Getting Started With Blogs
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The document discusses blogs, including what they are, some definitions and statistics about blogging, the history of blogs, reasons why people blog, different types of blogs, how to find blogs, and major blog hosting sites. It notes that a blog is a contraction of "web log" where people chronicle their thoughts online. It provides statistics showing over 100 million blogs worldwide with 1/5 of US adults reading blogs and 1/4 maintaining one. Major blog hosts include Blogger, TypePad, and LiveJournal.
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Getting Started With Blogs
- 1. Getting Started With Blogs Jim Murray, Birmingham Public Library [email_address]
- 2. What is a Blog? Contraction of the words “Web” and “Log” “ Web ”—a blog is produced on the World Wide Web “ Log ”—a blog is a log, or chronicle, of someone’s thoughts, opinions, and activities
- 3. Some Other Definitions Blogging —the act of reading and contributing to a blog Blogger —a person who reads, contributes to, and perhaps maintains a blog Blogosphere —the World Wide Web environment in which bloggers communicate with each other Post —a individual entry of content on a blog
- 4. Some Statistics on Blogging 147 million American adults use the Internet (49 % of the total population) 57 million American adults read blogs (20 % of the total population) 12 million American adults maintain a blog (4 % of the total population) 54 % of American bloggers are between the age of 18 and 30 As of September 2007, there were over 106 million blogs worldwide
- 5. Why Do People Blog ? To Express Themselves Creatively To Document Their Personal Experiences and Share Them with Others To Stay in Touch with Friends and Family To Share Practical Knowledge or Skills with Others To Motivate People to Action To Entertain People To Store Information that is Important to Them To Influence the Way Other People Think To Network or to Meet New People To Make Money
- 6. Highlights in the History of Blogging 1998 —the term “weblog” is coined 1999 —the websites Blogger and Pitas began to offer simpler way to create blogs 2001 —September 11, 2001 helps bring blogging to the public consciousness 2003 —U.S. Invasion of Iraq creates flurry of blogging debate 2004 —U.S. presidential election shows blogging to be important aspect of American political life 2004 —Merriam-Webster picks “blog” as word of the year
- 7. Types of Blogs Personal Blogs News Blogs Political Campaign Blogs Tech Blogs Organizational Blogs Business Blogs Topical Blogs
- 8. Components of a Blog
- 9. How to Find Blogs Blog Award Websites Bloggies http://2007.bloggies.com Weblog Awards http://www.weblogawards.org Webby Awards http://www.webbyawards.com
- 10. How to Find Blogs (continued) Blog Review Websites The Weblog Review http://www.theweblogreview.com Bloggeries http://www.bloggeries.com/blog
- 11. Blog Search Engines Technorati http://www.technorati.com/ Google Blog Search http://blogsearch.google.com/ Blog Pulse http://www.blogpulse.com/
- 12. Major Blog Hosts on the Web Blogger https://www.blogger.com/start Owned and operated by Google Easy to use FREE!!!!!!! TypePad http://www.typepad.com/ Charges Monthly Fee Basic, Plus, and Pro plan levels More design options
- 13. Major Blog Hosts on the Web (continued) Live Journal http://www.livejournal.com/ Monthly and Annual fee plans Provides email accounts, personalized domain name, and advanced template customization Advanced password protection