A blog is a series of entries or posts created by an individual and stored chronologically that allows readers to comment. Blogs are found on the internet and allow users to share information either personally or professionally. Examples include blogs by journalists expressing opinions, businesses using blogs for advertising, and government entities using blogs to share events. Creating a blog takes only a few minutes by signing up on blogger.com, naming the blog, and choosing a template.

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 What Is It?
 Blogs are found on the Internet.
 The term “blog” is short for web log.
 A blog is a series of entries, or posts created by someone,
stored in chronological order, are searchable, and allows readers to
comment on your content.
 The first “blogger” was a man named Dave Winer and his blog
Scripting News has been in existence since 1994; you can find it at
www.scripting.com.

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 Why Blog?
 To share information
 Personal – blog as a journal
 Professional – blog as a product
 As part of their work
 Journalists – blogs as news outlets
 Businesses – blogs as advertising

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 Blog Examples:
 BuzzMachine by Jeff Jarvis: http://www.buzzmachine.com/
 A blog by a journalist, expressing his opinions on the latest news
stories.
 Library of Congress Blog: http://www.loc.gov/blog/
 example of a government entity using the blog format to make
public their events.

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 Blog Examples:
Simms Real Estate Blog: http://blog.ssimms.com/
 Example of a business using the blog format to both advertise
and communicate with potential customers.
 CassandraRea Blog: http://coachcassandra.wordpress.com/
 Example of a blog in transition – rather unusual! This person
is transitioning her business blog into a personal blog.

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http://gillottssci.blogspot.com/
Gillotts School Science Blog
Other
links
Most
recent
article
Archive
of older
articles
Example
Older
articles
in date
order

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 How to find Blogs
 Blog Search Services
 Blog Search Engine: www.blogsearchengine.com
 Google Blog Search: www.blogsearch.google.com
 Technorati: www.technorati.com

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How to Create Blog ?
Three steps; five minutes
 Create an account at
 http://www.blogger.com
 Choose a title and URL for your blog
 http://xxx.blogspot.com
 xxx must be a unique name
 blogspot.com cannot be changed
 Choose an appearance template for your blog
 Everything but the URL can be changed later

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Step 1, create an account
http://www.blogger.com

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Step 2, name your blog
I picked the title Blogger Demo and the URL cispresentation

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Step 3, choose a
template
I picked the minima template. The template can be changed later.

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The blog is at:
http://cispresentation.blogspot.com
There
are no
posts
yet.
The content
and layout
of the right-
hand
column were
generated
by default
and can be
changed
later.

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Your Blogger dashboard
At http://www.blogger.com

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