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- 1. IT PROJECT BLOG AS A SOCIAL MEDIA STUDENT NAME: NOUF SALEH MOHAMED ID: 201008658 COL 270- 515
- 2. CONTENTS • Introduction: What is a blog? • Who is using it ? • Statistics • Advantages • Disadvantages • Examples of blog • How to create a blog and use it? • Other blog websites to create free blogs • List of other resources that can help you learn more • Quiz to check your understanding • Bibliography
- 3. INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS A BLOG? • A shorthand term that means “Web log”. • Blog is a personal journal published on the internet. • Consisting of discrete entries "posts" typically displayed in reverse chronological order so the most recent post appears first. • Blogs are usually the work of a single individual, occasionally of a small group, and often are themed on a single subject. • There are many websites that specialized to create blogs.
- 4. WHO IS USING IT? • All the people in different ages are using it nowadays. • The most active bloggers are younger people who have grown up during the blogging "revolution“. • Bloggers in the 21-to-35 year-old demographic group account for 53.3% of the total blogging population. • people 20-years-old or under are 20.2% of the blogging landscape. • 36-to-50 year-olds (19.4%), while bloggers who are 51-years-old and older only account for 7.1%.
- 5. STATISTICS • 59% – percentage of bloggers who have been blogging for at least 2 years • 900,000 – average number of blog posts in a 24 hour period • 77% - percentage of active Internet users who read blogs • 81 - number of languages represented in the blogosphere
- 6. ADVANTAGES • The quick and easy way that a blog can be updated is a great advantage to bloggers. • the ability to vent your feelings, by simply typing in some text and letting the whole world be able to read what is going on in your head. • able to keep everyone informed of new policies, products and other important info without having to send out emails. • Keep in touch with friends and family
- 7. More advantages • Share your experiences and diary. • Share knowledge with other people. • Make friends online • Share pictures, videos, articles, poems … etc • Do Business online and make money.
- 8. DISADVANTAGES • Need to keep it constantly updated otherwise you lose potential readers • Easy to start, hard to maintain
- 9. EXAMPLES OF BLOG http://j-ami.tumblr.com/ http://fyonkah.tumblr.com/
- 10. MORE EXAMPLES http://thepioneerwoman.com/ http://latifalshamsi.com/
- 11. HOW TO CREATE A BLOG ? • Click on the picture and watch the tutorial, Enjoy it !
- 12. OTHER BLOG WEBSITES TO CREATE FREE BLOGS • http://blog.com/ • https://www.tumblr.com/ • www.blogger.com • http://wordpress.com/ • http://www.blogster.com/ • http://www.weebly.com/ • http://opendiary.com/ • http://www.livejournal.com/
- 13. LIST OF OTHER RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP YOU LEARN MORE • Here are some websites that contain more information about blogs and other needs you may need: http://www.wikihow.com/Start-a-Blog http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/14/blogging / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA4s3wN_vK8
- 14. QUIZ TO CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING 1- What is a blog ? 2- Why do people use it ? 3- what are the advantages? 4- what are the disadvantages? 5- What the new things that you have learned? 6- Briefly, explain how to create a blog.
- 16. BIBLIOGRAPHY • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog • http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7006.pdf • http://www.sysomos.com/reports/bloggers/ • https://www.tumblr.com/ • http:// www.marketingtitan.com/advantages-disadvantages-blogging • http:// daparky.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-blogging/