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myLot reputation of 63/100. ltmoon (849)   ranked 4,734 out of 15,199 in internet2 years ago

Do You BLOG???

The term "Blog" is attributed to the late 90's use of the word "weblog" to describe online personal diaries and journals. The early Blogs were also derided by tech elitists as "Blather Logs". Either way the term was later shortened to just "blog" and have become ubiquitous across the net.

Before 2000, personal communication on the internet took different forms depending on the person's internet skills. Email was of course the most prominent. The earliest community forums were dialup text-based bulletin boards, allowing the posting of statements, but comments were in unlinked following statements. With HTML, came the first webpages, where those skilled enough to create a website began keeping online personal journals. This was soon followed by sites hosting communities with a new type of bulletin boards that threaded the conversations and displayed the comments sequentially below the original post, and similarly guestbooks began showing up on personal webpages where visitors could leave a short note to the owner. Guestbooks became threaded and soon many individuals were using them for the beginning of blogging.

As mentioned earlier, user-skills determined the forms that people could utilize on the net. During the early days of the web HTML was hand written, the large communities would come later and bring templates that allowed people to more easily post a homepage, and in 1999 three major site releases targeted the "bloggers" with easy to use applets for writing online. Over the next eight years CMS (Content Management Systems) would improve and expand and bring forth the countless options of online commnuties like MySpace, Mylot, and Gather, and also the explosion in blogging sites.

I began writing webpages shortly after HTML guidelines were released in 1993 and launched my first website in 1994. The site centered on photography and specifically the new digital photography. I also had a personal sub-domain in which I wrote short stories, poetry, keep travel journals, and displayed both my own digital images and those of friends.

Because of other projects, my personal website has laid fallow the past couple years. Currently I'm working on some concepts for a new style "BLOG".

So, back to the title question - Do You BLOG???

If so, what is your blog about?
Where do you post your blog?
On your own website or a blogsite like Blogger or Wordpress?

If you don't blog, what are your thoughts about blogging?
Do you regularly read any blogs?

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 95/100. beki710 (521)   ranked 289 out of 15,199 in internet   2 years ago

I do have a blog, on blogger.com. It's not actually a personal one, as I find it quite hard to write down my thoughts and usually just end up having a rant at someone about something. So my blog is actually just a series of reviews and opinions on plays that I have seen, movies I've watched, books I've read and general commentation on things that I have learnt.

Most of it tends to be arts related as I am a drama student but there are other thins on there as well. I've only had it since the beginning of March when I decided that it would be a good idea to write reviews of shows etc. that I have seen as I think not only does it help me expand my creative skills, but also helps me focus on particular aspects of a show/movie such as the lighting used etc.
I enjoy writing reviews and the such and do so for my departmental magazine and so I think that by doing this helps me improve my writing skills.

If anyone is actually interested here's the link: http://dramaticponderings.blogspot.com


myLot reputation of 63/100. ltmoon (849)   ranked 4,734 out of 15,199 in internet  2 years ago

Thanks Beki for reading and sharing your blog info.
For those wanting to do more than keep a diary,
it is important to develop a niche for your blog.

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2. avatech (49)   ranked 5,853 out of 15,199 in internet   2 years ago

yeah. I do blog

my blog is about technology,computer,PDA,games,camera,movies,book,software,hardware,airsofts,etc

It is kind of new and I update it four times in a week. I blog using blogger.com.

Here if you want to see my blog: http://avateck.blogspot.com

thanks


myLot reputation of 63/100. ltmoon (849)   ranked 4,734 out of 15,199 in internet  2 years ago

Hi Avateck, sounds like you are going many different way at once with you blog. Thanks for reading and sharing your blog info.

