If you’re done blogging take it down
Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, March 17th, 2006
Categories: Golf Media • Miscellaneous • Site News
Categories: Golf Media • Miscellaneous • Site News
In my last post I talked about some dying or dead golf blogs. I think if you’ve left your golf blog for dead there are some things you should do.
1. Take it down. There are other golf blogs trying to “break in” to the golf blog world. It sucks for them and anyone else trying to get any kind of search engine ranking when some other golf blog that hasn’t been updated for a year is still ranking much higher on google.
2. If you don’t take it down, at least turn off your comments. There are a couple of golf blogs who’s comments are now a breeding ground for spam comments. Do us all a favor and do what you can to prevent spam comments!
3. Let us know you’re done. Rather than just disappearing, leave a post letting your readers know. MJ did just that that.
4. Us bloggers who still blog and have blogrolls should take the dead blogs OFF your blog roll. Perhaps after “x” number of months. Perhaps something like 6 months or so.
Doing so will stop pointing readers and search engines their way.
State of golf blogs
Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, March 16th, 2006
Categories: Golf Media • Miscellaneous • Site News
Categories: Golf Media • Miscellaneous • Site News
Time for some “blogging” here!
There was a span of time last Summer and Fall where golf blogs were popping up faster than acne on a teenage girl, faster than empty beer cans and out of tune vocals at a John Daly concert, faster than PGA Tour players packing it in on the Sunday back 9 when Tiger is in the hunt. That growth has slowed and some golf blogs have gone dormant.
New
Found a new one through Robert Thompson called Now On The Tee. I’m bored of blogger templates but oh well.
Speaking of Robert Thompson, he’s relocated. I was hoping for a going4thegreen.com kind of URL but instead he’s joined forces with http://www.ontgolf.ca/ from Ontario. Robert’s URL is now http://www.ontgolf.ca/site/blogs/.
HOG has got a new international friend: Fuera de Limites. I don’t read Spanish but they link to my posts all the time. Hopefully they’re linking…
Another newer golf blog is Ian Andrew’s “Caddy Shack.”
My Daily Slice is a…. oh wait. Major pop up ads.. Never mind.
My new good pal Tom Gov has started up Point 1 Golf and is doing very well.
Dead, dying, dormant
Jam Boy took the golf blog world by storm but hasn’t posted since January 7th.
World Golf Views’ last post June 23, 2005.
Musey last posted July 18th, 2005. I do miss her.
No Damn 3 Putts was a golf blog with balls. But hasn’t had the balls to blog since May 14, 2005.
I miss MJ.
Hitting the links, October 2005.
Man there are so many I may need to do a 2nd list.
My favorites
Eat Golf – Rich always has something up his sleeve that he’s pulling an “all night-er” over.
Bogey Lounge – A Greek golf blogger. What a concept.
Golf Chick just made her 100th post! Two of my favorite things. Golf and chicks…
Golf Blogger is one of the all time best.
Grouchy is one of the first and best. He’s very good at sparking a good debate.
Luke Swilor is a neighbor, golf buddy and aspiring pro.
Name this course #2
Ok, the last one may have been a litle too easy. Name this one.
Fun with Google Earth.
Name this course
Know what course this is?
Golf Dust – The secret to solid golf shots revealed
What is the most crucial requirement of hitting solid golf shots? Is it a full back swing? Is it a good grip? Is it the proper ball placement in your stance? Is it keeping your left arm straight? Is it keeping your head down? Is it any of a million other swing thoughts or techniques?
No, no, no, no, no and no. It doesn’t matter if your grip is funky, you have a messed up swing plane or your stance is whacked. The most important part of hitting solid golf shots is hitting the ball with the center of the club face.
Comparing amateur golfers with PGA touring pros with regards to center hits, is like comparing a the spray of a shotgun with one pellet of a BB gun. Amateur’s shots are all over the club face, even with the putter. The few times in a round the amateur does hit a solid shot you can be sure he “got lucky” and caught the sweet spot.
Enter Golf Dust
How does one know exactly where his shots are one the club face? One way is impact tape. Impact tape is tape you place on the club face and it leaves marks on the tape where you hit the club face. Impact tape gives you good feedback but it takes a lot of tape to cover the whole face and it’s a pain to apply and remove every few swings.
With Golf DustGolf Dust you simply spray the club face and wait a few seconds for it to dry. Now your entire club face is covered with a coating with shows you exactly where you’re impacting the face. You can get feedback for several shots before you need to reapply.
When you’re done the Golf Dust easily cleans off with a wet towel.
Half an inch equals 40 yards
I was recently going through a bad spell in my game where all my shots were coming up short. It was very frustrating. My irons were one to two clubs short, and my driver was as much as 40 yards shorter than normal. One trip to the range and a few sprays of Golf Dust later I realized all my shots were about half an inch outside of center. That gave me the feedback I needed to figure out what adjustments were needed to get that half inch corrected.
Golf Dust Impact Indicator Tune-up Kit
The Golf Dust Tune-up Kit includes one 2.7oz can of Golf Dust plus 3 Top Flite Pure Distance golf balls. The 2.70 oz can is enough for approximately 150 applications and costs only $16.40.
Wouldn’t you pay 16 bucks to gain 40 yards?
Side note:
Golf Dust is also a sponsor of the Hooked On Fantasy Golf League and is providing Tune-up kits bi-weekly to the winners. It’s not too late to joing the fantasy league and have a chance at winning Golf Dust and many other prizes!
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