Terminology
used in Blogging
A Blog-
Is
a type of website in a journal format that is user generated and updated by a
person or group of people sharing their experience, views, thoughts about
products and services through discrete publications (entries) called posts that are arranged in a reverse chronological
order.
Reverse chronological order means the most recent post to
the least recent. Some times referred to as an online diary
A Blogger- A person
or group of people that deal with the managing of a blog. The managing involves
publishing discrete entries called posts, reply of comments from readers,
optimizing posts for search and also updating already published posts.
Groups of people managing blogs are seen with news,
corporate, company and business blogs like Mashable,
Techcrunch, SeoMoz, and Social Media Examiner among
others.
Blogging
– This
is an activity type of publishing discrete entries called posts and updating a
blog as a whole.
Professional blogging involves writing posts for search (optimizing
posts to be visible in search engines) and also writing and publishing
valuable, unique, on-demand and problem solving posts that will blog visitors
into readers.
Today we have more than 150 million blogs according to Wikipedia but the question
is what type of blogs or blog kinds you are reading, managing and even subscribed
to. Below are the various blog types with some leading examples.
Types of Blogs (Blog Kinds)
Vlog- These
are web logs consisting of mainly videos
(strictly and purely videos).
Examples
Link log- As the name suggests, these are blogs composed of links.
Examples
May be you will have to me examples coz I can’t find a truly find a link blog
Photo Blog-
They
are photo blogs that are managed by photographers. A photographer may open up a
blog so that people may have a say on his or her photography.
Examples
Sketch
blogs- These are blogs comprising of a portfolio of sketches.
Examples
Tumble logs-
Weblogs
that are composed of shorter posts and mixed media like broadcast, video among
others.
Examples
Moblogs-
Blogs
believed to have been written by a mobile device or phone or PDA. Today we have
many mobile apps for blog management.
Examples
Blawgs-
These
are blogs categorized and characterized by genre that is fashion, politics,
technology, internet marketing, business, entrepreneurship among others. They focus
on a generic or targeted niche markets.
Examples
Private
Blogs- These are believed to be the most popular. They focus on
one’s private life and business. They usually have domains (urls) with people’s
names and extensions like .name
& .me
Examples
Business
Blogs- These are blogs set up, updated and managed for business purposes.
Sometimes referred to as commercial blogs.
If a blog site id an internet marketing blog, it will serve
its business purpose like any other Internet
Marketing Company on the web. They have various blog business models like Google Adsense, Affiliate
Marketing among others. Business blogs have moved from mere web blogs to
companies because of a large number of readership and client base.
Examples
Corporate
Blogs- These are blogs that are used internally by companies for
marketing, product reviews and launches, upcoming events and public relations. They
are used to build and create rapport and relationship between the client and
the company.
Examples
Every time we try to find out something on the web, we find ourselves
reading blogs, subscribing to blog updates but the question is do u really know
what blog types you are accustomed to and what kinds of blogs one is managing. The
above answers it all.
That’s it for now. Comment, add-on and criticize where
possible.
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