Monday, June 15, 2009

Classification of Blogs and Methods to Build Blogging Communities


According to Skellie (2007), there are numerous ways to start creating a blog community. The steps are, select qualified readers to your blog, then, develop the commenter to be bloggers and then share tips collectively by allocating readers post their comment. Moreover, attach a discussion room to your blog for the readers meeting and discussing, and do not forget to ask their statement of your post additionally. The last step is, as a creator of the blog, it is require posting comment frequently.

According to Thomson (2004), there are 5 types of blogs, which are personal, news, campaign, tech and organizational blog. Personal blogs are a method of communicating with friends and strangers. News blog is a blogs that mention the news, the benefit from news blog is that they “pre-filter” news from a selection of sources, sometimes generating a more stability view than typical news outlets. Campaign blog is a kind of publication form and a very great way to reach younger. Tech blog is usually ‘link-driven’ and have a very detailed focus, sorting their content properly. Tech blogs offer news that is essential to their readers in a fast and easy to read format. Organizations blog is usually use blogging tools for their benefit by applying a blog on their Intranet, provided that a FAQ, or examining forum presentations.

I take Democracy for America blog for the example, democracy for America is a campaign blog. It was created for keeping the readers up to date about what happened in America. (LindaB, 2008)


list of references:

Skellie 2007, Building a Community Around Your Blog, Daily Blog Tips, viewed 01 June 2009, http://www.dailyblogtips.com/building-a-community-around-your-blog/

Mike 2004, How to Create a Community with your Blog, Mike’s Life, viewed 02 June 2009, http://www.mikeslife.org/content/how-create-community-your-blog

LindaB 2009, Blog for America, DFA, viewed 02 June 2009,

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/blog_posts

Thomson, J 2004, Types of Blog, Librari’s and Blogs, viewed 03 June 2009, http://www.slais.ubc.ca/COURSES/libr500/03-04-wt2/www/J_Thomson/types.htm

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