1. BLOGGING

2. History of blogging

3. The history of blogging starts with several
digital precursors to it. Before "blogging" became
popular, digital communities took many forms,
including Usenet, commercial online services
such as GEnie, BiX and the early CompuServe, e-
mail lists and Bulletin Board Systems (BBS).

4. In the 1990s, Internet forum software, such
as WebEx, created running conversations with
"threads". Threads are topical connections
between messages on a metaphorical "corkboard".
Some have likened blogging to the Mass-
Observation project of the mid-20th century.

5. 1983–1993
• Usenet was the primary serial medium included in
the original definition of the Internet. It featured
the moderated newsgroup which allowed all
posting in a newsgroup to be under the control of
an individual or small group.

6. 1994–2001
• The modern blog evolved from the online diary,
where people would keep a running account of
their personal lives. Most such writers called
themselves diarists, journalists, or journalers. A
few called themselves "escribitionists".

7. After a slow start, blogging rapidly gained in popularity.
Blog usage spread during 1999 and the years following,
being further popularized by the near-simultaneous arrival
of the first hosted blog tools:

8. • Open Diary launched in October 1998, soon
growing to thousands of online diaries. Open
Diary innovated the reader comment, becoming
the first blog community where readers could add
comments to other writers' blog entries.
• SlashDot, a still-popular blog for tech "nerds"
launched in September 1997.

9. • Brad Fitzpatrick, a well known blogger
started LiveJournal in March 1999.
• Andrew Smales created Pitas.com in July 1999 as an
easier alternative to maintaining a "news page" on a
website, followed by Diaryland in September 1999,
focusing more on a personal diary community
• Evan Williams and Meg Hourihan (Pyra Labs)
launched blogger.com in August 1999 (purchased
by Google in February 2003)

10. 2001–2004
• By 2001, blogging was enough of a phenomenon
that how-to manuals began to appear, primarily
focusing on technique. The importance of the
blogging community (and its relationship to larger
society) increased rapidly. Established schools
of journalism began researching blogging and
noting the differences between journalism and
blogging.

11. • Several broadly popular American political
blogs emerged in 2001
• Since 2002, blogs have gained increasing notice
and coverage for their role in breaking, shaping,
and spinning news stories.
• Blogging was established by politicians and
political candidates to express opinions on war
and other issues and cemented blogs' role as a
news source.

12. 2004–present
• In 2004, Global Voices Online, a site which
"aggregates, curates, and amplifies the global
conversation online – shining light on places and
people other media often ignore" surfaced,
bringing to light bloggers from around the world.
Today, the site has a relationship with Reuters and
is responsible for breaking many global news
stories.

13. In 2007, Tim O'Reilly proposed a Blogger's Code
of Conduct.
In 2011, Tom Knighton, owner of Knighton
Media, Inc, announced that his company was
purchasing The Albany Journal.
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14. BLOGGING
• The act of creating and maintaining a blog.
• Is the act of posting a content on a blog
(a web log or online journal) or posting comments
on someone else’s blog.

15. • It is one of the most sought after activities on the
Web. Ever since its evolution way back in 1999
by Peter Merholz, it has become a phenomenon
amongst internet users for personal, commercial,
and business activities.
• Blogging is a way of expressing one’s thoughts,
ideas, opinions or experiences.
• Generally interactive in nature.

16. BLOGGING SITES

17. WordPress

18. •Is a free and open source blogging tool and a
dynamic content management system (CMS)
based on PHP and MySQL. It has many features
including a plug-in architecture and a template
system.
•It was first released on May 27, 2003, by
founders Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little

19. Google Blogger

20. • Is a blog-publishing service that allows private or
multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. It was
created by Pyra Labs, which was bought
by Google in 2003. Generally, the blogs are hosted
by Google at a subdomain of blogspot.com.
•Blogger is probably the most user friendly blogging
platform out there. You can set up as many free
blogs as you would like from your Google account.

