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+author: einar
+categories:
+- General
+comments: true
+date: "2007-10-12T20:29:41Z"
+slug: blogging-scholarships
+tags:
+- blog
+- SEO
+- web2.0
+title: Blogging scholarships!?
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+wordpress_id: 301
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+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.
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+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.
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+Like "pro" blogging or all that SEO stuff, I think people are taking this activity a little too seriously.