Blogs started in 1994 as online diaries. Entries are listed from the most current on top followed by earlier entries. The term “blog” was coined by Peter Merholz who broke the word “weblog” into the phrase “we blog.” The “we” was dropped and the history of blogging began.

Blogs are often grouped into two categories, genre and media. However, blogs are not media or topic specific, the most popular blogs use multiple media sources. For example someone can have a personal blog that discusses only their travels, and their media is pictures rather than words. Another example would be a music company’s blog that is updated by their signed artists via video.

The possibilities for personal or corporate expression are unlimited!

Here’s a selection of different types of blogs with a description of topic, media, and how they work.

This is a personal blog depicting photos taken by the blogger; it’s an online picture book with captions. Photoblog is open for anyone who wants to show it with a thousand words.
Photolog
http://www.fotolog.com/hrodland/

A photolog that is made from your mobile phone camera is called a moblog (mobile phone blog)
Moblog
http://www.mattkettler.com/blog/

Fake Steve is one of the more prominent fake blogs…a “what would Steve Jobs think?” diary.
Flog
http://fakesteve.blogspot.com

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. TED believes passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. The TED vlog offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world’s most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other.
Vlog
http://www.ted.com/themes/browse

Sketchblogs.com is a personal blog adorned with drawings. The artist/blogger is committed to “keeping the web beautiful, one sketch at a time.”
Sketchblog
http://stephensketchblog.blogspot.com/

Tumblelogs offer the viewer multiple media choices with text entries, MP3s, video and photos.
Tumblelog
http://tumblelog.marco.org/

Klogs may sound like a funny looking shoe, but they are more serious than that. Klogs are blogs that share knowledge management information.
Klogs
http://www.crainc.com/commlog/

Linkblog: simplest variant of the basic blog with only links and no commentary.
Linkblog
http://jeremy.zawodny.com/linkblog/

Spam blogs, or splogs, are artificially created weblog sites which the author uses to promote affiliated websites or to increase the search engine rankings of associated sites. Here’s a link that allows you to fight splogs!
Splog
http://www.splogreporter.com/