Weblogs Inc's Digital Photography Weblog was shuttered today. The cryptic closing notice said the blog's end "fits right in with the evolution of Weblogs Inc." Weblogs Inc. tends to shut down blogs that don't grow as quickly or as strongly as they like no matter how good the content is or isn't. At least that's my impression.

I was never overly impressed with the Digital Photography Weblog because it seemed to have a bit of an identity crisis. First much of the content was British based such as notices about British specific contests or events etc. Nothing wrong with that per se but I can't think of any other pro blog company based in the states with that setup. Also it seemed hard pressed to find enough content to fit in the digital photography model. There are tons of digital photography content out there and tons more waiting to be written so I suspect the staff just didn't have the time and resources to tend to it.

It's a loss for the blog's regular readers to be sure but with a little searching (check Exposure's blogroll for example) they'll be able to find many photography and digital photography blogs and sites that will more than pick up the slack.

Link: Attach lens cap; fade to black

Tags: Weblogs Inc., pro blogs