The term blogging can be interpreted in different ways as many types based on how the information is presented. However, according to Rowse (2005) there are as many as 20 types of blogs and a few of them will be discussed further below.
The first kind of blog is instructional blogs where proper steps are included in the writers blog in order to complete a task, for instance to brew a proper mocha coffee or to dismantle a mobile phone completely (Knudson, 2003). Another type of blog would be corporate blogs where individuals promote their product or company and include descriptions of them in it as well. Personal blogs are blogs where writers merely share thoughts and ideas regarding topics at random to their readers. Video blogs are also at large these days and this is where the blogger opts for a video instead of writing it down, this is considered to be a more interactive method as opposed to writing (Knudson, 2003). Photo blogs are blogs where the bloggers simply posts up photos and pictures of any sort which enables comments from viewers, for example tumblr. Lastly would be review blogs where bloggers review an item which has been recently purchased, hardware or software, allowing readers to view the reviews and judge the product themselves, for example gizmodo.com where latest news and updates as well as reviews on gadgets are available (Bashbosh, 2009).
In my personal opinion, classification of blogs are not difficult to distinguish as they are easily sorted out to specific audiences through the material in which it contains (VanFossen, 2007). Each material has its own audience therefore classifying a blog is not much of a headache.
References
Bash Bosh Specials, 2009, ’25 Types of Blog Posts’ viewed 12 April 2012, <http://www.bashbosh.com/blog-post-types/>
Rowse, D 2005, ’20 Types of Blog Posts – Battling Bloggers Block’ viewed 12 April 2012, <http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/11/29/20-types-of-blog-posts-battling-bloggers-block/>
VanFossen, L 2007, Are you really writing for your blog audience?, viewed 12 April 2012, retrieved from http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/04/are-you-really-writing-for-your-blog-audience/
Knudsen, J 2003, Introduction to mobile blogging, viewed 12 April 2012, retrieved fromhttp://developers.sun.com/mobility/midp/articles/blogging/
www.tumblr.com
www.gizmodo.com
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