Classification of blog and its opinion.

According to Sun, blog is an online diaries that managed by software that provide a single publishing. Based on classification theory, Margareth (2008) came up with 9 divided blogs, such as:

Pamphleteering Blogs

When people arguing about one statement and responding the facts through the media.

Digest Blogs
known as a guide that readers would love to find out.

Advocacy Blogs
cover and provided by a certain group from political side.

Popular Mechanic Blogs
offering some training, advices and help in order to giving an advantage to readers about some specific information.

Exhibition Blog

when the author using the art and any unique creation in order to attract the readers to come to their blog.

Gatewatcher Blogs
some talented people of public events watching your blog and become the gatekeeper of media.

Diary Blogs
 pour the feeling and excitement into their blog.

Advertisement Blogs
is a blog where it designed to promote.

News Blogs. 
 inform an audience with the current news that happen in society.

Media types:

vlog - is short video blog and contains video clips. Example: youtube

linklog - the time when you can link to other blog by just clicking. Example: Lisanova.

photolog - contain of photos and able to share publicly. photobucket

As a reader, I tend to look at the audience which are the column of the followers of the authors blog in order to make sure whether the blog is interesting or boring. I also focusing on the style of the blog. I personally prefer a white and simple background with unique header for the readers to crave more. 

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References. 


1. Sun, A, Suryanto, MA & Liu, Y 2007, Blog Classification Using tags: An Empirical Study, pp. 307 - 316, viewed 23 March 2011, <http://www.cais.ntu.edu.sg/~axsun/paper/sun_icad107.pdf>