Comments and Trackbacks

In looking at weblogs that relate to aspects of international development, there is an interesting contrast between blogs that generate comments and trackbacks, and those that do not.

In the list of blogs included on this site, it is worth noting that the site for CIVICUS http://civicus.civiblog.org/ generates a few comments, and a number of trackbacks.

This compares with the site for Center for Global Development http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/, which generates few comments, and virtually no trackbacks.

I’m not sure whether this is a reflection of a “better” blog. Or perhaps a reflection of blogs with different purposes – a site designed to facilitate dialogue or idea exchange, compared, for example, with a site designed to disseminate information.