Technology Sites Which Ones Are Actually Worth Reading?

Steven Finch — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:57:22 +0000

Im not too sure if i should really write about Crenk’s competitors, because giving them some extra publicity for free is never a good idea. However, i really wanted to run through some of my favourite technology sites and let you know which ones are actually worth reading and which ones arent.

Currently, here at Crenk we have already compiled a Crenk-ed List, which lists some of the best sites on the net. I just wanted to take this a little further and tell you more about some of these sites and others.

Technology News and Analysis:

This area of the blogging world is centered around several key sites and there doesnt seem to be many new up and coming blogs. The leaders are Techcrunch, Silicon Alley, Read/Write Web, Mashable, VentureBeat, Gigaom and Webware. Recently, we have also seen the demise of Mykinda and Blognation. There arent too many blogs on the rise and starting to compete with the big boys, but the main new site is CenterNetworks. CenterNetworks has recently taken on a few more contributors on a frequent basis and im sure brings in a nice income for Allen Stearn.

There are also lots of the older sites out there that seem to be in decline, for example Rev2.org and Programmable Web.

Web Product Analysis:

Currently, this niche is quite easy to get into and there arent too many major players in this area. There are 2 sites that really seem to be growing very quickly at the moment and thats MakeUseOf and Sizlopedia. Both of these sites have seen great growth in the last 3-6 months and i can seeing this continue and possibly overtaking some of the larger technology news weblogs.

Technology Ramblings:

There are so many tech gurus out there with blogs who just like talking about crap. Examples are Scoble, Calacanis, Battelle and Feld. Are any of them actually worth reading? Hell Yeh! However, i am also really keen to see a collaboration by such a-listers. That would be a must read and would provide a entire discussion area in one simple site.

This all being said and done there has been a lot of discussion last week about comment Michael Arrington from Techcrunch made about getting a few high profile blog sites together and taking the market by storm. I think he was a bit ambitious about some issues, but overall it is a good idea and up until now there has been no collaboration between high profile bloggers. With more and more blogs coming into the blogosphere everyday, collaboration and networking is definitely the way forward. So look out for some of these high profile blogs mentioned to start combinding their efforts.

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Technology Sites Which Ones Are Actually Worth Reading?