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A DIY Guide to Blogging from 2005

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Blogs, Blogging and

The Blogosphere
By,
Chittaranjan Yerramalli
A Newbie Blogger
Agenda
 The Top Layer
 Definition
 Origin & History
 Keywords
 Skim the Surface
 Why Blog?
 How To?
 Services
 A Li’l Deeper
 Advanced Topics
 Advantages & Disadvantages
 Controversies
 Rock Bottom
 Popular Blogs
 Nex - Gen Blogging forms
 References
The Top Layer
Definition
Blog
 Pronunciation: 'blog, 'bläg
Function: noun
Etymology: short for Weblog

 A Web site that contains an online personal journal


with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks
provided by the writer.
 Online journal where an individual, group, or
corporation presents a record of activities, thoughts,
or beliefs
- blog·ger noun
- blog·ging noun
Origin
 Ships  Logs
 Daily Events
 Chronological Order
 People  Diaries
 Daily Events
 Chronological Order
 Internet  Web Diaries
 Web Logs

B-L-O-G-S
History
 1990’s - Perzines, Chronicles, UseNet
 1994 - Journals, WebRings, WebPages
 1997- WebLog term coined (Jorn Barger)
 1998 - Open Diary Launches
 1999 - Blog term coined ( Peter Merholz)
 1999 - LiveJournal Launches
 1999 - Blogger Launches
 2003 - Google Acquires Blogger
 2005 - WordPress Launches
Keywords
 Blogger – Person who maintains a blog

 Blogging – The act of creating a blog

 Blogrolling – Moving form blog to blog

 Blogrolodex – A listing of other blogs

 Post – A specific Blog Entry

 Comments – What Visitors have to say

 Trackback – Link to an Earlier Post

 Permalink – Permanent Link


Skim The Surface
Why Blog?
 Communication
 Sharing Views & Ideas
 Articulation
 Pseudo Journalism
 General Perceptions
 Information Dissemination
 Cultural Information
 Hobby or Interest
 Reach out to the World
 Just like that!
How To?
 Free Blogging Tools
 Blogging Service Providers
 Journals
 Paid Blogging Tools
 Personal Blogs
 Web Pages

As Easy as E-Mailing

Login  Compose  Save  Review  Post


Blogging Services
 Blogger (www.blogger.com)
 LiveJournal (www.livejournal.com)
 WordPress (www.wordpress.com)
 TypePad (www.typepad.com)
 MSN Spaces (www.spaces.msn.com)
 Xanga (www.xanga.com)
 Yahoo 3600 (360.yahoo.com)
 Google Pages (www.googlepages.com)
 MySpace (www.myspace.com)
A Li’l Deeper
Advanced Tools for your Blog
 RSS
 Really Simple Syndication
 Make Feed available via Aggregators
 Reach out to a greater audience
 AdSense
 Make money from your Blog
 More the popularity, greater the moolah!
 Tagging
 Technorati tags (www.technorati.com)
 Digg it! (www.digg.com)
Advantages & Disadvantages
 Pros
 Free
 Easy
 Open Source
 Interactive
 Cons
 Information Overload
 Blogger’s Block!
 Time Consuming
 Security & Privacy
 Reliability
Controversies
 IIPM and IBM
 BlogSpot Block
 Wal-Mart
 Creative Commons
 Splogs
 Mature Content
 Terrorism
 Commercialization
Rock Bottom
Popular Blogs
 DesiPundit ( One-Stop Indian Blog)
 Scobleizer (Erstwhile Microsoft Architect)
 EnGadget (Fully Gadgetized)
 Gizmodo (All Gizmos)
 Boing Boing (Directory)
 GoogleBlog (Official Google Blog)
 SlashDot (News for Nerds)
 Wired (The Wired Magazine)
 IndiaUncut (Yet another Popular Indian Blog)
 TechCrunch (Latest Internet Stuff & Reviews)
Nex – Gen Blogging Forms
 Photo Blogging
 Flickr
 Fotolog
 PhotoBloggers
 Mobile Blogging
 MoBlog
 Joi Ito
 Video Blogging
 vLog
 Others
 Podcasting
 RadioBlog
References
 WikiPedia (www.wikipedia.com)
 Blogger (www.blogger.com)
 WordPress (www.wordpress.com)
 Google (www.google.com)
 Merriam (www.m-w.com)
 Technorati (www.technorati.com)
 Performancing (www.performancing.com)
Queries , Doubts &
Suggestions
For your
Time & patience !!!

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