Classification of Blogs & Example(s) of Blogging Communities

Variation of blogging

Subject Matters:

• politics
• fashion
  
• history
  
• law
• technology
  
• sport
  
• travel
• food

Media types:

• vlog - is short video blog, is a term use to describe a blog that contains video clips. Examples of vlog are youtube.com and veoh.com.

• linklog - is a blog that consist of other blogs' URL and you can link to those blogs. Example of a linklog is Lisanova.
  

• sketchlog - is a blog that consists of images, especially sketches and other drawings. Example of a sketchlog is rob-sheridan.
  

• tumblelog - is a short and concise blog that provides little or sometimes no commentary at all. Example of a tumblelog is projectionist.

• photolog - is a blog that contains photos, where the photos is the primary element not the text. Example of a photolog is photoshack.
  

• splog - is short for spam blog, it is actually a fake blog solely made to promote affiliated Web sites.
  

Device:

• moblog - is short for mobile blogging. it is a blog where Mobile Phones acts as another device to publish blog entries. Example of a moblog is flickr.
  

(source from: http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3809188252404769645&postID=668239486628193705)

Status of Publishers:

• corporate and business blogs
  

What is a blogging community and how to create one?
Blogging communities are people who have similar area of interest and discuss in a group or in this case a blog. Ways to created a blogging community is by using hyperlinks, forums, tag links, chat space and comment post. This will allow the audience to be interactive with the blog they are reading and it will help increase the number of viewers.




Reference list:
1. Blogging, The Phenomenon: Text Based 2006, Thinkquest, viewed on 1 May 2008 at http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01130/typesofblogs_textbased.html

2. Hi-tech ways to stay in touch 2007, BBC News, viewed in 1 May 2008, at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7082566.stm

3. The 8 different types of blogging in 2008, MakeYouGoHmm .com, viewed in 1 May 2008, at http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20080124/5040/

4. What is Splog? Splog Explained 2005, The Internet Patrol, viewed in 1 May 2008, at http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/what-is-a-splog-splogs-explained