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3. AYANXXX (5)   ranked 6,783 out of 15,199 in internet   2 years ago

I also blog. i blog about technology,... pc, mobile, trouble shooting, programming, softwares and hardwares.

if u want to see my blog, visit here, techtalkz.com/blog


Enjoy!


myLot reputation of 63/100. ltmoon (849)   ranked 4,734 out of 15,199 in internet  2 years ago

Hello Ayanx, welcome to Mylot.
Thanks for reading and commenting.
A little tip, post the full URL with
"http" or "www" in it and your blog
will show as a link in your comment.

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4. myLot reputation of 90/100. kevsgirlalways (5758)   ranked 2,619 out of 15,199 in internet   2 years ago

yes i do blog. just wanted to have a place where i can express my ups and downs. my blog is at blogger. i also visit other people's blog whenever i have the time. do visit my blog at http://mekurukito.blogspot.com and leave some comments too. wink


myLot reputation of 63/100. ltmoon (849)   ranked 4,734 out of 15,199 in internet  2 years ago

Kevgirl your blog is a lot like many early blogs
and is still a popular type of blog.
Thanks for reading and leaving us a link to your blog!

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5. myLot reputation of 95/100. twoey68 (9663)   ranked 1,937 out of 15,199 in internet   2 years ago

I've always thought of blogs as sort of online jounals or diaries and learned a very painful lesson as a young girl about putting things in writing so no, I don't blog. I like to look at others but I don't feel comfortable doing it myself.

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myLot reputation of 63/100. ltmoon (849)   ranked 4,734 out of 15,199 in internet  2 years ago

Happy St Paddy's Day Twoey!
Thanks for reading and commenting.
Nothing wrong with being a reader,
bloggers truly need your type!

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6. myLot reputation of 89/100. onewickedsoul (439)   ranked 2,385 out of 15,199 in internet   2 years ago

Yes I do blog. I am using Wordpress because of its versatility. I can install different plugins to enhance my blog. I usually write about blog tips and techniques, SEO related articles, daily news, or any new technology. I also read different blogs to get new information on different things.


myLot reputation of 63/100. ltmoon (849)   ranked 4,734 out of 15,199 in internet  2 years ago

Hi Wicked, thanks for stopping be today!
Have you tried other blogging apps besides
Wordpress? Right now I am testing blogger
and working on configuring WP's open-source
on my own server.


myLot reputation of 89/100. onewickedsoul (439)   ranked 2,385 out of 15,199 in internet  2 years ago

I haven't tried any other blogging tools. I just used blogger and wordpress. When I switched to Wordpress, I dared not use anything else.

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7. myLot reputation of 98/100. moneyandgc (3083)   ranked 4,819 out of 15,199 in internet   2 years ago

Yes, I have a couple of blogs. I have one with links and sites and stuff. Admittedly I don't keep up with it very well though.

I also have a blogger blog and a myspace blog. These two are personal and virtually identical because I have some friends and family who either read it from work and can't access myspace or they just don't have a myspace account. I keep up with the personal one a lot better. I don't write every day or anything. Maybe a couple of times a month.

It is not a blog, but I also have a Flickr account that I put a bunch of photos on, this started for my inlaws so they could see recent pictures of the baby.


myLot reputation of 63/100. ltmoon (849)   ranked 4,734 out of 15,199 in internet  2 years ago

Hello Money, thanks for reading and sharing about your blogs. Photo sharing has to be one of the best features of web, as even grandparents now have a home computer!

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8. myLot reputation of 94/100. kashifmahmood (435)   ranked 4,975 out of 15,199 in internet   2 years ago

I also have a blog hosted a blogger . I used some customized templates and some addons to make it look better since the default pack of blogger templates are very common and everybody use them .I keep it updated atleast once a week lol.

My blog is related to bloggers/ webmasters and different ways one can use to promote and market ones site in order to gain more exposure and search engine love thumbup.

You can visit my blog its in my profile page and if you like any of my posts do not hesitate to leave a comment happy


myLot reputation of 63/100. ltmoon (849)   ranked 4,734 out of 15,199 in internet  2 years ago

Thanks for joining in the the conversation Kashif.
But you were so busy playing with the smiley's you forgot to leave us the URL to your blog. doh

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