1. Blogs Anna Walzer Ashley Carman D.J. Harkin Casey Bertolette

2. Description of Blogs

Blog is short for "web log"

Journal or diary kept on the web

Composed of links and postings

Many allow readers to comment on the original post

3. Brief History of Blogs

Weblog was coined December 17, 1997

The short form "blog" was coined by Peter Merholz in April of 1999

Threads were created in the 1990s

First political blog -"Forest Protection Blog in 1993

4. Brief History of Blogs

Personal bloggers appeared in 1994

Open Diary launched in October 1998

LiveJournal in March 1999

Blogger.com in August 1999 (purchased by Google in February 2003)

5. Network Blogs

Almost every major network has its own blog system set up to discuss various topics

6. Types of Network Blogs

News Blogs

• CNN, CBS, ABC and Fox

• • Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Sports Blogs

• ESPN, FOX, CBS and ABC

• • Collegiate and Professional sports

• • • Talk to athletes and analysts

Network Television

• Shows such as Greys Anatomy, NCIS, House and many more have their own blogs

Music/Movie Blogs

• MTV, VH1 and TheMovieBlog

• • Viewers and Listeners get the latest news on upcoming movies and albums

7. Photoblogs

• Particular type of blog

• Instead of focusing on text and written information from writer, uses photos to express ideas and thoughts

- just pictureshttp:// www.ferroggiaro.com/index.html#id =album-1&num=1

- pictures with captionshttp:// www.beepsandchirps.com/index.php

- pictures in addition to texthttp:// www.justingaynor.com/index.php

8. Photoblogs

Have recently become more popular

• the rise in camera capabilities on cell phones

• invention of moblogging

• • • - posting to ones blog right from a mobile or cellular device

9. Photoblogs

3 different types

• • Creating ones own website where they can post pictureshttp:// www.greyscalegorilla.com

• • Using a blog site like Blogger or Wordpresshttp:// bigstormpicture.blogspot.com

• • Using photo specific blogging sites such as Fotolog or Flickrhttp:// www.flickr.com/photos/clare_forster /

10. Photoblogs

One of the most popular PhotoblogsPost Secret http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

• 20 new photos are posted on each Sunday, showing off creative postcards featuring secrets people sent in

• Would be much different if the photos were not used

• Expresses secrets in a different way than text could

11. So, why are blogs so popular?

Blogs work in connection with your website

• - Website = business level

• - Blog = personal level

Blogs are inexpensive

• - Websites can become costly

• • -- domain name registration, webhosting service

• - Many free blog hosts available

• • -- GreatestJournal.com, Blogabond.com, & Blog.com

12.

Blogs are easy to maintain

• -Tutorials or friendly interfaces help users to getstarted

• - Easy to make changes

Blogs are good for non-business purposes

• -Helps family and friends stay in touch

• -Gives you a sense of identity

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