10 Things We Learned About Blogs
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Radio had its golden age in the 1930s. In the 1950s, it was television's turn. Historians may well date the golden age of the blog from 2004--when Merriam-Webster.com's most searched--for definition was blog. How long can it last? Who knows? Here's what we discovered about the new medium this year
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Last year proved big for blogs and bloggers, according to data released from The Pew Internet & American Life Project. Blog readership jumped 58 percent between February and November, and comprised 32 million U.S. citizens in 2004. More than 8 million U.S. citizens have created a Web-based diary, and one in 10, or around 14 million U.S. Internet users, has contributed thoughts or comments to a blog.
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As blogs have gained a wider audience some publishers have started paying attention to them as a source for new writing talent.
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For some blogs, risk-taking is routine; here's a round-up of some of the riskiest.
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Iraq war blogs are as varied as the soldiers who write them. Some sites feature practical news, war pictures and advice...
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I'm starting to realize that my blog is a bit of a time machine.  For example I can create a blog entry to warn myself about something that WILL happen in the future.    My current NTP  blog entry is a good example.  I wrote this for myself as much as for the people who read my blog (or find me via Google).  I know for sure that NTP on Debian is going to bite me sometime in the future and I'm going to forget WHY.  Then I'm going to (of course) go to Google or my aggregator and search for NTP and then find my blog post.    I've done this about a dozen times now and its saved me a TON of time!
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By Patricia Kitchen, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 18--Just as employers are figuring out the role of blogs, their value and downside, along come wikis.
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com. Blog, noun [short for &#39;Web log&#39;] (1999): a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer.
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I found this news piece a bit interesting when sifting through the press wires this morning; Technorati Japan has worked on an amazing study which shows how Japanese bloggers are writing about and communicating with companies via their own personal blogs.  One fascinating aspect of the US and Japanese blogging markets is that there is [...]
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Hewlett-Packard is the latest IT vendor to try blogging. But analysts wonder if the weblog trend is the 21st century equivalent of CB radios, which made a big splash in the 1970s before fading.
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A conference dedicated to online journalism explores the effect blogs have on news reporting. Some say they draw attention to under-reported stories. Others struggle to establish the credibility enjoyed by professionals.
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BLOG, a contraction of the term âweb log,â is the latest geekspeak to enter Merriam-Websterâs Top-10 list of words for 2004.
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NEW YORK - &quot;Blog&quot; is now the most popular search word in the online version of the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Its frequent lookup paralleled its growth on the political scene this year as keepers of Web logs
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By Leandri, Susan J  BLOGS ARE A GOOD WAY TO SPREAD YOUR MESSAGE TO YOUR PUBLIC-AND TO INFORM EMPLOYEES OF COMPANY POLICIES AND ACTIVITIES. DO THEM RIGHT, AND YOU'LL SEE THE BENEFITS IN GREATER UNDERSTANDING. DO THEM WRONG, AND YOU'LL RISK LOSING READERS.
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One important topic for blog owners is how to increase traffic, which is easier than it seems, once you know how. In this article, you'll learn about 7 effective methods. By Terry Detty. 1105
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Could blogging be near the peak of its popularity? The technology gurus at Gartner Inc. believe so.
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