Blue ribbon blogs
Way back in olden times, when I went to library school, we were taught to use traditional sources – books mainly – for obtaining information. Online databases were just beginning to make their appearance. Information was pretty tightly controlled by publishers and database providers.
I have been lucky throughout my professional life to have been involved mainly with electronic products, so I welcomed, as most of my colleagues did, the explosion of the Internet as yet another tool to use to help patrons. What a difference even a few years has made in how we obtain information! Twitter, Facebook, Google have changed the face of "information" forever.
Blogs have really come into their own in the past few years as a recognized source. Many blog posts combine factual research with opinion – all of which the reader can digest and use as one tool to make informed decisions. But which blogs are worth reading? How do you decide what (or who) to follow in the blogosphere?
So it is always helpful when good blogs are pointed out to us. Rob Carrick in his personal finance column in the Globe and Mail (May 12, 2011, pg. B18) announced the winners of the Best of the Blogs competition. This competition had a panel of Globe and outside bloggers look at 23 money blogs and posted them online for readers to vote on. The panel, taking into consideration voting, decided on the winners.
See if you agree:
Top personal finance blogs:
Top investing blogs:
Check out the full list of this years nominees.
Happy blog reading!
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