Showing posts with label blog classification. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blog classification. Show all posts

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).