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What is a Web log (blog)?
Skills
: reading and searching a blogConcepts: blog, subscription, one-to-many communication, permalink, label (tag), captcha, long-tail distribution
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Slide2Where does this topic fit?
Internet conceptsApplicationsTechnology
ImplicationsInternet skillsApplication developmentContent creationUser skills
Slide3Blogs in
Plain English (3m 1s):http://commoncraft.com/blogs
Watch this video
Slide4Our class Web log (blog)
Slide5Our class Web log (blog)
A
B
E
D
C
F
G
What happens if you scroll down? What happens if you enter the word “image” into the box A?
Slide6Most recent post
Footer
Additional
information
Class blog wire frame diagram
Header
Do you recall what was in the header area?
Slide7Labels (tags)
What happens if you click on the
image tag?
Slide8The URL of our class blog:
http
://cis471.blogspot.comThe URL of a specific post on the class blog:http://cis471.blogspot.com/2009/04/why-is-connectivty-in-stockholm-so-much.html
Permalinks
Slide9One to many
Posts
Comments
Slide10Comment moderation, a necessary bother
Slide11A captcha
A
captcha
Slide12The long tail
Popularity
HeadTailBlogs
Slide13MSDN blogsA collection of Microsoft technical blogs, most by Microsoft employees.
http://blog.roku.com/A blog for Roku users
How companies use blogs
Slide14Google’s getting started guide for Blogger
Some other blogging services
Google Blogger – a free blogging service
Slide15Summary
Posts
Comments
Slide16Blogs in plain English (3m 1s):
http://commoncraft.com/blogsGood tutorials on blogs:http://
www.gcflearnfree.org/blogbasicsURL of the class blog used in this presentation:http://cis471.csudh.eduTechnorati, a blog directory and rating site:http://technorati.com/Technorati State of the Blogosphere report:http://technorati.com/blogging/article/state-of-the-blogosphere-2009-introduction
Further notes on “long tail” applications:
http://
som.csudh.edu/fac/lpress/471/hout/apps/longtail.htm
Resources
Slide17How many posts on our class blog are tagged (labeled) t
elevision?How many of the posts to our class blog, cis471.blogspot.com, contain the word
television? What was the title of the post made on Sunday, August 12, 2012?Technorati.com surveys the “blogosphere” – what is their estimate of the number of blogs on the Web?Why do we have to moderate blog comments?Find a blog run by a business and state what the intended audience and purpose of the blog is.How might one use a blog in politics?How might one use a family blog?How might one use a blog in school?Blogs are generally a one-to-many medium. Can you think of other one-to-many media?
Can you think of a many-to-many medium?
Do Amazon book sales have a long-tail distribution?
Explain your answer.
What is a permalink?
Self-study questions