The World of BloggingBy

Mrs. Stern

What is a Blog? A weblog, or simply a “blog,” is a

web application which contains periodic, reverse chronologically ordered posts on a common webpage.

Since all blogs are on the Internet they are seen as interconnected and socially networked

Blogs explained in Plain English

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How can you use blogs?

Blogs can be used as a:› Personal journal or diary› Class project page› Bookmarks or links page

Blog terminology Blogger: Someone who creates and

maintains a blog. Blogging: The process of creating and

maintaining a web log. Blogsphere/Blogosphere: The totality

of blogs; a community or social network of blogs.

Blogroll: A list of a blogger’s favorite blogs, usually placed on the side of that blogger’s blog

What type of topics can blogs cover?

News Commentary on news Personal dairies Subject related to:

Sports Fashion Music Gardening Cooking Travel

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What can be added to a blog besides text?

Pictures Links to other blogs Web links Video Music Podcasts

Search Engine to locate Blogs

Technorati – is a search engine site that tracks 112 million blogs

Technorati tracked blogs in 81 languages in June 2008

On average those who blog have been posting for three years and are collectively creating close to one million posts every day.

Statistics Bloggers are a diverse group:

› Personal› Professional› Corporate

Blogging Etiquette Do not confuse your opinion with

absolute truth. It’s OK to disagree with bloggers or

those who post comments: › Be respectful› No name calling› No vulgarity

Do not invoke personal attacks.

Blogging Etiquette Stick to the subject when writing and

do not link to irrelevant sites. Make your English teacher proud,

punctuate, capitalize, and avoid babbling run-on sentences.

Take responsibility for your mistakes. Do not rewrite or remove posts if you’ve made a mistake.

Blogging Etiquette Please, no last names, school names or

addresses Do not OVER write – Short and to the

point Cite your references. ie. Statistics Do not use other bloggers images or

text without permission. When writing your opinion on a topic,

make sure you're not going to be offensive to anyone.

Use Common Sense Everything you post is accessible for

the world to see. If you do not want the world knowing

something, don’t post it. There can be legal consequences for

defaming another blogger › You can be liable for damages

Employers Google potential employees

Class Blog

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