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Definition of terms:Blog

-is a discussion or

informational site publishedon the World Wide Web andconsisting of discreteentries ("posts") typicallydisplayed in reversechronological order (themost recent post appearsfirst).

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Definition of terms:Blog

-It provide commentary

on a particular subject;others function as morepersonal online diaries;others function more asonline brand advertising ofa particular individual orcompany

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Definition of terms:Blog

-A typical blogcombines text, images, andlinks to other blogs, Webpages, and other mediarelated to its topic. The

ability of readers to leavecomments in an interactiveformat is an importantcontribution to thepopularity of many blogs.

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Definition of terms:Blogger

- the individual involved in

blogging

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Definition of terms:Blogosphere

-collective community of all blogs.

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History of BlogIts generally recognized that the

first blog was Links.net, created by

Justin Hall, while he was a SwarthmoreCollege student in 1994. Of course, atthat time they werent called blogs, and

he just referred to it as his personalhomepage.

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History of BlogIt wasnt until 1997 that the term

weblog was coined. The words

creation has been attributed toJorn Barger, of the influential earlyblog Robot Wisdom. The term was

created to reflect the process oflogging the web as he browsed.

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History of Blog1998 marks the first known instance

of a blog on a traditional news site, whenJonathan Dube blogged Hurricane Bonniefor The Charlotte Observer.

Weblog was shortened to blog in1999 by programmer Peter Merholz . Its

not until five years later that Merriam-Webster declares the word their word ofthe year.

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Types of Blogs:Personal Blog

-an on going

diary or commentarywritten by anindividual

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Types of Blogs:Corporate andorganizational

blogs.-A blog can be

private, as in most

cases, or it can befor businesspurposes.

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Types of Blogs accordingto genre:

Fashion Blog-Posts the latest

trends in fashionindustry.

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Types of Blogs accordingto genre:

House Blog-It features

different house/sdesigns and alsoadvertised house/s

for sale.

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Types of Blogs accordingto genre:

Music Blog-Helps to you

discover new musicand download it.

-Also for postingopinions aboutmusics.

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Types of Blogs accordingto genre:

Travel Blog-Travel advice,

information aboutthe interestingplaces.

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Types of Blogs accordingto genre:

Gardening Blog-Provide tips on

how to plantvegetables, flowersand fruits.

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Rich Site Summary(RSS)-is a format for delivering

regularly changing web content-It allows to easily stay

informed by retrieving the latest

content from the sites you areinterested in.

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Rich Site Summary(RSS)-enable publishers to syndicate

data automatically.-also benefit users who want to

receive timely updates from

favourite websites or to aggregatedata from many sites.

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