Do Bloggers Have a Face for Radio?
Everyone knows that the really, really good looking folks do TV. The ugly ducklings get to do radio. But what about bloggers? Where on the hot-o-meter do they rank?
Like any profession, there will be exceptions to the rule and anomalies that leave us scratching our heads. But like anything else, appearance stereotypes will be rooted in some kind of truth.
Are bloggers mostly short and fat or bald and geeky?
The phrase “good looking blogger” only turns up 166 results and 9 images in Google. Man, I gotta go tag myself. Even if it’s not true.
Many blog mavens choose to remain faceless. Others pick the very best 100×100 pixel crop of their noggin’ that they can find (undoubtedly after an exhaustive search).
Do an author’s looks translate to clicks? It probably didn’t help Stephen King sell books. But does it help bloggers like John Chow, Michael Arrington or Darren Rowse, (who all have no trouble putting their mugs out there for the world to see) gather clicks? Perhaps. Are these our blogging hunks?
Harvey Levin of TMZ and Perez Hilton have turned online gossip endeavors into mainstream media ventures, both using their faces along the way.
Are they hot or not?
I’m not one to judge. First off, I’m a happily married heterosexual dude. Second, I enjoy the anonymity of the Web. Is it because I’m hideously ugly? My mom and I tend to think that’s not the case, but who knows.
With the emergence of Web video and the ability to find an image for just about anyone on the Net, will pretty faces translate into more subscribers for text-based content? Or is that trend already underway?
Looking at Business Week’s People to Watch in ‘08, all the good looking folks might have made it to Hollywood after all.
Studs or duds? You decide.
What do you think?