Blog Writing Assignment

A blog is a website that is created for/by an individual for there own personal/professional use. Blogs can be used for interacting with others, sharing ideas, including details about events, videos, games, or even pictures. There are many different types of blogs. There are personal blogs which is someone’s online diary, are the most commonly used blog out there. One type of personal blog is a micro blog, it is meant to capture a moment in time or an event.

Another type of blog is a corporate blog, professionals are using WordPress to share their expertise, and some companies have discovered the power of blogs to personally engage with their customers and create greater cliental. These blogs are also useful for marketing and advertising and creating public relations.

Another type of blog is a genre blog. Some genre blogs focus on a particular subject, such as political blogs, travel blogs, fashion blogs, project blogs, education blogs, quizzing blogs and legal blogs. Two common types of genre blogs are art blogs and music blogs. A blog featuring discussions especially about home and family can be called a “mom” blog. Another blog, one used for the purpose of spamming is known as a Splog. A blog of videos is called a vlog, a blog full of links is called a linklog, a site containing a portfolio of sketches is called a sketchblog or one containing photos is called a photoblog. Blogs with shorter posts and mixed media types are called tumblelogs.

Tim Berners-Lee, father of the World Wide Web, first posted a web page in 1992 at CERN that kept a list of all new web sites as they come online. One of the most commonly used blog websites is blogger. Blogger was first launched on August 23, 1999. It was created by Pyra Labs. Blogger is one of the earliest blog publishing tools.

Blogs can be very beneficial to most working people or some people that just have something to say, but since some blogs are not censored it can be very dangerous and harmful to others.


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