience? I agree to a certain extent that blogs with copy LikE tHiS desperately need a dose of content though. Honestly for the rest of us, don’t like it, don’t read. Best solution.

All of us have a narcissistic side, like it or not. For Mr Brown, he can blog about his family, whom others may or may not hive two hoots about. Nadnut blogs about her manicures and hair extensions – alongside other adventures in a wildly popular blog. Consider the audience – why are some blogs so wildly popular and some, even with great content – not?

I believe you hit it on the nail. I am continued to be surprised that with all this hype in new media blah blah, that traditional rules of businesses still apply, such as the 4 P’s of marketing. Don’t forget that elusive 5th P for people! But I digress.

My point of my comment is that getting that right mix for a successful blog is damn hard, and I will continue to say so, despite Leng Hiong’s comment that I said how SEO experts can generate traffic to their empty blogs. Which BTW I never made. Furthermore, his comments about those vapid blogs are quite incorrect. Perez Hilton, Gawker, and even Go Fug Yourself have some of the damn best written copy I have ever read.

I often like to draw parallels with the number of successful blogs with the number of successful companies. Not everyone can have a really successful blog/company, and to do so requires really the right mix.

But then again we can debate endless when we start to define success? Please keep in touch through the usual channels.