After blogging for almost a year, I noticed that there are two types of bloggers - the ones who use their real name and the ones who are hiding from their chosen pen name.
One time, I came across to Darren Rowse's post at Problogger about
The Choice of Associating Your Name with Your Blog. With this, I made my own analysis and here they are.
Advantages
1.0 If your blog becomes successful, your name will follow. It is easy to identify that the blog is yours. It is quite easier to be engaged in other businesses or if you have been invited to be a conference speaker.
2.0 Transparency is one of the best approaches to readers. They tend to like you more simply because they are responding to a real person. It is like baring all.
3.0 It personalizes your blogging style more. It is as if you are just talking in front of your audience.
4.0 It is a better thing to do if your blog is to share your experiences and want others to learn from you. Say, if you are survivor of the 9 -11 attack.
5.0 It looks more professional especially if you have a very serious blog topic like health concerns and religion.
Disadvantages
1.0 You will loose your privacy for sure. Although it feels good to be popular, there are times you wish someone does not know about you.
2.0 It is quite humiliating if your blog is not working out right. There are rude people around who thinks that teasing is fun.
3.0 It will not help if your name is hard to spell or write at Google Search. Arnold Swarzenneger is an exemption though.
4.0 It will be difficult for you to have a co-author to your blog. Your potential partner would not want his name not included in your blog.
5.0 For obvious reasons, it is hard to sell your blog if you decide to do so.
So what do you suggest?
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