* How Much Does The Lebanese Blogosphere Suck? Let Rita Khoury Count The Ways..

Posted on by Mustapha

In an open letter, blogger Rita khoury shares her ennui with the Lebanese Blogosphere. In an nutshel: It’s boring, repetitive, monotone and non specialized.

While I agree with some of her points (yes, dry spells are dry), I have a nagging feeling that she’s not aware of many of the fabulous blogs out there: For example we have at least 4 fantastic Lebanese food bloggers. 

There’s also, in my opinion, an inherent flaw in her argument. She makes the point that if she’s not aware of your specialized blog, it means you’re not doing a good job with the SEO:

I’m pretty sure there will be tons of comments telling me that one of these blogs already exist. Sure, but do I know about it? No. Was I able to find it on Google? No

But here’s the problem with this logic: If you have a micro-niche blog (which Rita seems to be advocating), only people with similar micro-niche interests will find you on Google because they know what to search for. Niche blogs, by definition, have a niche audience. 

Has Rita heard of my friend Nadine Chahine? Probably not, because Nadine is one of the world’s experts on the very niche field of Arabic Typography. And guess what? She has a blog. A Fascinating one at that.

0 Responses to * How Much Does The Lebanese Blogosphere Suck? Let Rita Khoury Count The Ways..

  1. Thanks for mentioning Nadine’s blog. I’m a big fan of her work!

    Rita makes some good points about creating more specialized blogs. It makes a blog stand out more, and if you’re lucky enough to have Maya’s artistic talents and dedication, even better!

    I don’t know how much that really affects SEO though. It’s more important to know how to tag your posts, to use social media to promote it, as well as posting interesting content (that’s relative, of course). The people will come if you have something worth reading.

    In the end, it’s a blog – your own online space to share what you want with others. It’s not meant to change the world (but if it can, why not).

  7. Mustapha

    Thanks so much for including me in that list; this has allowed me to discover YOUR site and if you will allow me, to include it in my blogroll.