Wikipedia lists the following key entries under blog blog (a contraction of the term ‘weblog’) is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. A typical blog combines text, images and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketches (sketchblog), videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting), which are part of a wider network of social media. Micro-blogging is another type of blogging, one which consists of blogs with very short posts. As of December 2007, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 112 million blogs. With the advent of video blogging, the word blog has taken on an even looser meaning — that of any bit of media wherein the subject expresses his opinion or simply talks about something.
[ultimate_heading main_heading=”Types” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:25px;” margin_design_tab_text=”” main_heading_margin=”margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;”]There are many different types of blogs, differing not only in the type of content, but also in the way that content is delivered or written.[/ultimate_heading][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Personal blogs” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:25px;” margin_design_tab_text=”” main_heading_margin=”margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;”]The personal blog, an ongoing diary or commentary by an individual, is the traditional, most common blog.[/ultimate_heading][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Corporate blogs” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:25px;” margin_design_tab_text=”” main_heading_margin=”margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;”]A blog can be private, as in most cases, or it can be for business purposes. Blogs, either used internally to enhance the communication and culture in a corporation or externally for marketing, branding or public relations purposes are called corporate blogs.[/ultimate_heading][ultimate_heading main_heading=”QUESTION BLOGGING” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:25px;” margin_design_tab_text=”” main_heading_margin=”margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;”]It is a type of blog that answers questions. Questions can be submitted in the form of a submittal form, or through email or other means such as telephone or VOIP. Qlogs can be used to display show notes from podcasts or the means of conveying information through the internet.
Blogosphere
The collective community of all blogs is known as the ‘blogosphere’. Since all blogs are on the internet by definition, they may be seen as interconnected and socially networked, through blogrolls, comments, linkbacks (refbacks, trackbacks or pingbacks) and backlinks. Discussions “in the blogosphere” have been used by the media as a gauge of public opinion on various issues. A collection of local blogs is sometimes referred to as a bloghood.[/ultimate_heading]
