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blog
Pronunciation: \ˈblȯg, ˈbläg\
Function: noun
Etymology: short for Weblog
Date: 1999
:a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often
-blog·ger noun
-blog·ging noun
Origin
The term "weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger on 17 December 1997. The short form, "blog," was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com in April or May 1999. Shortly thereafter, Evan Williams at Pyra Labs used "blog" as both a noun and verb ("to blog," meaning "to edit one's weblog or to post to one's weblog") and devised the term "blogger" in connection with Pyra Labs' Blogger product, leading to the popularization of the terms.
- Personal blog
- A personal blog which is the most common type of pblog is an ongoing journal or commentary by an individual. A type of personal blog which is extremely detailed, consists of blogs with very short posts and seeks to capture a moment in time is called “microblogging.
- Corporate blog
- A blog can also be made for business purposes. Corporate blogs are either used internally to enhance the communication and culture in a corporation or externally for marketing, branding or public relations purposes.
- Question blogging
- Question blog or Qlog is a type of blog that answers questions. Questions are sublitted in the form of a submittal form, or through email or other means such as telephone or VOIP. Qlogs can be used to display shownotes from podcasts or the means of conveying information through the internet. Many question logs use syndication such as RSS as a means of conveying answers to questions.
- By media type
- Blogs composed of videos is called vblog, one comprising links is called a linklog, a site containing a portfolio of sketches is called a sketchblog a blog dedicated to music is an MP3 blog, or one comprising photos is called a photoblog. Tumbleblogs are blogs with shorter posts and mixed media types. Blogs that are written on typewriters and then scanned are called typecast or typecast blogs.
- A rare type of blog hosted on the Gopher Protocol is known as a Phlog.
- By device
- The type of device used to compose a blog can also be used as an identifying factor. A moblog is a blog written by a mobile device like a mobile phone or PDA. One early blog was Wearable Wireless Webcam, an online shared journal of a person's personal life combining text, video, and pictures transmitted live from a wearable computer and EyeTap device to a web site. This practice of semi-automated blogging with combined live video together and text was known as sousveillance. Such journals have been used as evidence in legal matters.
- By genre / genre blogs
- There are blogs that focus on a particular subject, such as political blogs, travel blogs, house blogs, fashion blogs, project blogs, education blogs, niche blogs, classical music blogs, quizzing blogs and legal blogs (often referred to as a blawgs) or dreamlogs. Art blogs and music blogs are the two most common types of genre blogs.
- Splog is a type of blog used for the sole purpose of spamming. This is not a legitimate type of blog.
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