ver since the introduction in touch with the latest updates
of blog development tools of a blog - be it anything like
like Blogger, Pitas etc. in photo blogs, radio blogs or video
1999, the personal publication blogs, the user can get the
tool weblog or simply blog has latest content via a desktop
undergone many transformations. based feed reader or a web based
In the infant stages, until 2001, feed reader like Google Reader.
blogs were viewed as personal
publishing platform where one can There is an estimated 35 million
post his or her experiences, blogs worldwide and the number is
complaints, happy moments and pet fast increasing. The main reason
peeves. Since it world business people becoming bloggers is that
community has identified the they need little knowledge about
potential of blogs to harness as HTML or any software. They can
a powerful marketing tool. Today publish to the photo blogs or
blogs don't confine to letters radio blogs (audio blogs) via a
and words. You can find photo web browser like Internet
blogs (where one can publish Explorer or Firefox. The blog
photos), audio blogs, also called platform will do all the
radio blogs where users can necessary background actions.
download and listen to audio
messages or music and video blogs The taking over of Blogger
or vlogs where video files are (blogger.com) by Google is the
published. biggest turning point in
blogging. Blogger.com allows
Majority of blogger platforms bloggers to not only publish
today allows the users to publish their posts, but also allows them
syndication feeds (RSS or Atom). to publish their own ads, to
The feeds are especially helpful experiment with the template. Ads
for ardent blog readers to keep by the supported platform is
absent in blogger blogs. Typepad service tell search engines that
is another blog platform that new content is available at the
individuals and companies use. blog. Pinging and newfeeds keeps
the search engines busy visiting
Companies see blogs as excellent the blog.
method of attracting and
retaining visitors. Google blogs Bloggers that publish text blogs,
are the biggest example of photo blogs, radio blogs or audio
corporate blogging. Each and blogs and video blogs enjoy the
every updating about the company democratic nature of the blogs.
is published in department blogs There are no editorial content
and the subscribers of news feeds and interaction with the readers
can see the updates as and when is easy because of the comment
it occurs. feature. Blogging has emerged
here to stay. And it will be the
There are many attempts to cash medium through which companies
in on the enthusiasm of bloggers. sell their products and services
Almost all companies now promote in the future.
affiliate marketing through blogs
and blog advertising is fast Copyright "© 2006 Andreas
picking up. Bloggers make use of Obermueller
the pinging service by
technorati, blogot etc. Pinging
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