By blogging, people share about their lives, expertise and issues but different individuals blog about different things based on their interest. Thus, these interests has contributed to the birth of many types of blogs on the internet.
According to Netchunks (2011), blogs can be classified by:
(a) Personal Blogs: Where the author of the blog shares about their lives or personal opinions on certain topics where he or she feels strongly about.
Source: MissyCheerio.com
(b) Corporate and Organizational Blogs: Blogs created by corporations or organizations to communicate with customers and also show the services that the company provides. Corporate blogs can help to improve the company's image and also building customer relations (Wirken, n.d)
Source: DiGi
(c) Blogs by Genre:
- Fashion
Source: WhoWhatWear
- Food
Source: Seven Spoons
(d) Blogs by Media types: Blog post are posted using a different medium or format such as photographs, videos and more.
- Vlog (Video Blog)
Source: ShaneDawsonTV
- Photography Blog
Source: Shutter Sisters
(e) Blog by device: Blogs which are composed and posted using different devices such as mobile phones are known as moblog.
Source: Rachel Larratt's Moblog
As there are many blogs out there, sometimes it's hard to categorize blogs due to their combination of different styles. In my opinion, the best way to categorize blogs is to look at the genre or subject of the blog. This is because an amount of post of a particular genre will always be dominant due to individual interests, thus making it easier to identify the genre of the dominant subjects and categorizing the blogs that way although the blogger sometimes touch on other genres as well.
For example, exhibition blogs as categorized by Simons (2008) states that these blogs consists mostly of artists, craftspeople and others who showcase their artworks, creations and also opinions. Although Simons (2008) categorization of blogs is straightforward, I believe that categorizing blogs by genre or subject is still the best way because Simons (2008) categorization does not include nor consider the specific subject of the blog. There can be many types of exhibition blogs because when broken down, it can be seen clearly that there are many other different type of artworks, individual styles and a particular genre of the art that the blog showcases. Categorizing by genre or subject is a much easier and reader friendly categorization as readers are able to search for the particular blogs based on their interest.
References
1. Chettri, S 2011, What is Blogging? What Are The Different Types of Blogs?, viewed 3 May 2011, <http://www.netchunks.com/different-types-of-blogs/>.
2. Simons, M 2008, Towards a taxanomy of blogs, viewed 3 May 2011, <http://www.apo.org.au/commentary/towards-taxonomy-blogs-0>.
3. Wirken, D n.d, Corporate Blogging: Dos and Donts, viewed 3 May 2011, <http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/186126/blogging/corporate_blogging_dos_and_donts.html>.
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