b) Classification of blogs & opinion about the most appropriate classification approach
There are hundred billions of blogs in this world and there are so many types and topic discussed of the blog. There may be blogs for fashion, politic, comics, video, food and so on. These are the topics that could easily lead to the birth of blogs in this world. According to Elgersma and Rijke in year 2008, blog classification is still very much in its infancy and to date no directly related work has been published so far. However, according to the Super Tech Guide, blogs are basically divided into 2 categories which are personal blogs and corporate blogs. Personal blogs contains to be shared with family, friends or even certain users. Examples of personal blogs are informative blogs, review blogs, food blogs and so far. Corporate blogs are types of blogs which has certain limitation and presenting in a formal way. Examples of corporate blogs are political blogs, educational blogs, technology blogs and so far.
In my opinion, the Super Tech Guide is the most appropriate classification approached because both sectors have a wide coverage of it. It is able to fit in most of the types of blog that us existing. Besides that, there are also moblog, vlog, linklog and sketchlog. These are the terms for specific blogs. Moblog is the short form of mobile blog. Pictures and texts is updated using mobile from time to time. Vlog are more commonly known as video logs, especially for video postings blog. Linklog is a collection of URLs that viewers might be interested. Sketchlog is usually for sketches of being post up by interest.
References
1. Elgersma E & Rijke M 2008, Learning to Recognize Blogs: A Preliminary Exploration, online, retrieved on 15 September 2010, from http://www.sics.se/jussi/newtext/working_notes/05_elgersma_derijke.pdf
2. Super Tech Guide, 2010, Types of Blogs, online, retrieved on 15 September 2010, from http://supertechguide.com/?p=224
3. Heuer C 2007, Simple Blog Classification System, online, retrieved on 15 September 2010, from http://www.chrisheuer.com/2005/07/14/simple-blog-classification-system-please-no-acronyms/
4. Smitch M 2010, Web Hosting Blog: Different Types of Blogs, online, retrieved on 15 September 2010, from http://myhosting.com/blog/2010/04/types-blogs-2/
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