It is April 1st – It is April Fool even tough in Blogosphere!
It is April 1st in my local time (may be it already April 2nd in your local time) when I am writing this blog post. April 1st as I know is the day when people allow to fool any body freely and then laugh together when the fooling is revealed. I always think that this April Fool only can happen in real world – between person to person in traditional contact. And My blog-walking in this April 1st prove me that I am so wrong about it. It seems my thinking of April Fool is old fashioned. I aware of it after I see that many of April fool blog post during my blog walking. I even think that the blog posts shout and fool me: “This is a online century man!. OK .. OK – It seems I become too hyperbolic in here so I cut it – cut the crap – before it is too far and make you disorientation. ![]()
Learn Blog Thing from Blogosphere April Fool
And now – after cut the crap – let’s learn something form all of the great April fool blog posts around blogosphere. Some of the April fool blog posts really great which mean the blog posts seems be truly happened. This kind of April fool blog post surely will fool the readers – especially if they do not aware of April 1st as April fool day. That’s what happen for me when read problogger April fool blog posts (hey, do not laugh at me! It is march 31st when I read it and also April fool is not a big thing in my country) – but yeah, It is true that the problogger April fool post almost got me if I do not read the last paragraph and then confirmed by the tag.
Tag is Important, Especially in April 1st – The April Fool Day
And This whole thing of blog posts April fool teach me one thing. The Blog Post Tag is ultimately important. As per my story about problogger April fool blog post above, the tag which confirm me that the blog post is really an April fool blog post. It make me be aware that blog post tag is important. As reader, the tag can tell us the context of the blog post which we are reading. As example, April fool tag tell us that the blog post is write as part of April fool day. As author, we can use the tag as sign to our readers so they can have more understanding about what we want to share trough our blog post. Again – as example is April fool tag which tell our reader that our blog post is create in April fool context.
Some Final Words
Therefore, never underestimate the blog post tag in your blog post writing and reading activities. Use the tag box more than as keyword stuff tool. Use blog post tag as context teller or sign which will reveal the true form of blog post tag. And the true blog post tag is a should read – especially in April 1st – An April Fool day. ![]()
That’s all update this time, wait for next update!


I didn’t post on April 1 because I think readers expect an April Fool’s article. Not sure how many are even looking for serious topics that day and I didn’t have a playful one ready!
It seems you are right Gabe.
I don’t know if it were same last year too, I started blogging this year only and got to acquitence very recently. Anyway it fun.
If it were not tag, they had to leave disclamair somewhere in post to save the readers from misconception.
We both seems this year blogging.
Yeah, disclaimer will work too.