Comments on: State of the military historioblogosphere, March 2008 http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:25:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jim http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-106020 Jim Tue, 26 May 2009 18:18:18 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/#comment-106020 You're right Brett- why would I have commented on Kevin here given that his site is explicitly mentioned? Thanks for clearing that up. The point is Kevin doesn't allow for discussion that challenges his biases. You can probably guess why. Therefore, the forum for those discussions must take place elsewhere where Kevin's views are specifically mentioned. You’re right Brett- why would I have commented on Kevin here given that his site is explicitly mentioned? Thanks for clearing that up.

The point is Kevin doesn’t allow for discussion that challenges his biases. You can probably guess why. Therefore, the forum for those discussions must take place elsewhere where Kevin’s views are specifically mentioned.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-105586 Brett Holman Sun, 17 May 2009 08:02:20 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/#comment-105586 I think I can! You must need a very thick skin to keep going some days. I think I can! You must need a very thick skin to keep going some days.

]]> By: Kevin http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-105559 Kevin Sat, 16 May 2009 15:23:39 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/#comment-105559 Sorry Brett, but this is what happens with my readers who are banned from commenting. You can probably guess why. Sorry Brett, but this is what happens with my readers who are banned from commenting. You can probably guess why.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-105487 Brett Holman Fri, 15 May 2009 13:56:34 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/#comment-105487 This seems like a strange place to voice your disagreement with Kevin's views on history. I'd suggest trying his <a href="http://cwmemory.com/" rel="nofollow">blog</a>. This seems like a strange place to voice your disagreement with Kevin’s views on history. I’d suggest trying his blog.

]]> By: Jim http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-105458 Jim Thu, 14 May 2009 19:25:52 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/#comment-105458 Now I know how little weight to give these rankings. Kevin Levin's site gets the American CW wrong with his biased posts gets a high rank. Maybe it's the phenomena of asymmetric information, that is, the average person doesn't know much history therefore they get it from an inferior source. Happy Confederate Memorial Day. Now I know how little weight to give these rankings. Kevin Levin’s site gets the American CW wrong with his biased posts gets a high rank. Maybe it’s the phenomena of asymmetric information, that is, the average person doesn’t know much history therefore they get it from an inferior source. Happy Confederate Memorial Day.

]]> By: Airminded · Not the state of the military historioblogosphere http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-85698 Airminded · Not the state of the military historioblogosphere Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:36:50 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/#comment-85698 [...] month is when I should be doing another of my state of the military historioblogosphere posts, but obviously I’m not. Mostly this is because I don’t have time to gather the [...] [...] month is when I should be doing another of my state of the military historioblogosphere posts, but obviously I’m not. Mostly this is because I don’t have time to gather the [...]

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-73291 Brett Holman Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:14:56 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/#comment-73291 Thanks for your comment, Liz! I think it's a good idea, for the reasons you mention and also from the point of view of marketing, I suppose. I've noticed that the <a href="http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/9665.html#military" rel="nofollow">Cliopatria blogroll</a> (still the biggest listing of history blogs) has always listed only the AWM homepage, rather than having links to each individual AWM blog. I suppose it was too much trouble for them to list them all, especially given that they would come and go as exhibitions opened and closed. So you may wish to inform them of your new group blog! BTW, <em>Sydney</em> has been a popular topic here too -- my <a href="http://airminded.org/2008/03/17/out-of-the-depths/" rel="nofollow">sole post</a> on it has been getting quite a few hits, especially from googlers interested in the conspiracy angle. Seems that the <em>Sydney</em> conspiracy theorists haven't discovered the internet yet! Thanks for your comment, Liz! I think it’s a good idea, for the reasons you mention and also from the point of view of marketing, I suppose. I’ve noticed that the Cliopatria blogroll (still the biggest listing of history blogs) has always listed only the AWM homepage, rather than having links to each individual AWM blog. I suppose it was too much trouble for them to list them all, especially given that they would come and go as exhibitions opened and closed. So you may wish to inform them of your new group blog!

BTW, Sydney has been a popular topic here too — my sole post on it has been getting quite a few hits, especially from googlers interested in the conspiracy angle. Seems that the Sydney conspiracy theorists haven’t discovered the internet yet!

]]> By: Liz Holcombe http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-73250 Liz Holcombe Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:59:20 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/#comment-73250 Brett, you ask in your post (and a very interesting one it is too) if the AWM is going to abandon having separate blogs for exhibitions. I am the Web Manager at the Memorial, and the answer to your question is yes. There are two main reasons for this: firstly, on a practical note, the work involved in maintaining an increasing number of blogs was beginning to take more time than we had; and secondly, we felt a group blog would allow more staff to contribute on a wider variety of topics, and we hoped that would attract a wider audience. So far, this is working, with great interest shown in the posts on finding HMAS Sydney, the opening of new galleries focusing on conflicts since 1945, and of course, on the conservation work being carried on the Albatros, to name a few. Brett, you ask in your post (and a very interesting one it is too) if the AWM is going to abandon having separate blogs for exhibitions. I am the Web Manager at the Memorial, and the answer to your question is yes. There are two main reasons for this: firstly, on a practical note, the work involved in maintaining an increasing number of blogs was beginning to take more time than we had; and secondly, we felt a group blog would allow more staff to contribute on a wider variety of topics, and we hoped that would attract a wider audience. So far, this is working, with great interest shown in the posts on finding HMAS Sydney, the opening of new galleries focusing on conflicts since 1945, and of course, on the conservation work being carried on the Albatros, to name a few.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-72388 Brett Holman Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:17:06 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/#comment-72388 That's very true. Airminded's been dropping drastically too since the last 'state of ...', even though my readership has apparently climbed by more than 50 percent in that period. FWIW (which, equally, is not very much) I suspect that IoaD would be no. 5 if I used the TTLB rankings, as it's a lot higher than KoW there (with BTOOTSA at 1, followed by CWM, Rantings and Airminded -- separated by only 1 place). But that website is a lot harder to use and the rankings are, if anything, even more flaky than Technorati's. That’s very true. Airminded’s been dropping drastically too since the last ’state of …’, even though my readership has apparently climbed by more than 50 percent in that period. FWIW (which, equally, is not very much) I suspect that IoaD would be no. 5 if I used the TTLB rankings, as it’s a lot higher than KoW there (with BTOOTSA at 1, followed by CWM, Rantings and Airminded — separated by only 1 place). But that website is a lot harder to use and the rankings are, if anything, even more flaky than Technorati’s.

]]> By: Gavin http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-72341 Gavin Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:47:08 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/03/31/state-of-the-military-historioblogosphere-march-2008/#comment-72341 Technorati rankings are just strange. I don't think there's been much change in IoaD in terms of quality/frequency of posts or number of readers since the start of 2007, but it's gone from being massively overrated in the first round-up to crashing right out of the top 5. I'm now ranked 246,538 with an authority of 33 but in practice it makes absolutely no difference. Technorati rankings are just strange. I don’t think there’s been much change in IoaD in terms of quality/frequency of posts or number of readers since the start of 2007, but it’s gone from being massively overrated in the first round-up to crashing right out of the top 5. I’m now ranked 246,538 with an authority of 33 but in practice it makes absolutely no difference.

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