Major types of blog
Corporate blog
A blog, either used internally to enhance the communication and culture in a corporation or externally for marketing, branding or public relations.
An example: Official Google Blog
Product blog
A blog to update for particular products.
Example: Facebook Blog
Professional blog
A blog written for professional research or thought.
Example: Tai Tran’s Blog
Authority blog
A blog about specific topic(s), written by expert(s) in the area(s).
Example: Copy Blogger is a blog guiding you on effective blogging
Community blog
A centralized blog that facilitates communication between a community. This is increasingly replacing forums.
Personal blog
Blog on personal life of the writer.
Tumble blog
A tumblelog is a variation of a blog that favors short-form, mixed-media posts over the longer editorial posts frequently associated with blogging. Common post formats found on tumblelogs include links, photos, quotes, dialogues, and video. Unlike blogs, tumblelogs are frequently used to share the author’s creations, discoveries, or experiences while providing little or no commentary.
Example: Tai Tran’s Reading Achiever
Micro-blog
Blog with very short texts and links.
Example: Tai Tran’s Twitter
Link blog
Blog that only contains links
Types of blog are platform-independent
Blogs are platform-independent. No one prevents you from using WordPress to micro-blog. However, there are recommendations of the platform suitable for each blogging purpose.
Enjoyed this entry? Register to receive FREE updates via email
Tags of this article: authority,blog,blogging,community,corporate,facebook,google,tumble,twitter,web-2.0.
Last update July 22, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recent Comments