Blogging History Popularity Platforms Philosophy Reach/Sharing – SEO
Blogging History 1994 – Swarthmore College Student Referred to a personal home page – functioned like a blog 1997 – Jorn Barger coined the term “Weblog” Term shortened to “Blog” by programmer Peter Merholz LiveJournal popular in 1999/2000 “Blogger” site started in 1999
Blogging History 26 Blogs on Internet in Million Blogs on internet in 2006 Over 200 Million in 2009 Est. 400 Million in MM Posts Per Month (Present)
Blogging Overview Blogging In Plain English – – What’s Changed?
Blogging by Country
Blogging Segments
Blogs As Websites Many popular websites are built on blogging platforms.
Blogs As Websites
Many Platforms
Micro-Blogging Platforms Tumblr – Great for non-writers. Twitter Facebook YouTube – vlog
Micro-Blogging Platforms
tumblr Simple Core feature set Incorporate a “follow” system much like Twitter which enables you to see what your fellow Tumblr users are up to. Community
Philosophy Expert
Philosophy Connection
Philosophy Share-ability
SEO 52 Pages Keywords in title + body Examples – Gun Shop – Pest Inc. – Photographers/Facebook – 100 Cups of Coffee
Gun Shop
Pest Control
Marketing Companies
100 Cups of Coffee
You What can you blog about? – ReWork Concept of Re-Usable Content Start now.