Blogging phenomena and the benefits towards society

It is the year 1999, Jesse James Garrett has just manage to compile a list of all weblogs which he manage to find online. And the list consisted of a whooping 23 links (blood 2000). However, as of 2006, technorathi has been keeping track of over 35.3 million blogs. (Source)

James M. Branum has categorize web blogs into 2 style, which is filter-style and free-style.

An example of Filter-style blogs would be early blogs. While there may be occasional comments, the main purpose of the blog would be to provide links which the author find worthwhile for his/her targeted audience. (Wang 1999)

While on the other hand, free-style blogs are normally focus on the author's personal life. (Ozawa 2001). Free style blogs normally includes blogs such as personal diaries and daily observation of life (Tawa 2001).

Personal blogs give oppurtunity for most of us to voice out our opinions or fustration to the world. Moreover, this can be achieve without going though numerous gatekeepers unlike print publishing.

Obviously free-style blogs rules the blogging world of today and that filter-style blog tends to only occupied a very very small portion.




Source
Blood R. 2006 "Weblogs: A History and Perspective", Rebecca's Pocket.

Ozawa, Ryan Kawailani 2001, journal vs. weblog. Diarist.net, August 4, 2001. retrieved December 11, 2001, from http://www.diarist.net/guide/blogjournal.shtml

Tawa, Renee (2001) Personal Web Logs put a face on a faraway disaster; Heartfelt commentary that mass media don't provide boosts the popularity of 'blogs.' Los Angeles Times: Southern California Living; October 14, 2001, Sunday Home Edition, Part 5, p. 1

Wang, Andy (1999) Online Digests Help Readers Cope With Information Avalanche. The New York Times On the Web, August 2, 1999. Retrieved December 11, 2001 from
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/08/biztech/articles/02link.htm