Blogging and the blogosphere through the eyes of software and search engines

The blog as database Blogging and the blogosphere through the eyes of software and search engines Anne Helmond, PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam @WordCampNL, 31 October, Utrecht.

Research on blogging 1. Freshness Fetish 2. Software-Engine relations 3. Template Culture

1: Freshness Fetish

UPDATE!

I’m Sorry Blog © danielgebhart.com

Blog Abandonment © Wefeelfine

2: Software-Engine Relations

The Life Cycle of a Blog Post, From Servers to Spiders to Suits — to You © Wired/Infographic: Build

This graph animation illustrates the reach over time of a blog post © Matthew Hurst

The blogosphere visualized This a hyperbolic display of blogs using both the WWE and the ICWSM 2007 data sets. © Matthew Hurst

Visible blogosphere

The blogosphere according to the engines

Software optimized for the engines

Software optimized for the engines blog comments do not count for the engines

Software-engine symbiosis

Software-engine symbiosis default settings

Engines are the starting point of the blogosphere

Engines segregate web spheres

3: Template Culture

Software Culture “We live in a software culture - that is, a culture where the production, distribution, and reception of most content is mediated by software.” Manovich (2008)

Template Culture

“h4ck3r” Culture

Database Culture CLI WordPress Theme

Widget Culture

The Widgetized Self

Thank you! Questions? www.annehelmond.nl @silvertje

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