Classifications of Blogs

According to Margaret Simons, blogs can be classified into nine categories as below: 

1. Pamphleterring blog is a blog where an individual/groups of individuals point out their point of views on a certain subject/issue. 

2. The Digest Blog guides and summaries materials collected from mainstream media or other blogs. However, the existence of social network has slowly replaced the position of it.

3. The Advocacy Blog as a subset of pamphleteering but ran by established advocacy groups or commercial organizations who advocate their point of views on the particular issue. 

4. The Popular Mechanics Blog offers training and advice in specialist fields. It shows the procedures and methods to people in order to conduct in proper way.

5. The Exhibition Blog as known as vanity publishing is a blog maintained by writers, craftspeople, artists and artisans to publish their creations. 

6. The Gatewatcher Blog as a "gatekeepers" with a mixture of gatewathcing and crowdsourcing to keep an eye on traditional media.

7. The Diary is an online journal for a person to express their own experiences, daily life activities and opinions.

8. The Advertisement in blog where established bloggers are paid by advertisers to disclose kickback to stimulate their products' sales and to gain exposure of brands and products.

9. The News Blog is a blog publishes and covers the news of events or activities where bloggers where invited to attend and blog about the issue. 

There are various types of blogs that can be categorized according to subjects or topics such as political, entertainment, education, history, health, travel, fashion and so on.  Besides that, blogs can also be classified according to media type such as Video blog (Youtube), Linklog, Sketch Blog (Rob-Sheridan), Photo Blog (Photo Bucket), Tumblr Blog and Typecast Blog.

In my opinion, besides Simon's approach, there are numerous ways to classified blogs. Most of them are delivered in different terms but they are delivering the same messages.  Some blogs are combinations of styles and possess unique type; hence, it is difficult to specific and classify them.

               

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References

Margaret Simons 2008, Towards a Taxonomy of Blogs, viewed 22^nd August 2011, http://www.apo.org.au/commentary/towards-taxonomy-blogs-0

PC Mag 2011, Definition of Vlog, viewed 22^nd August 2011, http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=video+blog&i=54024,00.asp 

Linked In 2011, Blog Link, viewed 22^nd August 2011,  http://www.linkedin.com/opensocialInstallation/preview?_applicationId=1500