http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/
And the home site for all seven AGU geoblogs is here:
http://blogs.agu.org/
As you will see from the screenshot below, the new blog is cleaner, crisper, has better functionality, no ads and is hosted by an earth science organisation rather than a connercial site. I am really excited about the possibilities that this move will provide:
So please come on over and take a look, and let me know what you think. My intention is to run the two sites in parallel for a few weeks, then to move to a phase of just posting titles with a link here and ultimately to cease using this site altogether. However, the archive will remain intact (although all the content on this site is also now on the new site as well.
3 comments:
Hello Dave,
Congratulations on your new site, it really does look good! There are many interesting links to read on after perusing your articles and, as you said, no overbearing ads anymore. You will find new friends in the scientists' sphere and get more sophisticated comments; very good, I would appreciate that too. A little drawback may be, you may loose a lot of your commenting community you had here. There were for example the many enthusiasts, not scientists at all, who followed your blog every day out of interest, and whenever you mentioned a picture you would like to see they searched the net to find it, or they pondered a problem and came up with an idea you might not have had thought of before. Those might not dare posting on this new blog. As for me, if I feel like posting a comment there, I will not address you as "Hello Dave" anymore, it will be "Dear Dr. Petley" - and of course I will rephrase my comment three times and have it checked by my English teacher before posting :)
I wish you many great contacts and an inspiring community! - Petra
Hi Petra,
Thanks for your comment. Whilst I appreciate your perspective on this, I don't think that is how I see it. The location of the blog on the AGU website does not mean that it is changing to become a site only for academics and researchers, and no-one should feel the need to change the style or content of their comments. I certainly don't want you to start to address me by my titles - I only ever use those with airlines, banks and hotels.
Please do not stop contributing comments - that is an area that I would like to build up, not reduce, on the new blog (apart from those people selling viagra or suchlike of course).
Dave
I'have never found a website so interesting in landslides, with many good photos. I'm fiabeefrane from Italy and sorry for my English. The real different from your site and others in Italy (probably i don't know all italian sites of landslides) is that your information are full of important things that you put free for everybody; and you are a professor at Durahm University in the United Kingdom! Too much different from professor of Italy; in fact is impossible for me to think a same site from a italian professor. Too much free information. Thanks for you work of globalitation of difficult matter like landslides. Paolo
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