[darkleeroy]

Before I start I just wanna say that the comment by Barry Stein, "I won't mention names but I'll try to make it a short story..." Although unintentional (Barry's smoked quite a few Fuentes and has even posted reviews on them) cigar puns still make me chuckle.

I would say that it depends, not every blog can reach a significant amount of people, and to blanket cigar blogging as a whole is unfair. To the industry, those blogs that reach a high amount of readers are more important than those blogs whose readership consists of the author and his or her close friends.

Ultimately those blogs described above whose worth is high help set the ongoing trends of the industry, along with forums, publications, and B&M's.