Finding Your Place on The Web
Where is your online home?
I guess most of us are familiar with the Wizard of Oz. My favorite scene is when Dorothy (Judy Garland) clicks the heels of her red shoes together and repeats several times, There’s no place like home.
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When it comes to the web, I feel the same way about my blog. I feel the same way about Triond. What makes an online home for a blogger or a content provider? Well, I guess it’s the same things that makes for a real home. One definition for a real home is: home is where they have to take you in. I don’t think that will work for most websites.
I like my blog and Triond because they are where I put all my online content. I feel comfortable having all my online content at these two sites.
For me, blogging and working on a pay-for-content site like Triond, is a continuation of a life long commitment to words on paper. Of course, working online and wanting to make some money makes me very aware of key words as marketing tools to catch the attention of search engines.
But I was a committed wordsmith long before I could send an e-mail.
No, I think we are all looking for a place online that will let us be ourselves, to pursue our need to put our thoughts into words. That’s the sort of website many of us are looking for. So, we blog and we look for websites like Triond.
This article is a tribute to those sites that let us be ourselves.
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February 8th, 2010 at 5:17 am
very useful information
February 8th, 2010 at 6:08 am
Good info and I love the pic it bring back memories.
February 8th, 2010 at 6:36 am
I agree with you. good thoughts!
February 8th, 2010 at 7:19 am
Very nice write up. After a day of ghostwriting, writing for Triond or one of the other sites that let’s me write what I want is like comming home.
February 8th, 2010 at 7:52 am
I guess your right despite the poor money earned on Triond I am definately addicted to seeing my thoughts getting published and recieving other writers advice and compliments, good write. LB
February 8th, 2010 at 8:22 am
great thought…nice share..
February 8th, 2010 at 9:17 am
Excellent!
February 8th, 2010 at 9:58 am
Good article! I am new to writing, but feel as it is my destiny to write I love it so much!
February 8th, 2010 at 10:00 am
again, I enjoy reading your well articles or blogs? I am new to computors. I mean I can run programs and followsimple rules, but when developing personal content, I have been relying on articles such as yours Frank
February 8th, 2010 at 10:16 am
To me, a home is a place where you can hang your hat up, kick your shoes off, and relax. Blogging and ‘Trionding’ allows me to do just that. It’s where you can feel comfortable and get away from the stresses of life. Thank you for reminding me of that.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:44 am
Yes Triond does make me quite comfortable, and happy, reading writing earning and friends, a second home.
February 8th, 2010 at 11:02 am
I think there’s a home for everyone on the http://WWW…sometimes we just have to look a little harder to see where we fit in
February 8th, 2010 at 11:21 am
a very nice collection….
February 8th, 2010 at 11:54 am
I find Triond to be a wonderful place, first, to be accepted, and then the rest is all good too, especially the incredible writers who are encouraging and not insulting like at a good many other sites I’ve gone to- I mean insulting, or downright rude.
I am grateful to be able to write at Triond and even though I share some really personal things, they are my life, who I am and being accepted here at Triond, is a gift! Thanks Prof, for another good write. And thank you to all of the friends we all find here!
February 8th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
One thing I like about Triond is that people are free to try out different types of writing without being put down, so yes, I suppose it is ‘homely’.
February 8th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
It is a good place for a writer to find encouragement and decent advice.
February 8th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Well said. I certainly feel comfortable on Triond.
February 8th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Great article. Triond is the only site that I feel works.
February 8th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Very nicely put.
February 8th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
same here… hehe… I have more than 50 other blogging accounts but it is in Triond that I spend 98% of the time…
February 8th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Very nice article.Thanks for sharing
February 8th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
each one in ur list is also on my frnds list
they all read ur articles and comment
some of them read my poems
and tick like or just pass on
how can one not compel them
to show that they have visited too
February 8th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Absolutely, anything within the scope of reason and revenue. Well done my friend.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
I really enjoy Triond too. It’s a great opportunity to put your thoughts on paper. Most people are nice here too.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
Extremely useful. I loved your articles.
February 8th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
I enjoyed reading this
February 9th, 2010 at 1:10 am
I agree totally. I like opening Triond and seeing that people have read my articles and I especially like the comments — the good, the bad and the ugly — hold nothing back. Just like home.
February 9th, 2010 at 2:21 am
Triond is my home. I’ve been a part of other sites but I like Triond more and the community of writers here are wonderful
February 9th, 2010 at 2:27 am
hey its very nice and informative
February 9th, 2010 at 2:40 am
Very true
February 9th, 2010 at 2:57 am
to triond! *toast
February 9th, 2010 at 5:10 am
excellent share
February 9th, 2010 at 8:07 am
Triond is the best <3
February 9th, 2010 at 10:28 am
Loves the movie and has for years.But triond has been my home for writen work for almost 2 years.The writers for the most part is great,you make friends and read some amazing stuff.What more could you ask for?
February 9th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
I love how your relate your article to a movie star! And as for Triond, I have everything good to say about Triond.
February 9th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Nice to read an other Smith…. Friends call me the a poet but in fact I just love to write…. never had no thoughts on making money though I always thought one of my Grandsons might?
Cheers for the share and your support.
yours matt
February 9th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
I think you are right. We do it for the joy of putting words on paper and the money is an extra benefit.
February 9th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
good article, triond is good for making money and give you a great hobby in writing articles, it will makes your knowledge improving. please don’t do PTC think
February 9th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
thanks for sharing
February 10th, 2010 at 3:27 am
Im lost I still do not have an on line home
February 10th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Good article. I like Triond. I signed up with AC but I couldn’t get any of my articles to post so I came back to Triond. I would love to make more money but mostly it’s for the joy of writing. I do get a check about every four to six months.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
I have found a home on Triond. I use it as a vehicle to rant and rave, air my views and opinions, etc.. But mostly it gets my work out there to see if it can find an audience. I’d be writing anyway (it’s my second favorite form of expression), so why not try to ern a few pennies doing it?
February 11th, 2010 at 2:45 am
Nicely expressed.
February 11th, 2010 at 4:13 am
I agree with you.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Very Well written!
February 11th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Great Job!
February 11th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
good info man!
February 11th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
nicely written and very good point.
February 12th, 2010 at 4:19 am
nice article, even i’m trying to find my place, please do read my article everyone, http://socyberty.com/issues/taliban-victory-in-afghanistan/, I’ve worked hard on it.
February 12th, 2010 at 8:47 am
Hi Guy,
Yes, many of us find our “comfort zone” and visit our “home away from home” (as far away as our desk or lap) often. This is so true!
February 13th, 2010 at 3:33 am
Good point–we do tend to write where we are comfortable.
Inna
February 13th, 2010 at 4:28 am
Triond is a great place.
February 13th, 2010 at 4:34 am
A great write and statement, Online home! Any writer can relate to that statement and if we never get afraid to learn to venture even Online, one will be amazed at the friends of welcome we find Online! Great write and share.
February 13th, 2010 at 4:38 am
A good point, it is very true.And a friendly article too.
February 13th, 2010 at 6:24 am
Yes, a good place to be.
February 13th, 2010 at 11:17 am
Yes, I am happy to have found Triond because Triond and blogging lets me be me at all times and I love it! Thank you for sharing this and keep up the great work
February 13th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
I just signed up through a triond user and am so excited to have a place (home) where I can write my thoughts….thank you for your sharing….
February 13th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
A nice tribute. Quite honest. Kudos.