Monday, 26 January 2009

Blog Classification


Blogs have evolved significantly since the early and influential weblog of Jorn Barger back in 1997.


Although personal bloggers dominate the blogosphere (79 % of all bloggers according to Technorati, 2008), business blogging has increased substantially. The commercial use of blogs in a common phenomenon nowdays, leading to more efficient communication, networking and knowledge management practices.


A simple taxonomy of blogs is presented here, based on two distinct blog-dimensions: the blog theme (i.e., personal, business) and blog-authorship (i.e., individual, group).

Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Blog vs. Homepage




Which are the differences, one wonders. Well they range from nature and format to commentary policy.

I tried to create a synopsis of some of their key differentiating characteristics.


More to follow.....