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Slide 1:1 THE BLOGOSPHERE; AN INTRODUCTION
Slide 2:2 What is a BLOG. A BLOG is the concatenation of two words...weB and LOG
A BLOG is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog (9/25/2008)?
Slide 3:3 How big is the Blogosphere?
Stats, above, as of November, 2007 26.4 BLOGS in US – March, 2008
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Slide 6:6 Why Do you BLOG - Survey
Slide 7:7 BLOGGING topics; Survey
Slide 8:8 BLOG SEARCHING SITES:
http://blogsearch.google.com/?hl=en&utm_source=AdWords&utm_campaign=us-ha-en-blogsearch&utm_term=blogger%20search&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=googleblogsearch
http://www.blogdigger.com/index.html
BLOG critics: http://blogcritics.org/ http://blogcritics.org/
Slide 9:9 Creating a BLOG in a few minutes. It's FREE.
Go to http://blogger.com ThomasPitre@gmail.com
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Slide 12:12 Note the
publish
post
button http://spcugtest.blogspot.com/ http://spcugtest.blogspot.com/
Slide 13:13 This is what we see AFTER we PUBLISH our post. This is the BLOG as seen with your browser when you point your web browser to: http://spcugtest.blogspot.com/
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Slide 15:15 LAYOUT CHOICES http://sequimpcs.blogspot.com/
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Slide 17:17 MICRO BLOGGING
-Brief updates in text, to be viewed by anyone or a restricted group chosen by the user.
-Updates can be submitted by messaging, email, or the web.
-The most popular service is twitter at: http://twitter.com. Pownce at http://pownce.com is another micro blog.
Slide 18:18 A BLOG bonus. You can email posts to your blog.
After you create a BLOG, you can use settings to set up a BlogSend address.
This will allow you to use a special email address to send postings to your BLOG.
The special email address for our test BLOG is: Just send an email, including picture, to the email address ABOVE. ATTACH pictures to the email file.
Slide 19:19 Sample – Introduction to BLOGS
Thomas Pitre, September, 2008
Copyright, T. Pitre, Sequim, WA Credits: Graphs: http://technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere/the-what-and-why-of-blogging/