History and Genres of Blogging

The history of blogging can probably be tracked back to the What's New lists of interesting and recommended websites. At the start of 1999, weblogs (as they became known) only numbered 23. And now the figure is somewhere around 50 million sites and growing daily.

There are different types or genres of blogs:

• Online Journals
• Citizen Journalism
• Bridge Blogs
• Teaching Blogs
• Research Blogs

What these blogs all have in common are a separation of content from appearance, easy updating, listing of postings from most to least recent and a collection of recommended links (often other blogs)