So far the journey of blogging has been enjoyable. Today, I’m trying to look into a few nitty-gritty of blog. Since I started writing this blog, I’ve become a good blog reader and spending a good chunk of time on blogs.
I found blog, in general, as an alternative but advanced form of traditional personal diary writing, although there are tens of thousands of blogs other than personal. It is a quick, cheap, effective way of making one’s voice heard by millions, not only just an outlet to write thoughts or feelings.
I also found that many are doing online businesses through blogs and professionals and companies are using blog to engage their clients as well as educational institutions, government, politicians and many more are today in the world of blogging.
The popularity of blog has risen so high that popular Time magazine has started rating of blogs to create an annual best blog index. The magazine’s 25 best blogs 2009 shows that the best blogs in the world spanned from politics, housekeeping, astronomy and everything in between.
The number of blogs, which has skyrocketed since its initial use at the beginning of the 21st century, also shows that how important blogging has become today. According Blogpulse stats, there are more than 126.86 identified blogs in the world.
As I mentioned earlier, blogging today is not only limited for expressing personal feelings or opinions, it has expanded its scope to so many other areas. There has been a lot of talk lately that traditional blogging has lost its relational focus and many are leaving the world of the blog. But, I think blogging will continue to enjoy a boom as innovation of new technology and addition new features have been constant to meet ever changing tastes of people.
--------------------
Reference
25 best blogs 2009, Time, viewed 9 February 2010, <http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1879276,00.html>.
Blogpulse, viewed 9 February 2010, <http://www.blogpulse.com/>.
No comments:
Post a Comment