Classification of Blogs

~Pamphleteering blogs
~Digest Blog
~Advocacy Blog
~Popular Mechanics blog.
~Exhibition blog
~Gatewatcher Blog
~Diary
~Advertisement
~News blog

( TheMediaReport, 2008)

Nowadays, there have many blogs that combinations of styles exist. Most of the bloggers are covering multiple topics as the graph below. According to the survey conduct by technorati, over 1000 bloggers reveals that both personal and professional topics are equally popular (technorati.com, 2008)

www.technorati.com

“Blogging is all about the sharing mindset and voice being expressed.”(technorati.com, 2008) Therefore, for my opinion, the bloggers are blogging according to their interest. For example, someone is more interested in fashion will automatically always blogging about fashion as well.



Blogging Communities


“The term online community implied a community who interacted online within some bounded set of technologies.” (The Knowledge Tree, 2006).

Blogging communities are important in internet which allowed people interact with each others. Some of the examples of blogging communities are Global Voices/Screenshots and MSN spaces.

MSN spaces are free community communication and easy to use services which offering by MSN that allowed people to creating their own personal spaces and by the way connect to their friends, family and the online world. Beside that, it also allowed people to shared photo, songs and so on. (Microsoft, 2005)

http://home.services.spaces.live.com/

It is easy for people to create a blogging community. For MSN space, you should go through their web site and create a space with just a few clicks, and then personalize it to reflect their moods, interests and preferences. (Microsoft, 2005)




References list:


ABC Radio National 2008, A taxanomy of blogs, viewed 6 November 2008,
<http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2372882.htm#transcript>

Technorati, 2008, State of the blogosphere, viewed 6 November 2008,
<http://www.technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere/the-what-and-why-of-blogging/>

The Knowledge Tree, 2006, Blogs and Community - launching a new paradigm for online community, viewed 6 November 2008,
<http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-–-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community>

Microsoft, 2005, MSN spaces fact sheet, viewed 6 November 2008,
<http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/msn/factsheet/MSNSpaces.mspx>