About googling and blogs

I created this blog an year ago. There is a reason why I stopped after 2 posts. Maybe this post is something like a confession of a secret habit that I have developed over some years :D

I have this habit - dont know whether it is good or bad. Whenever I come accross a new person, I search for their name in google. Not just new person. I pick up names in random and google. Old classmates.. schoolmates.. collegemates.. colleagues.. people whom i dont really know.. i just know their names.

The first thing that comes up when I google is their LinkedIn profile. They seem to have a wonderful SEO team. The next thing seen is their facebook profile if one exists. The rest of the links are usually irrelevant, but sometimes I happen to come across their blogs :)

I donot know why i like to google for people's names. I never googled for Bill Gates or Barack Obama, but for the common people around me. Some people are interesting and some are boring. Well if they have a (an updated) blog, they are usually interesting people.

I know only their names, but if i happen to come across someone's blog I will end up knowing a lot more about them. I like to read these blogs. It sometimes feels like I am tresspassing into someone's personal life, or almost always. Because one cannot avoid giving this "personal touch" to any post. Even when they are writing a movie review or an article about a bomb blast there will be something about them in the post. It tells you what the person's interests are, his/her likes and dislikes, etc,.

The purpose of this blog is to talk about what people usually write in their blogs. Some blogs look like newspapers - people write about bomb blasts, chandrayan etc. Like the newschannels and newspapers donot do enough coverage(they do an over-coverage). I really donot understand why people like to write these essays. I dont read them anyways. There is a difference between expressing your opinions and reporting. These bloggers might be jobless or they want to blog but they donot want to write anything personal.

Some bloggers write about the events that happen in everyday life. Not extraordinary or unusual events. The normal things that happen in day-to-day life. Writing is magic. Even if they are not good writers they put in their thoughts and analyze the events. It gives a new meaning to an ordinary event like say getting stuck in traffic or just what they did over the weekend. I like to read these blogs. These are the most interesting things to read, especially when the writer has a good sense of humor and has a good grasp of the language. Some are really good writers, they can make you think, laugh and sometimes cry. These people are sensitive and philosophical.

Sometimes there is no event but just a random topic - like this one. It cannot be called an opinion. These are just random thoughts about a random topic. These are interesting if the topic is good and the post is not long (hope someone read this article :P) . The most interesting thing about these blogs is that I have never come accross two blogs which talked about the same event or same topic. Even if they are close never the same. A 100 different people can write 100 different articles about the same topic too.

Some bloggers write reviews. about movies, books, travel, food, etc,. They also have a lots of pictues, comics.. just about anyting. I stay away from the long ones but these blogs are moderately interesting, especially the travel stories. These are people who have a strong opinion about everything and who like to express their views. And they are interesting because they watch movies, read books, travel and also think about what they did.

Some blogs look like personal diaries. Abstract personal diaries would be a better description. Because these people are writing something personal but they donot want to mention any names. And they donot want to mention the actual event they are referring to. But still they are writing about their feelings, usually sadness, failures or frustration - something which they are not able to share with anyone. Rarely anyone talks about happiness. One thing that is common to these blogs is loneliness. These blogs were written when the authors were lonely. I feel guilty when I read these blogs because this is surely tresspassing. But what can i do , the blogs are not private :)

So thats about google and blogging. I did not know what I wanted to blog when i started blogging an year ago. And i have read a lot many blogs. Like i said u will come to know about the person's thoughts when u read someone's blog. Well that is what i was avoiding. I dont even like to tell someone what music i am listening to sometimes, because that will tell something about my taste and mood.

I dont know how to conclude. Blogging surely is a good thing, but is it ok to read a blog written by someone whom u donot know? Is it ok to google for someone's name :P. Maybe i am jobless, but i donot discuss about these blogs with anyone. i mean i donot gossip. But i dont know why i google for names. And i did not want to blog because i donot know who would read it. And i was not sure what to write because like i said every post gets personal even if you donot want to get it personal. Maybe its good, maybe its not..