Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2003 2:01 pm Post subject: Blog
Blogs are published diaries/rants on a topic--can range from serious to free association. They can be done by one person or a group. Check some out at www.blogspot.com and you'll see what I mean.
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2003 2:06 pm Post subject: Blog is a type of software
Blogs are software programs and its been shortened from the traditional name 'weblog'. They can be installed on servers as well as many internet sites like blogger and blogspot provide you with an area where you can blog. Its essentially like a personal diary/journal on the internet. They also allow for people to comment on the entries and rate them. There are multiple categories of them too, some of them just rants (interesting reads), photoblogs and techie blogs being the popular ones.
"That is the essential element of weblog writing, and almost all the other elements can be missing, and the rules can be violated, imho, as long as the voice of a person comes through, it's a weblog."
That's my view too
Everything else is related to presentation of the same content, and reader feedback. Put it as a series of webpages and it becomes a website or portal. Present it as a threaded discussion and it becomes a forum. Or list it in the form of a daily post with feedback accessed through a link and you get today's conventional blog.
Incidentally, a very exciting site I recently came across shows a way to make transition between blog and forum format possible with just a mouse click!
I've also recently compiled a short ebook primer titled "Blog Basics for Marketers" that you can download for free at
http://www.BlogProfits.com/basics/
Hope this helps.
Dr.Mani Sivasubramanian
Blog Profit Ideas Exposed
http://www.BlogProfits.com _________________ Dr.Mani
Blogging for Influence & Attention
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 10:32 am Post subject: Praise where praise is due...
Hello Dr Mani.
Dr Mani wrote:
I quote from that article:
"That is the essential element of weblog writing, and almost all the other elements can be missing, and the rules can be violated, imho, as long as the voice of a person comes through, it's a weblog."
That's my view too.
I must admit, I've been a bit unsure as to what exactly was or wasn't a blog. Call me old fashioned, but I think the old name "web log" was a bit more self explanatory, but anyway.
Incidentally, Dr Mani has recent experience of putting a blog to good use...
Though too modest to mention it here, he recently raised a large sum towards helping pay for children's heart operations in India, by staging a 24 hour marathon blog, with a little bit of help from his friends. Great effort!
Also, I reckon Paul Myers of http://talkbiz.com deserves a mention for his generous add on offer to his subscribers. If you're lurking out there, thanks Paul.
Anyway that's enough praise for one morning. Don't want to make a habit of it!
Cheers,
Charlie. _________________ "Before I speak, I have something important to say."
- Groucho Marx
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