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Pro-israel blogging part ii

Back in March, Daled Amos asked what difference the J-Blogosphere could make in terms of covering Israel in Whither the J-Blogosphere?. When I addressed Israelly Cool!'s poll earlier I should have cited Daled Amos because my ideas, however clumsily expressed, were expressed previously in response to the Daled Amos post.

I appreciate the responses and would like to address them.

Hashmonean - You and Israel Matzav caught my carelessness. I did not mean that LGF or PowerLine necessarily set agenda for individual bloggers. However on account of their size whatever they say will be picked weighted by Technorati or BuzzTracker or Memeorandum. It is in that sense that they set an agenda.

I have no idea why Technorati seems to have dropped you. Do you ping Technorati every time you post? I'm assuming that you're using WordPress but even if you're not, here's a list of blogging platforms and how to ping Technorati from them. (Also for Boker Tov Boulder.)

But actually I was using the Garalsco case to illustrate how blogs ought to operate. The post was meant more generally.

I don't mind the disagreement. Part of the blogging process is having critics who can help me sharpen my points. Especially when, as I did here, I tired to write ideas but didn't necessarily express them clearly.

Israel Matzav - I didn't mean to be critical of non-professional bloggers. I was more trying to use the Garalsco case as a lesson to what we - as a group - do well and what, perhaps we can do better.

Israelly Cool! - I'm happy that your poll shows that so many people find themselves positively influenced. I think it's entirely possible that your results are not necessarily indicative of everyone's. I suspect that my audience - which is much smaller to start with - has a smaller percentage of those who aren't already convinced.

Boker Tov Boulder - I've heard Gissin in the past as he's been very good. Though it would seem that he wasn't so successful this time.

And btw, check out the "pinging" info above and see if it can help you get recognized by Technorati.

Muse - I think we all view ourselves as part of the Hasbara effort. Your efforts at correcting the careless use of the English terms is an excellent contribution to that effort.

AbbaGav - My thoughts exactly, though more clearly expressed. Recently I posted about a couple of items in the news and guessed that others I agreed with had also posted on the topic. So I did a Technorati search on one of the key terms I was blogging about (perhaps "John Pantsil") and a got a list of posts sympathetic to the view I wished to express. So I linked to them in the post. That meant that people who were reading me could easily read posts with a similar or complementary perspective. I believe that's what you mean by "there's always room for 5 more."

I'd like to thank all six of you for taking the time to comment on this topic. I don't often generate so many comments so it was very gratifying to get such fine blogging colleagues to add to this discussion.

And I'd also like to thank Israel at Level Ground: Life and Times for directing people this way!

Technorati tags: Pro-Israel Activism, Media Bias, Israel.