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The more we talk about blogs, the more we seem to have to learn. How do we classify blogs and why do we do them? First, let's tackle the term 'blogging community'. The collective community of blogs is known as the blogosphere. It is likened to the term 'logosphere', the world of words or the universe of discourse.

Blogging communities are now becoming more and more popular, ones like My Blog Log. My Blog Log is a blogging community, set up and managed by Yahoo!, that connects bloggers to each other, allowing members to view user profiles, blog updates, and maneuver around with ease (Yahoo!, 2009). Something like Facebook or Friendster, this blog networking site connects people through their blogs.

(Source: www.mybloglog.com)

Many media outlets like CNN and BBC have used the blogosphere as a gauge of public opinion (Keren, 2006). Both for academic and non-academic purposes, the blogs have become very much a part of daily life. Blogs have started to be tracked by blog search engines such as Technorati, Blog Pulse and Tail Rank. Technorati was tracking 112 million blogs as of December 2007 (Technorati, 2008).

(Source: www.technorati.com)

There are so many ways to classify blogs, by subject or topic, or geographical location. Blogs have been classified as such for easy moving around by blog readers like you and me.

References

2009, MyBlogLog, accessed 14 June 2009, http://www.mybloglog.com .

2009, 'MyBlogLog' in Yahoo! , accessed 14 June 2009, http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/mybloglog/ .

2009, Technorati: Front Page, accessed 14 June 2009, http://www.technorati.com .

Keren, M 2006, Blogosphere: The New Political Arena, Lexington.