Weblog

In the early days of the Internet, web sites all looked pretty much the same. Choose a site at random and you would find a hierarchical structure consisting of a "home" age and one or more secondary pages.  In 2004, the term "Web 2.0" was coined to include new, more interactive sites that fostered a sense of community.

Weblogs constitute the most popular and widespread manifestations of Web 2.0. Unlike a traditional, structured web site, a weblog (or "blog") allows for and encourages communication between the web publisher, his/her readers, and between readers.  Most weblogs encourage comments, whereby readers add thoughts to the blog editor's articles, or ask questions.  There are a number of free or almost free weblog platforms - WordPress and Moveable Type are two of the most popular.

Weblogs also contain built in data streams called RSS Feeds.  An RSS feed allows the content of a weblog to appear anywhere a reader desires - in an RSS Reader, on a personalized iGoogle or My Yahoo page, or within the pages of another blog. An interested reader can subscribe to a weblog, consume the content however he wishes and never actually visit the weblog site again.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Weblog”

• Lebanon: Fun(d)raising

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 700
  A group of Lebanese bloggers decided to draw smiles on the faces of underprivileged kids by getting them toys for Christmas. Fun(d)raising is the name of their project and its bringing joy and fun to everyone. According to their website : Fun(d) Raising is a non-profit collaborative project by several young ...
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• Russia: Blogger Dobrokhotov Would Be Glad If Russian Authorities Restrict Internet

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 700
  Roman Doborohotov (27) is a leader of Russian youth democratic movement “Mi” (We).  He attracted media attention after he had interrupted the Russian President Dmirty Medvedev’s speech [RUS] by shouting that there were wide violations of the constitution in the country. Dobrohotov keep ...
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• Hungary: Bloggers Discuss the Corporate Use of Social Media

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 700
  Some two weeks ago T-Mobile Hungary had problems with its mobile network service after an overnight software update. Lots of costumers reported that they couldnt receive or make calls, or send or get their text messages. T-Mobile tweeted on their corporate Twitter account (HUN) at 10:20 AM, December 4 (HUN): ...
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• Russia: Yegor Gaidar, Russias Economic Reformer, Dies at 53

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 700
  Yegor Gaidar , a Russian economist and politician who initiated the 1992 “shock therapy” reforms following the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Wednesday in Moscow at the age of 53. Initial reports said the cause of death was a blood clot; on Dec. 17, Maria Gaidar , Yegor Gaidars daughter, announced on ...
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• Colombia: Twenty Years After Assassination of Luis Carlos Galán

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 700
  Luis Carlos Galán (1943-1989) was a well-known presidential candidate who was assassinated, and which was ordered by narcotrafficking cartels in 1989. His death came at a time in Colombian politics when he was leading in the polls for the presidential elections for the term 1990-1994. Ibsen Martínez of Tal Cual ...
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• Podcast: Interview with Sudanese Drima

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 700
  Sudanese Drima is the pseudonym for Global Voices Malaysia-based Sudanese author. His deeply sarcastic blog The Sudanese Thinker has been featured by the BBC , USA Today , and Reuters . In this ten-minute interview we discuss how social media is affecting Islam, the Darfur conflict, and issues of Afro-Arab ...
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• Cosmic Log: The decade’s highs and lows in science (MSNBC)

  
  NanoTechBIZZ.com — Authority: 152
  Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: Some may call the decade that’s ending the “aughts” or the “noughties,” but you could also think of the 2000-2009 time frame as the double-oh decade. In the world of science, the past 10 years had plenty of “Oh! Oh!” moments – and a few uh-ohs as well. (more…) ...
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• Russian Rock Star Talks About His Social Network

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 700
  Ilya Lagutenko at the George Washington University A Russian rock group “ Mumiy Troll” is one of the oldest and most popular in the country. Founded in 1983 in Vladivostok by the groups vocalist and songwriter Ilia Lagutenko (41) a.k.a. Mumiy Troll,  the band still enjoys a wide recognition in Russia. ...
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• The Obligatory Happy Holidays Post

  
  The Pajama Pundit — Authority: 148
  Well folks, its that time of year again. Today is Friday, and Christmas is next week. As Ive done in the past, Im going to take the week of Christmas off from the blog. Oh, Ill continue to check in occasionally with my unique brand of blogalicious celebration (so please continue to stop by), but my ...
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• Uganda: Can the media force a country to mourn?

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 700
  Can the media force a country to mourn? This it the main question that the Ugandan journalist and blogger, Rosebell Kagumire , raised in a lively conversation that took place on her blog and Facebook page following local media coverage of the death of Ugandas Vice President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya’s son . In this ...
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• Morocco: Another Blogger Imprisoned

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 700
  A solidarity banner from the freebashir.org site On Monday, December 14th, Blogger Bashir Hazzam and Internet cafe owner Abdullah Boukhou were sentenced to four months and one year, respectively plus a fine of MAD 500 (USD 63) each, in a Goulmim court. Hazzam was sentenced for “spreading false information ...
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• Guatemala: The Film ‘Puro Mula Awarded at Havana Festival

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 700
  A vibrant movement of Latin American film producers is flourishing and creating a 21st Century “Golden Age” of Latin American cinema. A group of film artists from across the region recently filmed the movie “Puro Mula” (see trailer here ) in a suburb of Guatemala City. However, it is not yet finished due to ...
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• Quicken Essentials for Mac available for pre-order

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 164
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• "Cinch" your desktop windows into place

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 164
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• Ecuador: Debates Over New Communication Law

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 700
  Ecuadors new Constitution, which was passed by a national referendum in 2008, says in Article 16 that all people, individually or as a group, have the right to free, intercultural, inclusive, diverse, and participative communication [es] . However, the interpretation of this article in the form of laws has created ...
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• Video: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 700
  Red umbrella logo December 17th is the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers , a day which started  in 2003 as a memorial and vigil to the Sex workers killed in Seattle Washington and then evolved to an international day to call attention to the hate crimes committed against sex workers throughout ...
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• The Weblog Handbook: Practical Advice On Creating And Maintaining Your Blog (Kindle Edition)

  
  Quick Penmanship — Authority: 143
  From Library Journal A weblog, or blog, is a frequently updated online personal journal. Boasting a foreword by Blood, a web consultant [...]
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• What Makes Money?

  
  Business to Business b2b | Marketing | eCommerce | Telemarketing — Authority: 151
  Everyone likes to make cash, however the queries is what to try to to to make money. What makes cash? There are a lot of things we tend to can do to form money. The internet is a good atmosphere to create money. There are many things that you’ll do to make money through the net and the nice factor is that you do ...
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• Lie-Nielsen to Make a No. 51 Chute-board Plane

  
  Woodworking Magazine — Authority: 122
  After years of development, Lie-Nielsen Toolworks is planning on making a No. 51 chute-boardplane that should be released in the first quarter of 2010, Thomas Lie-Nielsen says. Tool collectors and users have been requesting this rare tool for many years, andLie-Nielsen has found a way to produce it by using many ...
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• Presents for One and All

  
  Screaming Eagles — Authority: 124
  Today is the big day!Thanks to all who came out for the Toys and Toddies Happy Hour on Friday, Dec. 4th and donated a veritable horde of gifts for the children!Santa and his helpful little elves will be handing out these presents to hundreds of kids from our nation’s capital this very day at Congresswoman [...]
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