Explain briefly the types of blogging communities and methods to build blogging communities. Discuss the structure of one blogging community in brief.

Explain briefly the types of blogging communities and methods to build blogging communities. Discuss the structure of one blogging community in brief.

When individual wants to start a blog, then he or she might be trying to publish some interesting posts to attract readers to read and subscribe on the blog. It is important to build up a blogging community which allows readers all around the world could be able to attempt to the particular blog.

Blogging community

Bloging community which is essential to being a successful blogger which creating a name and reputation for what the author trying to explain, moreover having a community of the followers who enjoy the blog has to say and respect the blog owner as a part of the blogosphere. (Nikkis n.d) Blogging community is basically a group of readers who visit a particular blog, which diversify blog reading habits. (Lim 2006)

Several ways to build a blog community by Nikkies



1. Read others blogs to discover some interesting topics to post on own blog, by reading others blogs it may give you an new idea on creating a new topics in order to discuss with the readers.
2. Kindly leave a comment with URL when come across others blogs, by leaving a comment the owner of the blog would be able to know you as their readers and there will be a possibility for them to browse to your blog.
3. If there are readers who leave  comments, kindly reply them so that they know the author is actually concern with their opinion.
4. Kindly list the blog in directories therefore it is easier for the “netizen “ to search for your blog.
5. Keep updating the blog post, so that readers will keep visiting to the blog.
6. Make the posts entertaining and interesting, so that the readers will not easy get bored and developed skills and keep the content fresh with different point of view.
7. Marketing the blog, such as make links to others online social network for readers share and link to particular posts as well, for example Facebook, Twitter etc.

According to White (2006 n.d) There are three main patterns of blogging community  

Which are Single Blog/Blogger Centric Community, the Central Connecting Topic Community and the Boundaried Community. These three patterns are with wide variety of hybrid forms emerging between the three. (White 2006)

Basically by looking at the patterns it can be grouping them as for example, technology/ design, social architecture, role of the content of subject matter and issues. (White 2006)

One of the examples for blogging community is single blog/ blogger centric community

One example from this community is The Knowledge Tree



Where it is the first form of blog based community to emerge as readers begins returning to early bloggers’ sites they are not only commenting and get to know the blogger but the community of commentors.(White 2006)

It is like a place that people joining the community will be able to communicate to each other by commenting. There might be more than one author writing and posting in the blog.

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Reference:

Nikkis n.d., How to Build a Blogging Community, E-How, viewed on 22nd September 2010
http://www.ehow.com/how_2152382_build-blogging-community.html

Lim, K 2006, Building Your Blog’s Community Using MyBlogLog, Theory. Is the reason, viewed 22^nd September 2010,

http://theory.isthereason.com/?p=1091

White, N 2006, Blogs and Community – launching a new paradigm for online community?, The Knowledge Tree, An e-journal of Learning Innovation, viewed 22nd September 2010,
http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-%E2%80%93-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community