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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”
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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” • 1999 - 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 1999 • 50 Million Blogs on internet in 2006 • Over 200 Million in 2009 • Est. 400 Million in 2011 • 15 MM Posts Per Month (Present)
Blogging Overview • Blogging In Plain English • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI • What’s Changed?
Blogs As Websites Many popular websites are built on blogging platforms.
Micro-Blogging Platforms • Tumblr – Great for non-writers. • Twitter • Facebook • YouTube – vlog
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
SEO • 52 Pages • Keywords in title + body • Examples • Gun Shop • Pest Inc. • Photographers/Facebook • 100 Cups of Coffee
You • What can you blog about? • ReWork Concept of Re-Usable Content • Start now.