Comments on: The 8 different types of blogging in 2008

By: George Lindemann Jr

George Lindemann Jr — Sun, 25 May 2008 06:01:26 +0000

I just started a blog a couple of weeks ago, & I like to write about everything, and this is going to help.

By: TDavid

TDavid — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:26:15 +0000

I like your breakdown, Davis. Niches within the traditional blog (#8). News blogs, Personal/company CEO blogs and niche/feeder blogs. I think diary format would fit into personal/company category. Also, there is fiction blogging, as in using posts for short stories or chapters. Done a little of that here in the past.

Thank you for the feedback.

By: Joy

Joy — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:10:38 +0000

I really enjoyed blogging because I can be able to express my thoughts and feelings on certain things. Now I’m kinda hooked with micro blogging in sites like Twitter and Jaiku.

Anyway, I love the way you listed all these types of blogging method. It makes it easier for newbies like me to understand..^^

By: Renat

Renat — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:55:18 +0000

I think I’m going to be interested to see which hybrids of these types will be the most successful long-term. While I have exactly zero supporting evidence, I think that a hybird might be able to attrack more of audience long term than single-style blogging.

By: April

April — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:48:37 +0000

It’s amazing how many different types there are. Some are blogs where people talk about personal stuff, then there’s industry experts and those who are creating websites that just happen to be using a blog format.

By: Davis Freeberg

Davis Freeberg — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:29:31 +0000

This is a good general list, but I might dissect the blog category into 3 different areas. You could probably dice it up in even more ways, but I’ve noticed that most of the blogs that I read fall into these categories. The first is the news blog. This would be sites like Engadget and Gizmodo. The articles aren’t always the most in depth, but they publish just about anything related to their industry. The second would be the insider blogs. These are personal websites of various CEOs, employees, engineers, etc. These tend to be focused more on the personal details of someone’s life, but occasionally included content that you won’t find anywhere. Tim Sneath’s articles on Silverlight would fit into this category. He won’t report every Silverlight detail, but since he’s working directly with the video codec, readers can learn a lot from his posts. The final category would be the niche/feeder blogs. This is probably where I would classify Make You Go Hmmm. These are blogs that tend to focus on specific industries, but also do a good job of writing unique content. Instead of a quick sentence and a link to the story, they include deep analysis on the issue that they are interested. As a reader, I don’t always know what to expect, but the articles tend to be much more interesting than a simple rehash of the news for that day. These blogs aren’t the biggest because they are focused more on quality than quantity, but are an important resources for the Gizmodo blogs that are out there.