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Lawyers blogging on a porn network?

Blogger for law blogs
February 28, 2015

Well not exactly.

I’m referencing Google’s Blogger blog publishing platform and blog network, which yesterday reversed its decision to ban porn.

Among the many reasons I started LexBlog a decade ago one was that I didn’t see Google’s Blogger blog platform as a credible blogging solution for lawyers.

Even if you could modify the standard Blogger design templates, there was always the “Next Blog/Site” button at the top of each blog, including on every lawyer’s blog on Blogger.

No telling what blog you’d be taken to when you hit the “Next Blog” link, it could be a soft porn site. How would that look to clients and prospective clients?

Earlier this week Google made the decision to ban porn on Blogger. But in an about face yesterday, they changed their mind:

We’ve had a ton of feedback, in particular about the introduction of a retroactive change (some people have had accounts for 10+ years), but also about the negative impact on individuals who post sexually explicit content to express their identities. So rather than implement this change, we’ve decided to step up enforcement around our existing policy prohibiting commercial porn.

I continue to run into law firms, including major firms, using Blogger.

To me it seems the same as saying we don’t see the value in wearing nice clothes and having a nice office. Clients, prospective clients, referral sources, reporters and the business community will just accept that were not as professional as others. Maybe we’re a little cheap?

It seems like common sense that lawyers would want to avoid the Blogger network they are sounding themselves with, among other reasons.

What do you think?

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