Tao of Poker Blog
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Tao of Poker Blog Basic Information
Tao of Poker Blog Overview
Established in 2000, Taopoker is one of the most respected poker Blogs on the Internet. Taopoker is written by Las Vegas writer Paul McGuire (who has previously written for publications such as Bluff Magazine and Fox Sports) and focuses mainly on information that he gathers during his poker travels to countries like Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, France and Los Angeles. Taopoker.blogspot.com is characterized by exclusive and first look poker stories in a Blog format. McGuire goes great lengths to keep his information fresh and current and updates are frequent - often 4 to 5 times each week. In total, there are more than 2,587 different Blog posts at Taopoker.blogspot.com.
Taopoker Main Sections
There are essentially two main sections of Taopoker.blogspot.com - the main Blog and the Pod cast section. The main Blog section of Taopoker includes most of the text content of the web site. There are also smaller sub sections of the Blog that allow you to view an FAQ about Paul McGuire's new book, Lost Vegas, and a section where you can purchase it. There are also links in the main Blog section where you can access the Blog archives by either topic or time frame such as month or year. If you select one of the archive sections, only the posts from that section will be displayed on the page rather than the typical entire blogroll. This is the same way that the Blog is organized if you click on one of the topic links.
The second main section of Taopoker.blogspot.com is the Tao of Pokerati Archives. These pod casts are direct broadcasts from the World Series of Poker and other events. These recordings include interviews with poker professionals, updates on poker announcements and events and simple observations from the commentators on the pod casts including Dan Michalski, Dr. Pauly and Benjo. Almost every topic that is covered on the main site also has an associated pod cast that you can access for more information or additional insight into the topic. Special guests frequently appear in the pod casts including Change100, Mean Gene, Otis and AlCantHang.
Taopoker Content
Taopoker.blogspot.com is regarded as being simply one of the best sources of poker news and information on the Internet. McGuire is a well respected writer in both the journalism world and poker world and his style has often been referred to as the "writer's writer." This is because of Mcguire's often clever and insightful writing that still maintains a professional and factual style. One of the most important aspects of Taopoker.blogspot.com is that all posts are fresh stories - usually from an eye witness. This means that Blog posts on the site are not simply rehashed versions of other news stories - but stories that will likely be rehashed several times for other news sources.
Blog post lengths vary greatly depending on the topic and the writer. There are some posts that are simply a single video with a small description or small lists of information. However, other posts can be rather lengthy as they cover a broad topic or extensive event. There are guest Blog posts from time to time but these typically come from regular writers on the Blog or from qualified poker blog writers that have a special viewpoint or style to add to the Blog. Paul McGuire takes great pride in the content on his Blog and usually only allows guest posts from qualified posters. Overall, the content on Taopoker.blogspot.com is among the best in poker news sources online.
Taopoker Site Navigation
As it is a Blog featured on Blogspot.com, you should know what to expect with the navigation of the site. Although there are post tags and an archive section, it can be difficult to navigate through the web site to find a specific post. There is, however, a Featured Posts section to the right of the page where the most popular posts are listed for you to click. There are also some links on the right side to some of the featured poker sites on Taopoker and other sites operated by the webmaster. Beyond these features, you can click through the posts using the bottom Older Posts link to browse from the first page and through recent previous posts.
On the main Blog page, you can click on each of the post titles to open up the post on a separate page where only that post appears. From there, you can view the comments on the post or click on one of the labels for the post to view other posts with the same label. Although there could be some improvements to the layout, it's a Blog and Taopoker uses their label system to do the best that they can with Blogspot.com.
