News Pie
The subtle flavor of each news trend reveals itself over a timeline of news “bytes”. Served up daily and portion controlled for quick consumption and easy digestion!
This is a review of one of my own sites.
I think the site deserves some explanation! I hope that by reviewing this site you will…
- See how topics are chosen.
- See where content is obtained.
- Understand a site “concept”.
On this site, concept is most important.
And since the concept is represented by the quote at the top of this article, I’ll start by explaining that quote.
The Subtle Flavor
It is assumed that (somehow and some sort of) a broad, general impression might be gained about the…
News Trend
inherent understanding or common sense of a news topic and the way in which it evolves over…
A Timeline
a developmental period limited by a start and end point and represented by specific increments and, as such, which is proportioned into…
News Bytes
the smallest possible chunks by which a single unit of meaning, or a taste, of a thing can be conveyed.
Developmental and incremental…
So an…
- impression,
- understanding,
- sense of a thing,
- or meaning
is suggested about something which is otherwise…
- broad,
- general,
- inherent, and
- common.
And this is accomplished using both a developmental and also an incremental strategy.
How to get a timeline to display in chunks:
- Limit the time period to 10 years.
- Limit the output to 10 results.
I call this my “10 in 10″ method!
Since this is 2008, I set the time span from 1998 to 2008 (10 years). And I set Google News Archive Search to display only 10 results for each topic chosen. And, yes, you could also search the Google News archive and display the results as a timeline limited to 10 years and 10 results though you might still fail to hit on an appropriate topic.
So how is a topic chosen?
A topic should be broad enough to be of interest to most people but also narrow enough to provide specific details. It should be about something that has occurred over an extended period of time. And it should exhibit change. The term used to name the topic should not cross news boundaries; rather, it should be specific to a particular field of interest. But most importantly, the topic should SCORE: When your formula is applied to the topic, it should produce winning results!
Do you have a Concept Blog?
- What is YOUR formula: Or, How do you choose topics?
- Do you think these kinds of sites are useful?
- Do you think they provide “original” information?
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