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author: einar
comments: true
date: 2007-10-12 20:29:41+00:00
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slug: blogging-scholarships
title: Blogging scholarships!?
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categories:
- General
tags:
- blog
- SEO
- web2.0
---

I just read from [Weblog Tools Collection](http://weblogtoolscollection.com) that [CollegeScholarships.org](http://www.collegescholarships.org) is [hosting a vote for a round of $10,000 blogging scholarships](http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2007/10/08/vote-for-the-winner-of-the-2007-blogging-scholarship/). Now, I may be a little out of the "Web 2.0" trend (actually for me "2.0" does not relate to Tim O'Reilly's buzzword, but to **real** and interesting technologies like the [Semantic Web](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_web)), but I find this absurd.

I mean, I have no doubts that the people listed there have made interesting blogs. But I would rather give a scholarship based on **merit** rather than the mere act of blogging something "interesting". Don't get me wrong, blogging can be fun and has its uses (see scientific blogging) but for heaven's sake, this is a little overboard.

Like "pro" blogging or all that SEO stuff, I think people are taking this activity a little too seriously.
