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A Presentation by Sankhadeep Das. A Presentation by Sankhadeep Das. B.Tech-3 Examination,2008. B.Tech-3 Examination,2008.

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What is a Blog ?What is a Blog ? Blog is short for “ weblog”.

A “ what’s new ” website is frequently updated.

Your Blog is whatever you want it to be .There are millions of them , in all shapes and sizes , and there are no real rules.

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Blogs- OriginBlogs- Origin roots lie in the online diary.

early weblogs were manually updated components of common websites.

evolution of tools to facilitate the production and maintenance of web articles posted in reverse chronological order.

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Blog – ContainsBlog – Contains

philosophical musings commentary on Internet social issues and links to other sites the author favors

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Blog - Types

Classification is done mainly based on the type of content and the way the content is delivered or written .They are

Personal blogs - traditional , most common. - on-going diary or commentary by an individual. - can have a sentimental quality.

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Blog – Types (Contd.)Blog – Types (Contd.) Corporate blogs - relevant to business. - used internally to enhance the communication and culture in a corporation. - used externally for marketing , branding, public relations purposes.

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Blog – Types ( Contd.)Blog – Types ( Contd.) By media type can be - a vlog ( video blog ). - a linklog. - photoblog.

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Blog – Types (Contd.)Blog – Types (Contd.) By device - defined by the type of device used to compose it. - example moblog ( blog written by a mobile device)

and many more.

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Blog – How does it work ?Blog – How does it work ?

Bloggers enter posts into a blogging application , add formatting and hyperlinks and save the post.

The application adds the entry to the blog , making the content available online and alerting users who have subscribed to that’s blog’s content.

Entries include text , hyperlinks , images and multimedia.

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Blog – How does it work ?(Contd.)Blog – How does it work ?(Contd.)

Visitors can read postings , submit comments , find blog entries by date and search the site by keyword.

Through linking commenting and feedback good ideas spread rapidly through the

informal network of blogs (the “blogosphere”) while unpopular ideas are ignored.

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Blog Search Engines – What are Blog Search Engines – What are they?they?

Blog search engines help you find blogs on the web on whatever topics you would like to explore. Technorati, which is among the most popular blog search engines, provides current information on both popular searches and tags used to categorize blog postings..

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Blog Search Engines (Contd.)Blog Search Engines (Contd.)

Research community is working on going beyond simple keyword search, by inventing news ways to navigate through huge amounts of information present in the blogosphere

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Blog – BenefitsBlog – Benefits engage people in knowledge sharing , reflection , debate and dedicated readership

simplicity of creating and maintaining

open discussions can be published almost immediately.

no HTML , XML knowledge required

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Blogs – in EducationBlogs – in Education increasingly accepted instructional technology

tool offers students , faculty and staff a high level of autonomy while creating a new opportunity for interaction with peers. provides a forum for discussion that goes

beyond coursework

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Use of RSS FeedsUse of RSS Feeds RSS pushes your content to users. makes blog content accessible through newsreaders , allowing bloggers to increase the sharing of this information among interested individuals. acts as a gateway to news and blog content.

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Blog - DownsidesBlog - Downsides Can include biased and inaccurate information

highly volatile – bloggers can edit or delete posts

difficult to archive or index

bloggers may release proprietary or confidential information

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Blog – Where it is todayBlog – Where it is today Blogs are proliferating at an exponential rate.

over 50 million people are blogging today.

they continue to benefit from several years of experimentation and evolution.

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Free Blog sites:Free Blog sites:

• Blogger ( http://www.blogger.com)

• Blog-city (http://www.blog-city.com)

• Pitas.com (http://www.pitas.com)

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SourcesSources• Wikipedia – the free encyclopedia• Whatis_com• Blogger.com• www.educause.edu

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