Classification of Blog

Classification system

Subject matter:

1) Politics

2) Fashion

3) Technology

4) Personal life

5) Law

6) History

Media type:

1) Vlog - Post made up entirely of video blog post.

2) Linklog - A website a blogger maintains a list of links and tagged for reference, in web log or blog format.

3) Sketchlog - Post made up of sketches.

4) Photo blogs - Most posts are photographs.

5) MP3 blog - Posts about music.

and so on.

Device:

Moblog - A combination of mobile and blog. Example: Twitter

The acceptance of readers for the blogger to blog about different topics blurred the circle of different types of blog communities. With that, readers have more variety of topics to read, and the circle of friends or acquaintance will widen via comments on the post.

Reference:

1) Ellis-Christensen, T., n.d., What is a Moblog? http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-moblog.htm, viewed 8th May 2011.

2) Thegeminigeek.com, n.d., What is a Blog? http://www.thegeminigeek.com/what-is-a-blog/, viewed 8th May 2011.