Types of Blogs

I am guilty of once owning a blog site in my schooling years and abandoning it once I entered the workforce. Back then, blogs were the rage, at least among my peers. It was cool to own a blog, and even cooler to gave high site traffic. We will have a message board for friends to leave a shout out, smiley, or rants apart from the 'comment' link. Our blogs are usually journalistic posts with the occasional pictures to show off the cool crowds and activities we partake. Well, we were young and naïve.

As I embark on this task, I realized that blogging has evolved to more than just an online diary. Long were the days where people pour out their deepest thoughts onto a site in the World Wide Web. Today blogs have even made people rich, put some behind bars and for some, a rewarding job.

Blogs can be typically categorized as personal blog, corporate or organizational blogs or by genres, media types or devices.

Personal blog are the more common ones around as it is an avenue for the author to reflect on life, express his thoughts and write just about anything he wants. In essence, it’s a journal, only published online.

Blog genres are extensive; it can be any topic imaginable. Some of the popular genres are politics, travel blogs, niche blogs, music and art blogs.

Did you know that there are a few Weblog competition hosted by various international bodies annually? Deutsche Welle, the German International Broadcasting Service founded The Best of Blogs (The BOBs).

References:

The BOBs (weblog award). (2009, August 6). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 06:38, December 21, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.phptitle=The_BOBs_(weblog_award)&oldid=306386148

Chong C.K (2005), AsiaMedia Archives. Retrieved December 21, 2009, from SINGAPORE: Two charged with making racist remarks on Net: http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=29745