How To: Introduction To Blogging
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This document provides an introduction to blogging. It defines blogging as posting content on a website on a regular basis with posts displayed in reverse chronological order. Individual posts are called blog posts or entries. The person who writes the posts is called a blogger. Common blog features include archives of posts organized by date or category, comments from readers, a blogroll of other relevant sites, and RSS feeds to share new posts. The document provides tips for starting a blog such as choosing a topic of interest and a blogging platform.
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How To: Introduction To Blogging
- 1. introduction to blogging by: jon clark
- 2. so what is blogging anyway?
- 3. blogging defiiiiiiined ‘ a blog is a website in which items are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order. t he term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log. a uthoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Individual articles on a blog are called “blog posts,” “posts” or “entries”. a person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”. a blog comprises text, hypertext, images, and links (to other web pages and to video, audio and other files). b logs use a conversational style of documentation. o ften blogs focus on a particular “area of interest”, such as Washington, D.C.’s political goings-on. s ome blogs discuss personal experiences.’
- 4. blogging defined ‘ f rom “ w eb log.” a blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. t he activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.”
- 5. blogging guidelines b logs are usually (but not always) written by one person & updated pretty regularly b logs are often (but not always) written on a particular topic blogs should be factual, accurate and provide context to the argument or statement. blogs should be written as ‘yourself’ to add credibility.
- 6. common blog features c ontent archives comments links or “blogroll” feeds – “ RSS, A tom or RDF files ” article tags
- 7. the blog content o n a blog, the content consists of articles (also called "posts" or "entries") that the author(s) writes. t ypically, blog authors compose their articles in a web-based interface, built into the blogging system itself. write relevant and write often – new content is the source of continued readership (and new readership)
- 10. the blog comments o ne of the most exciting features of blogging tools are the comments. t his highly interactive feature allows users to comment upon article posts and link to your posts. links to your post are know as ‘ trackbacks ’ or ‘ pingbacks '
- 12. the blog archive a lot of blogs feature an archive based on dates (like a monthly or yearly archive). t he front page of a blog may feature a calendar of dates linked to daily archives. a rchives can also be based on categories featuring all the articles related to a specific category.
- 14. the ‘blogroll’ a blogroll is a list, sometimes categorized, of links to webpages the author of a blog finds worthwhile or interesting. t he links in a blogroll are usually to other blogs with similar interests. t he blogroll is often in a "sidebar" on the page or featured as a dedicated separate web page.
- 16. the blog feeds a F eed is a function of special software that allows "Feedreaders" to access a site automatically looking for new content and then post updates about that new content to another site. t his provides a way for users to keep up with the latest and hottest information posted on different blogging sites. s ome Feeds include RSS (alternately defined as "Rich Site Summary" or "Really Simple Syndication"), Atom or RDF files.
- 18. ok, I am ready to start my blog!
- 19. choose a niche topic something that interests you something that is ‘popular’ something that has competition – just not too much or too little. will you have enough content?
- 20. choose a platform Blogger.com (free) WordPress.com (free) Movable Type ($$) WordPress.org ($$)
- 21. choosing a blog ‘domain’ w hat is the topic of the blog? what is your source of traffic? easy to spell, pronounce, remember & type up to 67 characters (shorter the better) consider hyphens or numbers get a second opinion use keywords make it brandable
- 22. choose a blog ‘domain’
- 23. condor related blogs & blog posts arizonatravel.wordpress.com girlscientist.blogspot.com blogs.britannica.com birddigiscoping.com lauraerickson.blogspot.com birdfeedersbirdhouses.com condorblog.blogspot.com
- 24. blog resources 23 questions for prospective bloggers rss feeds explained intro to blogging – wordpress blogger – help corporate blogging guidelines**
- 25. thank you! For copies of this presentation: e-mail me at [email_address] DM me @ jonleeclark