At the end of the year bloggers tend to summarize their most read posts of the previous year. Another type of post is lists, mostly the best blog they've come across or the best blogs based on your votes. Some of these are just plain simple link baits. You can read more about the dangers of these lists at Laika's MedLibLog. One exception is the TWIM Awards. The TWIM awards are the best in mental health blogging, as voted by Mental Nurse readers. Each category includes a winner and up to two runners-up. To qualify as a runner-up, at least .....read more »

Seth Godin and Tom Peters do a much better job in telling you why you should blog than I can in a long post. Thanks DrV at 33Charts he also included the text of their brief conversation.Related posts: The Difference Between a Blog post and an Article Blog like a man or a woman? What Kind of a Person Writes on Wikipedia or Blog or Medblog? ..read more »