Blog Classification and Communities

Classification of blogs

By subject:
a) Politics
b) Law
c) History
d) Fashion
e) Food
f) Travel
g) Entertainment ( Movies, Dramas, Celebrities )
h) Sports

By device:
a) Moblog ( Mobile phone blogs; Example: Flickr blog )

An Example of a Moblog, Flickr blog

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By media:
a) Vlog ( Video blogs; Example: YouTube)
b) Linklog ( Collection of links or URLs; Example: del.icio.us )
c) Splog ( Spam blogs; Example: The Panic Blog )
d) Sketchlog ( Collection of sketches/drawings; Example: Deviantart )
e) Tumblelog ( Blogs with mixed-media and short forms instead of the usual long posts; Example: Tumblr )
f) Photolog ( Collection of photos: Example: Photobucket )
g) Podcast ( Collection of audio recordings especially in MP3 format; Example: Imeem )
h) Liveblog ( Blogs that cover live events; Example: Engadget )

An example of a vlog, YouTube

(Sourced from Videora)

An example of a podcast, Imeem

(Sourced from: Google Images)

An example of a sketchlog, Deviantart

(Sourced from: Art of The Net)

By publisher:
a) Business blog
b) Corporate blog

However, most blogs these days are a combination of different styles and formats. For instance, a photolog like Photobucket which should only contain collections of photos, also contain video entries. Thus, to identify a unique blog or to classify a blog, the majority of the type of posts or entries in it have to be taken into account. If most of the entries are photos, hence, it is called a photolog even though it might contain other formats.

Blogging Communities

A blogging community is a 'blogosphere', a network of blogs linked together. A blogging community can be created by the existence or availability of hyperlinks, tags, comments and chat spaces in blogs where human interaction is made possible. In blogging communities, people reach out to each other, making friends and building social connections. An example of a blogging community is MyBlogLog. According to Kirkpatrick (2006), it is a social networking system where bloggers and their readers are able to connect and and interact with each other based on interests and personal similarities. It is also a network where blog publishers are able to access information they seek on their readers.

A blogging community, MyBlogLog

(Sourced from: Technipedia)

Reference list:

1.) Blogging Goes Mobile 2003, BBC News, viewed on 29 April 2008 at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2783951.stm

2.) Blogging, The Phenomenon: Text Based 2006, Thinkquest, viewed on 1 May 2008 at http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01130/typesofblogs_textbased.html

3.) Kirkpatrick, M 2006, MyBlogLog: Readers Network Around Their Favorite Blogs, TechCrunch viewed on 30 April 2008 at http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/19/mybloglog-readers-network-around-their-favorite-blogs/

4.) The 8 Different Types of Blogging In 2008, Make You Go Hmm.com, viewed on 1 May 2008 at http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20080124/5040/

5.) Turn Any Blog Into A Moblog - Just Like That 2004, Flickr Blog, viewed on 29 April 2008 at http://blog.flickr.net/en/2004/07/06/turn-any-blog-into-a-moblog-just-like-that/