The Evolution of Blogging

Blogging has become an extremely popular way to publish information on the internet. When else in all of history has a single person with little or no financial investment been able to create content that can instantly be read all over the globe? Sites such as Xanga, Blogspot, MySpace and many others have cropped up with their sole function to making blogging available to the masses. As with any new technology as the number of users increase so does the number of uses. The very first bloggers and probably still the majority of users today simply blogged about their lives or used it as an outlet for the frustrations of the day. Soon afterward bloggers began spouting opinions left and right. It became a platform to let the world know how the person felt about politics or whatever seemed relevant. In recent years more and more blogs are arising with the purpose to inform their readers on a variety of subjects rather than just offer opinions. Gizmodo is a site that is dedicated to reviewing products that utilize the latest technology and it's been a huge hit among gadget freaks. The blogger gives a short synopsis about the product, which range from the really cool to the really odd, and optionally expresses their opinion on the usefulness or praticallity of it. It has differentiated itself from the plethora of "opinion" blogs and actually delivers informative content. It scratches the itch of everyone out there who needs to know what 's coming out next and it throws in enough humor to keep it from being stuffy or boring. There are other blogs which have even taken it to the next level. Their goal is to educate their readers. WebBizBlog is a blog whose purpose is to educate readers on how to establish a profitable web-presence. Rather than simply spouting opinions, the authors do the leg work and test out various strategies for advertising online or driving users to a particular website. The results they post in a blog and make available to the public. So, from daily rants, to informing the public of whats new, to educating people on what works, blogging is a powerful medium that is constantly evolving.