Share Fair Agknowledge Africa

http://tinyurl.com/sfaddisblogILRI- Addis Ababa

18th Oct 2010

OBJECTIVES

You will learn About blogs and why you should blog How to search and find Relevant blogs How to create your Blog

BLOGS IN PLAIN ENGLISH• This video will introduce blogs in a simplified manner, explaining

their purpose and

why we should have blogs.

WHAT IS A BLOG?

A website Where entries are made in Journal style and displayed in a reverse Chronological order.

They could be Personal Organizational Company

CONT’

A blog (a portmanteau of the term "web log") is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.

Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.Blogging especially on the CJA portal.(word and audio)

CONT’

Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs.

FACTS ABOUT BLOGS

A “blog” isOrganised chronologically by dateSelf achived by dateUpdated somewhat regularly with relatively short entries.Includes links, more links and still more linksUses a unique URL called a permalink for each individual blogUses blogging software.

MOST BLOGS……………Are comprised of short posts.Allow readers to comment on each postDisplay a calendar or a date list for accessing achievesInclude a blog roll that lists the various sites that particular bloggers readProvides an RSS feed that syndicates the content and lets you read posts in a separate reader called aggregator

SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS

133,000,000- No. of blogs indexed by Technorati since 2002346,000,000 – No. of people globally who read blogs(ComScore March 2008)900,000 –average No. of blog posts in a 24hr period77% of active internet users read blogs59% of bloggers have been blogging for atleast 2 years

FINDING AND SEARCHING BLOGS

Weblog specific search engines and /or directorieswFeedster-http://www.feedster.com/Bloogz-http://www.bloogz.com/Blogstreet-http://www.blogstreet.com/Blogline- http://www. blogline.com/

The above are search engines that specialize in blog searches. Ask the participants to check them out

YOUR BLOG

You can create your blog in many sites including xanga, msn,blogger, blogstream, wordpress etc.

CREATE YOUR OWN BLOG

www.blogger.com

www.wordpress.com