What most people forget about personal blogging

June 26th, 2009 Kevin Quinlan No comment

While you can always set your blog to be private and put it under lock and key, most people do not do this. Most who take part in personal blogging write whatever is on their mind, about anyone or anything and post it for the world to read.

Maybe people are just used to writing whatever they want on paper knowing it is kept in an underwear drawer and no one is going to read it. Personal blogging is a different animal. When you take part in personal blogging whatever you throw out there, you put it out there for the world to read. If you make fun of your boss, he or she could read it. If you make a comment about your family members, he or she could read it.

Even more personal blogging leaves a trace of you on the web for history. Young folks seem to not realize that things you do when you are still in high school or college can forever be linked to your name now with the web. Comments posted, opinions about certain subjects or people can haunt you in the future. Ten years after personal blogging a prospective employer could google your name and find what you wrote a long time ago.

This stuff happens. Google is a normal part of hiring someone these days. Background checks are common and your history on the web can impact your career even decades after you were personal blogging.

Bottomline, think about what you are going to blog about with your personal blog. Decide if you mean to make it public or if it should be private. If you decide to quit the blog, be sure to delete posts and hope in time the cache of your blog posts go away.

Here are some examples of why you need to be careful when you are personal blogging:

Don’t let this happen to you. Be sure to be responsible with your personal blog.