Are A-List Bloggers Really all That Great?

One thing I really like about blogging is the interaction with other bloggers. True, you don’t need to run your own blog to enter the blogosphere, but I have to say that I never really understood the power of the blogosphere until I started this one.

I had of course come across all different sites with information that I was looking for and nice articles to read, but it wasn’t until I started this particular blog that I found out how important it is to start interacting with other bloggers. I do understand that some bloggers really don’t feel that much for interacting with their readers, seeing their main concern is not building up some sort of relation with them. This especially being the case if all you are really after is having them click through your ads in order to generate money on advertisements.

But when it comes to the bloggers on all different sorts of A-lists out there, the Big Guys (and some Gals) so to speak, where would they actually be without that firm base of readers backing them up and spreading their words through their own blogs? To what extend can they start to almost completely ignore their own readers in order to get ahead making more money every day?

I myself do read some of the blogs on lists like 45n5.com (one of the top list of blogs in the money making niche) but can’t stop wondering how come some blogs that according to their own posts make a huge amount of money and are having that many readers while the actually postings they send out into blogoshpere are a lot of crap and then some, while other blogs have a lot less readers eventhough their content and dedication is of a much higher level.

Going back to the interaction with other bloggers, it seems that the bigger the blog becomes, the less interaction comes from the blogowner itself but more from the readers of those blogs. And of course there are blogs that seem to drive on autopilot, being updated through mostly guest posters and maybe occasionally a few lines from the blogowner.

One can argue of course that A-listers have less time to comment and maybe are focussed more on converting the comments they receive into other informative posts. One can even go out their way and say these Gurus have already shown their knowledge enough to get a lot in return.

But to what extend can a blogger justify the lack of feedback and interaction on their part, or even the crappy content offered regularly (influenced by paid reviews more than anything), when the thriving force behind generating their (huge) paycheck is the base of loyal readers?