Blogging for Business (part 1)

Posted by Virginia in News & Business Ideas on August 29, 2007 | no responses

From the BB Media Newsletter, August 2007:

Sample Blog Just like RSS (see April 2006 -Featured Article: An Intro to RSS), an explanation of Blogs is often much more confusing then it needs to be. Let’s back up a moment here. What does this term “Web 2.0″ mean? Well the 2001 internet bubble is distinguished from the second generation web boom that is happening now. This new era and every new technology created in it is “Web 2.0.” The new technologies (RSS, Social Networking Systems, Blogs, etc.) and Web Sub Industries (Pay-per-click, Organic Search Engine Consultants, Email Marketing, etc.), and their recent reincarnations are referred to as Web 2.0.

In “Web 1.0″ we had message boards. Blogs are the next generation where a whole community can post to the blog like a message board. Often times just one person or a small group will post a blog and have a very large readership. These one person or small group blogs function more as online journals.

Definitions from the web:

Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.

A “blog” (derived from the term “web log”) can be a stand-alone web site or form part of a larger web site. It’s made up of short, frequently updated posts written by the web site owner, or another appointed person. This person is known as a “blogger.”

Blog
(n.) Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.

(v.) To author a Web log.

Other forms: Blogger (a person who blogs).

Now blogging is HUGE! According to blog search engine Technorati (www.technorati.com), there are nearly seven million blogs. That’s up from just 100,000 two years ago!