A term blog comes from a word “weblog”, this is a type of website usually maintained by an individual with regular entries (posts), events, or other material such as graphics or video. The blog posts are usually displayed in reverse-chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning “to maintain or add content to a blog.”
A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. Now the important part of the blog is the ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive way. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (art log), photographs (photo blog), sketches (sketch blog), videos (vblog), music (MP3 blog), and audio (podcasting). Another similar way of blogging is known as Micro-blogging, it is featuring very short messages as its posts
Types of Blogs
There are many different types of blogs, differing not only in the type of content, but also in the way that content is delivered to their targeted audience.
1. Personal blogs
The personal blog, this is an ongoing diary or commentary or posts by an individual, is the traditional, most common blog. Blogs often become more than a way to just communicate; they become a way to reflect on life or works of art. Blogging can have a sentimental quality. Few personal blogs rise to fame and the mainstream, but some personal blogs quickly garner an extensive following
2. Corporate and organizational blogs
Companies and organizations use Blogs, either internally to enhance the communication and culture in a corporation or externally for marketing, branding or public relations purposes, these are called corporate blogs. Similar blogs for clubs and societies are called club blogs, group blogs, or by similar names; typical use is to inform members and other interested parties of club and member activities.
3. Blogs by genre
Some blogs focus on a particular subject, such as political blogs, travel blogs, house blogs, fashion blogs, project blogs, education blogs, niche blogs, classical music blogs And while not a legitimate type of blog, one used for the sole purpose of spamming is known as a Splog.
4. By media type
A blog comprising videos is called a vlog, one comprising links is called a linklog, a site containing a portfolio of sketches is called a sketchblog or one comprising photos is called a photoblog. Blogs with shorter posts and mixed media types are called tumblelogs. Blogs that are written on typewriters and then scanned are called typecast or typecast blogs; see typecasting (blogging).
A rare type of blog hosted on the Gopher Protocol is known as a Phlog.
5. By device
Blogs can also be defined by which type of device is used to compose it. A blog written by a mobile device like a mobile phone or PDA could be called a moblog. One early blog was Wearable Wireless Webcam, an online shared diary of a person’s personal life combining text, video, and pictures transmitted live from a wearable computer and EyeTap device to a web site. This practice of semi-automated blogging with live video together with text was referred to as sousveillance. Such journals have been used as evidence in legal matters.
As Google defines it “A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world.”
Your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are millions of them, in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules. In simple terms, a blog is a web site, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis. New stuff shows up at the top, so your visitors can read what’s new. Then they comment on it or link to it or email you, or not. Since their introduction in 1999, blogs have reshaped the web, impacted politics, shaken up journalism, and enabled millions of people to have a voice and connect with others. And I am pretty sure that, this is just the beginning of the whole blogging deal.
Good luck with your blogging.
©Phesto.
About the author: I am Phesto Enock, Tanzanian male living in Finland, professionally a software engineer, a blogger and online business researcher. I love technology and its wicked twists. I am a main author of NiftyEyeBlog So let us share our experiences. Read more from this author