Classification of blogs and opinion about the most appropriate classification appproach

Among all blogs available online, there are various type of blogs with different classification. The classification of a particular blog is depending on the author of the blog. For instant, some of it is classified by using the blog’s content, topics the author writing, the blog’s style and so on. For example there are blogs which classify by :

Topics, Genre/ Subjects matter
According to Technorati there are blogs classify as:
-Living blog eg : Cassiopeia  basically talking about daily living stuff, use to keep in touch with family and friends, lifestyle, arts, health, religions.


-Technology  eg: the windows blog   which discuss about new features or updates in Windows.


-Entertainment  eg: fashion follows yoochun which is posting about idols, music, movies, updates of particular artist

    -Sport blog, which posting about sport related news

    - Science blog, posting updates regarding science topics

 According to TDavid (2008) Media type are:

         -  Vlog eg: Youtube 

    - Photologs  eg: celebrity wall papers

           - Linklog eg: delicious

  Device Blog

1. Moblog  eg: flickr  sending pictures by mobile devices. (TDavid 2008)

  Satus of Publishers:

1. Business eg:  The digerati life  either run by businesses as a business-to-business or business-to-consumer communication tool and is likely to have industry news, company information, new breakthroughs and upcoming events, and offers. (Smich 2010)
2. Corporate blogs eg: Air Asia  which post about the new services offers, advertise their company.

Opinion about the most appropriate classification approach

There are few types of blogs that being pointed out by Margaret Simons:

1. Pamphleteering blogs
2. Digest blog,
3. Advocay blog
4. Popular Mechanic blog
5. Exhibition blog
6. Gatewatcher blog
7. Australian blog
8. Diaries

I found out that the exhibition blog is similar to the living blog stated in Technorati, where it is a broad varies of topics which related to living stuff, it is also discussing some arts works. For example, Carmi’s Art/ Life World  this blog is basically do posting on author own art works, display the photos regarding the crafts that make by the author. This is similar to exhibition blog where maintained by craftspeople, artists, writers, which bring their work to a wider audience, extraordinary photos of really incredibly creative work. (Simons 2008) By comparing the classification of the above, arts blog is classify in living topics at Technorati however it is classify as exhibition blog in Texonomy

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References:

Simons, M 2008, Towards a taxonomy of blogs, Australian Policy Online, viewed on 22nd September 2010,

 http://www.apo.org.au/commentary/towards-taxonomy-blogs-0

Smich, M 2010, Discussing Various Blog Types, Web Hosting Blog, viewed on 22^nd September 2010,

http://myhosting.com/blog/2010/04/discussing-blog-types/

TDavid 2008, The 8 different types of blogging in 2008, MakeYouGoHmm .com, viewed on 22nd September 2010, http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20080124/5040/

Technorati n.d, Blog Directory, viewed 20^th September 2010,

http://technorati.com/blogs/directory/