21. TypePad

22. •TypePad gives your blog search engine friendly
URLs and will automatically optimize your site for
better search engine rankings.
•The TypePad software also has very good anti-
comment spam features. Unfortunately you must pay
a fee of $8.95 per month to use TypePad and, even at
that price, you are only allowed three blogs.

23. Movable Type

24. •Is a weblog publishing system developed by the
company Six Apart.
•Written in Perl, and supports storage of the weblog's
content and associated data within MySQL natively.
•Similar to WordPress, Movable Type offers a free self-
hosted package (MovableType.org) as well as a service for
non-developers who would like to host their blog for free
(MovableType.com).

25. Drupal

26. •Is a free and open-source content management
system (CMS) and content management
framework (CMF) written in PHP and distributed under
the GNU General Public License.
•Drupal runs on any computing platform that supports
both a web server capable of running PHP and
a database (such
as MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB
or Microsoft SQL Server) to store content and settings.

27. Xanga

28. •Xanga started as a site for sharing book, music and
movie review but has since evolved into a full-force
blogging platform.
•Xanga is free but with the premium/plus versions you
are given more publishing and design options, bandwidth
and storage space.

29. Tripod

30. •Tripod, created by the underdog search engine Lycos,
is a web hosting service and content management
system for blogs and websites that operate under free,
plus or pro accounts.
•The software is not open source but incredibly stream-
lined and easy to use with a wide variety of
professionally designed templates to choose from for
your blog or website. The free account is only allowed
20GB of disk space, 1GB of monthly bandwidth and
you must run ads by Tripod unless you upgrade to a
Plus account.

31. LiveJournal

32. •LiveJournal, formerly owned by Six Apart and written in
PERL, differs from other major blog platforms because of
its unique community feel and social networking features.
•The “friends list” provides a way for people who have
LiveJournal accounts to connect with each other and a
friends page displays a feed of LiveJournal posts (or
“entries”) made by friends.
•One bad thing about LiveJournal is the fact that you must
display advertisements (from LiveJournal) even if you
upgrade to a Plus account.

33. Textpattern

34. •Textpattern is another free, easy to use CMS that is
relatively little-known. Similar to WordPress and
Movable Type, Textpattern is built with PHP and
MySQL.
•One unique feature of the Textpattern CMS is the
textile tool which, dubbed the “human Web text
generator,” converts text input into valid XHTML.
•Textpattern was designed specifically for people who
do not have a strong knowledge of HTML.

35. Squarespace

36. •Similar to Tripod, Squarespace is a hosting service that
comes with an easy to use, closed-source content
management system for blogs and websites. Squarespace
offers some promising features, including an iphone app
to view and edit your site.
•The trial version of Squarespace lasts 14 days and the
basic package costs $8 per month. More expensive
packages (like the $50 community package) allow more
bandwidth usage, disk space, custom URLs and other
functionalities.

37. Why blogging
is
so popular ???

38. • It allows people to interact with each other.
• Easy to start and maintain.
• Frequently updated with contents.
• Freedom to express your feelings.
• You can learn a lot from blogs.

39. • Doesn’t require that writers and contributors
know a lot about HTML.
• Serves as an Internet medium where you can
always refer to older entries and refer them as and
when needed.
• Blogging is fun and for everyone.

40. We have seen that technology is changing fast and the
library and information science is also being
affected by the technology ). Blogging is also becoming
a fast cornerstone tool in the online dissemination and
consumptions of information, which makes sense to
briefly explain a concept that extends the concept even
further.

41. Librarians are becoming the early adopters of blogging
to support informing their clients and themselves of
new Web and information technology resources, of
changes to library services and collection development,
and for various internal purposes such as distributing
information and mounting team-based projects.

42. Blogging works best in situations where information
needs to be ordered in descending chronological order.
Blogging could be an efficient and effective alternative
for information and knowledge transfer, resulting in a
more productive workforce.
Blogging is not solely meant for advertising marketing
purposes, but also serves as an efficient means for fun,
entertainment leisure and knowledge sharing in a quick
and efficient manner.

44. END !!!
Aubrey Anne Q. Verastigue
Ms. Geraldine G. Mallo