Introduction to our blog, on blogs
Hello bloggers!This would be our first entry. Hmm. Even though you MAY think this would be boring, but rest assured its not! Be sure to read all of our entries to make sure you do not get sued or into trouble just because you are blogging. We ensure that you would have a safe ride if you manage to read everything that we have!Anyway, our first topic would be on the background, phenomenon , and stakeholders in the blogging world. Sit tight and do not fall asleep now.. (:
What is a blog?
Blog refers to a website, usually kept by a person updating regularly to it.
It is filled with entries of description of a day or event, contains pictures or videos uploaded by the person, and also contains comments made by friends or anonymous readers. It is usually displayed with the earliest post as the first entry.
The term “blog” can also be used as a verb, referring to a person maintaining or adding content to the blog.
Example, me saying "Oh I am blogging right now." means that I am actually adding content or doing something to my blog.
Due to the expansion and boom of World Wide Web, more people began using their blog as a personal diary.
As users of blogs increase, the usage of blogs began to vary as well.
There are many different kinds of blogs to be found in the collective community of blogs, referred to as the “blogosphere”.
The most common kind is a personal blog : This blog serves a single person, reflecting their own life in words, pictures or pictures.
Next would be a corporate blog. Companies began to start up their own corporate blogs. This blogs are usually more serious, used solely for business purposes. This is very effective in enhancing their marketing, branding and public relations, and also communication to the outside world and internally within the company.
There are also various types of blogs, depending on media type.
One containing videos are called a vblog, one filled with links are called linklog, one with photos is a photoblog and so on.
Blogs also varies in genre. There are political blogs, travel blogs, house blogs, fashion blogs, shopping blogs, education blogs, interests’ blog and many, many more.
Singapore blogosphere
In Singapore, we have our very own blogosphere; with popular bloggers of different genre. In http://www.sgblogs.com/, they have a ranking of best blogs in Singapore. A few of the famous bloggers are Mr brown, Mr Miyagi, Xiaxue, Dawn Yang, and so on.
Some of the bloggers are actually featured in DL (digital life) on how they are making money just by maintaining a blog.
The popular bloggers mentioned above are actually sponsored by various brands, and a blog supporting organization called nuffnang pays bloggers for putting up advertisements in their blog.
Stakeholders in the blogosphere
The bloggers : People who maintains and adds contents to their blog.
Netizens/blog hoppers:Those who surfs the net and see the content of the blog.
The government: They will intervene when they feel that certain blogger is not abiding to the law while blogging, for example, being racist.
Advertisers: Pay bloggers to have their banner put on blog.
Well, not bad for a first lesson!
Stay tuned for more blog related information. till then!
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Labels: background, introduction, phenomenon, stakeholders
