The Blogosphere
Blogging has developed into a popular way for people to publish content online. A blog is simply a set of Web pages that are often written in a diary-like form. People writing blogs typically comment on current events, their lives, new ideas and gadgets, trends, ongoing news stories, and any number of topics.
Major Blog Sites / Services
blogger: blog hosting service affiliated with Google; started in 1999
xanga: weblog hosting and social networking
wordpress: blogging service
livejournal: blogging service
typepad: blogging service
drupal.org: an open source content management platform that can be used for creating blogs as well as other kinds of Web sites
Social Networks: Many online social networks offer blogs as part of member services
Find Blogs
- Blogarama: blog directory and resource collection
- Bloglines: search for feeds, blogs
- Metroblogging: City-specific blogs
Search Blog Posts
- Technorati: searches posts from millions of blogs
- Google Blogsearch: searches blogs for blog content or blog topic
- Feedster: searches syndicated sources (including blogs and news)
- IceRocket: searches blogs and social net spaces
Blog News and Stats
- Blog Herald: blogging-related news
- BlogPulse: Intelliseek's blog trend analysis site
- Scripting News: David Winer's blog (notable blogger, author of RSS)
Blog Rankings
- Technorati Top: popular blogs as measured by unique links
- Bloglines top: ranked by feed
- TBL list: Truth Laid Bear Ecosystem list of popular blogs
Further Reading
- Studying Blogs: some comments on Blogs, a short list of articles examining blogs, and links to further information
- Wikipedia entry for blog: introductory information about blogs
- Dmoz Index: directory of information on blogs
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