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As we know, many kind of people are blogging nowadays. But what are they writing about? Is there any certain category of blogs that they really focus into? In my point of view, people usually write what they are best at. Let say person A is very expert in interior designing so he will write a blog about interior designing. In general, what types of blogs are online today? From what i monitor and surf, there are 4 general types of blogs in existence:

1. Personal blogs. This kind of blogs always focus on a passion or a hobby. You love gaming, so your passion in gaming encourage you to express and share your passion in internet via a blog. Many people start a blog to express their personal opinions or share their interests and knowledge with others. Eventhough its a personal blog, dont forget that blog usually links to many links to other blogs, so from here this kind of blog still have an enormous impact on a company spreading the current version of “word of mouth”.

2. Topical or industry specific blogs. Perhaps the most pervasive type, covering everything from current events to marketing/public relations to home entertainment to toilet bowl business. Bloggers are often acknowledged experts in their specific industry who have a built in audience.

3. Publication-sponsored blogs are growing as traditional media outlets seek to ride the blog wave. Increasingly, newspapers,
magazines and even television and radio stations are adding blogs to their websites. These blogs tend to be writtedn by an established journalist with the publication and have been added to lend a sense of immediacy to the content.

4. Corporate blogs are another relatively new addition to the blog world. The best ones are written by an executive within the
company and are devoted to that company. You won’t find here the extensive list of outside links or freedom of opinion that is to
be found on other blogs. Corporate blogging is still in its infancy and is just beginning to find its place as part of an overall
corporate communications effort.

After writing this, i found a lot of other category which not included here. You may refer it here to know the complete type of blogs with examples.

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Before we start to involve in blogging, we must concern and know at least the basic important terms in blog. This is important in order to use any blogging tools so you can make the most of it.

Archives-Sidebar link to previous posts, organized by day, week, or month.
Blog – Website assembled from short, frequent posts, characterized by reader comments, numerous links, and RSS syndication. Read my post Why we call it blog?
Categories-Sidebar links to previous posts displayed by topic.
Comments – Ability of readers to agree or disagree with specifi c posts. Comments can instantly appear, or must be first approved.
Description – Text identifying blog content or purpose, with keywords to attract search engines.
Display name – Blogs and comments posted under a screen name, instead of an actual name.
Draft - Posts are usually immediately published, but you can save unfi nished posts for publishing later, after completion.
Forms – You create posts by entering titles and text into online text boxes that are automatically formatted when published.
Keywords – Terms appropriate to your market, included in titles, descriptions, and posts to attract search engine traffic.
Links – Text accessing website pages, downloadable fi les, e-mail links, or other posts in your own—or another’s—blog.
News readers – Software that permits RSS subscribers to scan the headlines, and—often—initial sentences, of recent posts.
News aggregator – Software that permits RSS subscribers to scan a single fi le containing posts and
comments assembled from several blogs.
Permalink – Web addresses of individual posts, so others can refer to specifi c posts in their blogs.
Ping – Software feature that automatically notifies search engines when new posts or comments have been published.
Podcasting -Emerging RSS technolgy that syndicates MP-3 audio fi les.
Post – Posts are the building blocks of blogs.Each post is a separate web page with a specific URL.
QuickPost – Feature that makes it easy to link specific web pages to posts created while surfi ng.
RSS – Real Simple Syndication; popular format for announcing blog updates to others.
Sidebar – Information like e-mail and background links, archives, and categories, placed to the left, right—or both sides—of posts.
Status – After creating a post, you can immediately publish it, save it as an unpublished draft, or publish it at a specific time on a specific future date.
Syndicate – RSS feature that automatically informs subscribers when new posts or comments have been published on your blog.
Team blog – Blogs written and published by more than one author, such as members of a research team or sales force.
Template – Feature that provides consistent formatting and structure for posts, defining colors, content, layout, and typography.
Timestamp – Time and date information automatically added to posts and comments.
Trackback – Feature, based on Permalinks, that lets you keep track of references to your posts in the blogs of others.
TypeList – Sidebar links to recommended resources like recommended books, glossaries, URLs, photographs, or individuals.

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Did i mentioned blog term returns 517187 search results in July 2005?Why the results is six figure? The number is actually higher when the time blog started to evolve. But why this technology (may call it a technology?) is so popular??
1. FOC. You can find many services will host blogs at no charge. There are several popular blog-hosting service available on the web such as Blogger from Google, Bloglines from AskJeeves and LiveJournal from SixApart which offer free basic hosting with extra features available for a monthly fee.

2.Blogs have given an outlet to anyone who feels his voice has not been represented in the mainstream media. Blogs enable anyone to become a micro-publisher virtually overnight.

3.Blogs are timely, allowing for content updates at any time without an editorial review and without sophisticated knowledge of web publishing. The immediacy of blogs gives them the leverage to pick up on breaking news stories and instantly create their own stories with new angles and investigations. In fact, the most popular blogs tend to be those that are updated often

4.There is a strong sense of community among blog writers and visitors. Because most blogs are not regulated by an editorial board or influenced by corporate interests, visitors rely on them for the unvarnished truth. They also value the transparency that blogs have. Unlike mainstream media, whose philosophy is geared toward keeping the audience on their own site, blogs thrive on posting links to other sites of interest, even other blogs that cover the same topic. The audience of one blog immediately has access to a wide range of opinions and styles.

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Blog. Try search this term in google or any search engine. A lot! In Overture keyword search, there was 517187 search for blog in July 2005. People around the blog are blogging. Politician, singers, actors, teenagers, hair stylists…you name it, more people blogging nowadays. Let say we ask from 10 who blogging, ask them “What is blog?”. I dont think all of the ten know the exact answer. Me too. At the first place the blogging interest came to me, wtf is blog? I dont give a damn what it means. Do you want to know what cross my mind when i ask myself the “What is blog?” question.
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