Tuesday, September 07, 2004
What Is a Blog?
A couple of you approached me during class this afternoon with some anxiety about whether you could differentiate blogs from other types of web sites. Google's little-known glossary feature yielded this definition of a blog:
As you can see that leaves a lot of leeway as to what might be considered a blog, but as long as you include the word "blog" in your search terms when you're looking for a site you should be okay. However, if you'd like to make sure that the site you'll be working on for you unit project is, indeed, a blog, feel free to email me.
A couple of you approached me during class this afternoon with some anxiety about whether you could differentiate blogs from other types of web sites. Google's little-known glossary feature yielded this definition of a blog:
A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is "blogging" and someone who keeps a blog is a "blogger." Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. Postings on a blog are almost always arranged in cronological order with the most recent additions featured most prominantly.
As you can see that leaves a lot of leeway as to what might be considered a blog, but as long as you include the word "blog" in your search terms when you're looking for a site you should be okay. However, if you'd like to make sure that the site you'll be working on for you unit project is, indeed, a blog, feel free to email me.
