The Essence of Blogging

(What is Blogging?)
In class, we learned that blogging has become very popular among people today. Blogs are an essential part of learning; they are like the world’s journals. Blogger was released in August 1999 and was an immediate hit. By October 2000, Blogger users were creating 300 new blogs a day, and the Blogger directory had over 5,500 blogs listed. In November of the same year, the 10,000th Blogger weblog was created. As of 2002, Blogger claimed over 750,000 users.
 
(How has it changed)
Blogs are updated frequently and used for everything such as educational purposes, chronicles, diaries, email lists, bulletin board systems, and more. When the Internet came about, users wanted a way to communicate with people all over the world, and TADAH! BLOGGING! Remember the little pink book with the lock and key or the journal (concealing our thoughts, our feelings, even our moods or our hopes and dreams?), that so many of us used to keep growing up? Since Blogging came about, that diary or journal has been “put on the backburner”, meaning you probably don’t know where it is, let alone are thinking about finding it. Am I right? blogs are about both writing and reading, being  that now one’s professional practice and ones instructional practice can be facilitated with the same technology.

(What are the potential usages of a blog beyond just content writing?)
The following are just a few ways blogs can be used:
1) Updates Keep customers/clients up to date on changes to your website. Also new product announcement and new related websites.
2) Reviews You can give opinions, advice and personal recommendations on specific products or services related to your field.
3) Personal and Business uses Blogs are a great way to keep track of your goals and plans just by open writing.
4) Stress Reliever Jot down your vents, gripes, thoughts. Some also find general writing therapeutic.
5) Search Engine Optimization Search Engines love text and content. You can also include links to your website which equal backward links which in turn equals high ranking.
6) Money Makers Yes, you can make money with your blog by providing readers with quality copy writing and a few affiliate links. http://www.blog-connection.com/what-is-blogging.htm

( How is blogging contributing to Collective-Shared Intelligence?)
Blogs are liberating flows of ideas that can be edited or commented on. They range anywhere from personal, to educational, to business. The process of blogging helps people reach a higher complexity of thinking. When thinking of blogging and how it contributes to collective shared intelligence, the phrase, “two heads are better than one” come to mind.  For example, you can have one person spending hours on end trying to find a place to eat in unfamiliar territory, but if there are people in the car with that person who’ve already visited said area makes a suggestion, then all you have to do now is start the process of elimination. That’s exactly what blogging does. Blogging channels the flow of ideas and the direction of effort in such a way that the many contribute to and understand the one at hand. Simply put, Blogging connects the different people in a way that encourages ongoing, neural exchange of critical ideas, i.e. social networking, or Collective-Shared Intelligence.

(What is the next evolutionary level for blog? How do you think they will be used in the future and how is that different from today?)
Personally, I believe that since blogging has become increasingly popular, that people are going to get bored with it, or it will start getting slower . I think that somebody is going to come up with a faster way of Blogging with even more gadgets to keep the user’s attention. 

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