Post on 05-Jan-2016
Blogging History
• 1994 – Swarthmore College Student Referred to a personal home page – functioned like a blog
• 1997 – Jorn Barger coined the term “Weblog”• 1999 - Term shortened to “Blog” by
programmer Peter Merholz • LiveJournal popular in 1999/2000
“Blogger” site started in 1999
Blogging History
• 26 Blogs on Internet in 1999• 50 Million Blogs on internet in 2006• Over 200 Million in 2009• Est. 400 Million in 2011• 15 MM Posts Per Month (Present)
Blogging Overview
• Blogging In Plain English– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI– What’s Changed?
tumblr
• Simple• Core feature set• Incorporate a “follow” system much like
Twitter which enables you to see what your fellow Tumblr users are up to.
• Community
SEO
• 52 Pages• Keywords in title + body• Examples– Gun Shop– Pest Inc.– Photographers/Facebook– 100 Cups of Coffee