blogs

What exactly are blogs? Blogs, shorthand for "web logs," are defined by the folks at Wikipedia as web sites which are "usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog."

There are many ways to create blogs. Several companies help make it easy to set one up, including popular platforms such as Blogger, WordPress, and TypePad. Also, there are many places to find specialized lists of blogs. These include CNET, Globe of Blogs, and The New York Times.

Users can also use several specialized search engines to find blogs or posts they are interested in viewing. These entities include Blogdigger, Icerocket, and, of course, Technorati!

by Ray Salloom Are you a writer, passionate about this or any other topic? Join Blogcritics!

Original Technorati articles tagged “blogs”

• in Lifestyle
  Blog Focus: Sesame Street Turns 40
  40 years of ABC's from 123 Sesame Street
  by MichelleBrown / on Nov 11, 2009
• in Blogging
  Day 3: The How of Blogging
  State of the Blogosphere 2008 - Day 3: The How of Blogging
  by eldavo / on Oct 13, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “blogs”

• 59 Best Luxury Travel Blogs

  
  Where's the Travel Answer Man — Authority: 472
  Bargain traveling is easier on the wallet, but luxury travel is often less stressful and more fruitful. This list of resources will help you find unique and extraordinary destinations that will inspire you to travel in luxury every time. Sure, the yachts, private jets and champagne hot air balloon ride are very ...
  3 hours ago

• Who is my neighbor

  
  Michael's 'Deep Thoughts' — Authority: 128
  Who is my neighbor Jesus answered that question, but, do we listen? You might notice that the haiku is a link. My friend Charity Sanstrom delivered a rather straight forward, and honest sermon on the teachings of Jesus. Many of us miss what Jesus says, because we are so busy trying to convince ourselves that he ...
  4 hours ago

• The Fantasy 6-Pack

  
  Fantasy Football - Free News, Cheatsheets, Tools, and Advice. Leagues and Games. — Authority: 460
  I’M ALIVE!!! …Barely but still surviving and striving to hoist that ever elusive championship trophy and while there may not be a a fortune on the line, there’s bragging rights that I am not letting go of at any cost this week! • You all saw it Sunday and you all know what a big fan I am of Brandon Marshall ...
  4 hours ago

• The Golden Age of Fantasy Illustration

  
  tor.com — Authority: 146
  In his foreword to The Future of Fantasy Art, from general editors Aly Fell and Duddlebug, the great William Stout says that it “takes hindsight to recognize a Golden Age, usually long after that specific era has become history. We may be in the beginning of a Golden Age of fantasy art...” If the point of the ...
  4 hours ago

• Why Lovecraft Works

  
  tor.com — Authority: 146
  Earlier, I noted how the American man of letters Edmund Wilson tried to put a nail in Lovecraft’s literary coffin with his excoriation of HPL’s tics as a writer and the seeming silliness of the latter’s creations. But Wilson never really got why Lovecraft worked then and works now. In brief, ...
  4 hours ago

• Milblogs Go Silent For CJ Photobucket

  
  Conservative Libertarian Outpost — Authority: 429
  Stolen from TexasFred! Milblogs Go Silent For CJ You may remember this post , where I posted about CJ from A Soldier’s Perspective and the grief he is getting from his children’s former school. What’s worse is that his command in Alabama did not back him up. Luckily, many ...
  4 hours ago

• Thought of the day

  
  lolcat.us — Authority: 145
  Spock says:.
  5 hours ago

• Its the most wonderful time of the year

  
  lolcat.us — Authority: 145
  Walnut St, in Shadyside, Pittsburgh. Old Man Winter is upon us.I’m finally back in Atlanta. The semester, oddly enough, wrapped up pretty well; still waiting on my thesis research grade to come in, but otherwise – all things considered – I can’t really mark it as anything but a success.Here’s how it all went ...
  5 hours ago

• lolcat

  
  lolcat.us — Authority: 145
  
  5 hours ago

• Boggle-n-Brokelyn

  
  Fucked In Park Slope (FIPS) — Authority: 530
  Our blogging buds at Brokelyn are planning a little holiday get together shindig thing for Thursday night, and theres gonna be boggle!  You guys know how to spell-n-shit, right? Everyone should go, because playing boggle while drinking will make you feel way smarter than you actually are, and then that will probably ...
  5 hours ago

• Parental responsibility

  
  The Border Watch — Authority: 485
  Along Canavan Road on Tuesday night around 10pm my son and I came across two young girls of about 10 to 12 years of age standing on the side of the road. As we neared them they leaned over and asked if we wanted some “candy cane”. It was a hot night and one of the girls had very short shorts on. Although they ...
  5 hours ago

• Gadlinks for Wednesday 12.16.2009

  
  Gadling — Authority: 708
  Filed under: Blogs Are you craving some good juicy travelers tales? Here are todays Gadlinks. Before you set off on a big trip, here are six very important things to consider . [via BootsNAll ] Sometimes traveling requires you to bare all -- in every sense of the phrase. [via Vagablogging ] ...
  5 hours ago

• Around the Fire Web

  
  Firegeezer.com — Authority: 148
  STATter911 has a story that must have a lot of teeth-grinding going on in D. C.
  5 hours ago

• Blog Round-up

  
  The Attic — Authority: 134
  Some interesting things Ive recently spotted in the blogosphere...The New History Lab has its own advent calender. Colin Hyde from EMOHA is blogging a daily post about historic Leicester. Highlights so far include a Victorian photograph of a family once resident at 1, Salisbury Road and the foundations of Leicester ...
  5 hours ago

• What Really Matters... the ebook

  
  Writing on the Web from Patsi Krakoff, The Blog Squad — Authority: 126
  Seth Godin wants to put this ebook What Really Matters into the hands of 5 million people. I dont blame him. Its got some really good gems written by really good people. You could take a page a day, and a quote from each page, and write something on your blog about it... with appropriate links to the authors, of ...
  5 hours ago

• Campbell’s carbon tax praised in Copenhagen (in Environment)

  
  BC Vote — Authority: 167
  Ten of Canada’s largest environmental groups have given Premier Gordon Campbell an award for his government’s carbon tax and clean energy mandate. But George Heyman of the Sierra Club said that while the carbon tax is an important action, the Liberals have “taken a lot of others that are deeply ...
  5 hours ago

• Channel Update 12-15-09

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 177
  This channel update encompasses my trip to NEC, the past week, me getting over this cold, the future, my rescheduled plans, and more.
  6 hours ago

• Classic Flashback: Island Inspirational All Stars – “Don’t Give Up”

  
  Tha Feedback // Fine Like Halle Berry AND Tyler Perry! — Authority: 483
  [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]I wonder if folks remember this AND remember that it was the “Don’t Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood” soundtrack LOL. It featured Hezekiah Walker, Donald Lawrence, Karen Clark-Sheard, ...
  6 hours ago

• The 5pm Quiz: Very Important Persons (of the Year)

  
  mental_floss Blog — Authority: 698
  Every year since 1927, the editors of Time have named a Person (or Machine or Planet) of the Year. The honor is bestowed upon “the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill.” This year’s recipient is Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (I’m just glad they didn’t go with ...
  6 hours ago

• Blogs@Baruch Semester in Review: Part Three, Course Blogging

  
  cac.ophony.org — Authority: 118
  Blogs@Baruch was used in approximately two dozen courses this semester, in disciplines that included Fine and Performing Arts, English, Sociology/Anthropology, Journalism, Library Information Systems, Communication, History, and Management. WPMu continues to provide a flexible platform for our faculty members ...
  6 hours ago

Comments about blogs