Blogging

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Blogging

• Kenny Sia
• SEGi College Junior Journalist Programme
• 07/07/07

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Topics of the Day

• What is a blog?
• Different types of blogs
• Why do people blog?
• How to start a blog?
• How to get people to read your blog?
• Things you must always be aware of.
• Some blogs to check out.

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Who Am I?
Kenny Sia

• Kennysia.com
• Since January 2005

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What Is A Blog?

• Short for Web Log
• Typically consists of dated entries published in
  reverse chronological order.
• Updated from time to time
• May include feedback mechanism

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Some facts

• 71 million blogs worldwide
• One blog created every second
• 100,000 blogs in Malaysia
• More popular than it has ever been
• Some bloggers have become celebrities in their
  own right

Source Technorati, Nuffnang
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Different Types Of Blogs

• Personal

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Different Types Of Blogs

• Socio-political

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Interest-based Blogs

• Technology

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Interest-based Blogs

• Food

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Interest-based Blogs

• Fashion

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Interest-based Blogs

• Automotive

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Why Do People Blog?

• As a hobby. For fun.
• As a diary. To document life.
• To stay in touch.
• To meet like-minded people.
• To let your opinions be heard.
• Extension of an identity.

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How To Start A Blog

• Get a free blog platform
• Blogger.com
• Xanga.com
• Wordpress.com
• Iloveblog.com
• Get your own domain and set up
• Wordpress.org
• Movabletype.com

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Personalise Your Site

• Search for a theme
• Blogskins.com
• Themes.wordpress.net
• Just Google!

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Personalise Your Site

• Add A Chatbox
• Cbox.ws
• Chatango.com

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Personalise Your Site

• Add A Traffic Counter
• Sitemeter.com
• Onestat.com
• Statcounter.com

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Personalise Your Site

• Single Author
• Eg. Personal blogs
• Multiple Authors
• Mostly interest-based blogs
• Anonymous Vs Open
• Enable feedback or disable

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Personalise Your Site

• Everyone is different
• No one is bound to a single set of rules
• Respect others

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How To Get Traffic?

• Write in a way that would interest yourself
• Update regularly
• Join online communities
• Comment on other blogs
• Find your niche, and stick to it

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Getting Feedback

• Comments
• Chatbox
• Other blogs
• Technorati technorati.com
• Google Blogsearch blogsearch.google.com

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Technorati

• Technorati.com

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Google Blogsearch

• Blogsearch.google.com

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Things To Be Aware Of

• Sensitive Topics
• Defamation
• Whatever Is Illegal Offline Is Illegal Online
• Blog readers are very very smart
• Handling Negative Comments

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Reality Check

• Never Expect Everyone To Like You!
• When to pay attention? When to ignore?
• Defending yourself once is enough.

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Some blogs to check out

• Personal
• Kennysia.com
• Quaintly.net
• HannahTclub.com
• Socio-political
• Jeffooi.com
• Blog.limkitsiang.com
• Musingsbymm.blogspot.com

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Some blogs to check out

• Technology gizmodo.com
• Celebrity gossip thesuperficial.com
• Automotive paultan.org
• Fashion cheeserland.com/wardrobe
• Food masak-masak.blogspot.com

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THANK YOU