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The best e-newsletters share many of the same qualities as a good blog.

It may seem strange to be comparing an e-newsletter with a blog.

But when you think about it, it's not so strange at all.

Just think back to the days before blogs existed.

It wasn't so long ago.

Back then, where did you turn to find interesting, engaging, timely, and topical news and information?

The answer for many of us is that we signed up for some great newsletters.

We didn't go to Web sites for the latest information and opinions, because in those days most sites tended to be too static.

If we wanted to know what was new, important, and interesting, we turned to newsletters.

Here are four ways that good newsletters share the same qualities as blogs.