Comments on: Editing for BNN/Utah

By: One Utah » Blog Archive » The Beehive State Balancing Act

One Utah » Blog Archive » The Beehive State Balancing Act — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:40:40 +0000

[...] Cliff Lyon learned that I was the new editor of BlogNetNews/Utah he asked if I would not list OneUtah as a liberal blog since the goal here is to present a full range of Utah Perspectives. He also invited me to be an [...]

By: David

David — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:19:45 +0000

Jesse,

I’ll pass that on to David Mastio since I have no contact with the technical side of things. I know he’s always working to improve BNN.

By: Jesse Harris

Jesse Harris — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:00:42 +0000

I have some very big problems with the way that BNN is run from a technical perspective (cloaked referrer field, duplicate content showing in the Google Index, no PageRank credit, etc). I’d personally rank those significantly higher than taxonomy right now.

By: David Mastio

David Mastio — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:47:24 +0000

I am really glad David agreed to help us out with this. BNN always works better with a local hand on the wheel.

While we’re talking Utah, I hope people will check out http://www.blognetnews.com/elections . If we are missing important Utah races for the fall, please add them.

By: David

David — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:01:40 +0000

Thanks Obi wan.

By: Obi wan liberali

Obi wan liberali — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:37:34 +0000

David, I’m glad that BNN chose you for those responsibilities. You are an even-handed individual and couldn’t have been a better choice. Good luck in the new role.

By: David

David — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:38:14 +0000

Cliff,

Thanks for the invitation. I will consider writing for OneUtah.

Rick,

Thanks again for the suggestion. That just might be the right approach.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:30:14 +0000

I see what you mean. Perhaps you could start with the major areas as you suggest and then put everyone else in the “Rest of Utah”. Then when there are sufficient numbers a new group can be formed as needed.

By: Cliff

Cliff — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:29:03 +0000

Hi David,

Thanks for taking on BNN for Utah. I took a serious look at it for the first time this weekend.

I really like it. Its a great concept, and does for bloggers what I have been telling them for years.

Be FROM somewhere (geographically). Here is a little secret. For the average home grown blog, you will get and sustain more traffic right out of the box if you put some geographic indicator in the name.

People WANT to discuss (and even fight) with people with whom they share something, anything. We are all human like that.

Anyway, as far as categorizing OneUtah, while we tend toward the left, I am ALWAYS on the look out for more conservative authors like Paul Mero (or you?), and anyone who meets the Utah requirements, can be an author and post at will.

For that reason, I hope you will consider cross listing OneUtah as more than just “left-leaning” as I am truly trying to create and open public square.

As I told PM privately, I don’t condone Mormon bashing for the sake of it (i.e. Ed jr.) but within limits, its not my business to interfere, especially since I didn’t grow up in the Church or here. That said, thank you for your consideration, civility, and patience…and for commenting.

Perhaps YOU would consider becoming a OneUtah author?

tks
Cliff

By: David

David — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:25:43 +0000

I had considered that. I hope others will weigh in on whether that makes the most sense. Another option might be Salt Lake Metro (which would include south Davis County), Ogden, Provo/Orem, etc.

My concern with just doing counties is that it would make sense for Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber, and probably Cache, but do we want a category for a single blogger in Kane County?