Sharing Ideas

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Sharing Ideas
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Web 2.0 and Social Networking
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The (b)Lingo

• Blog (n) An online, reverse-chronological, diary
  that allows readers to leave comments (short for
  weblog).
• Blog (v) The act of posting an entry to a blog.
• Blogger (n) A person who blogs.
• Blogroll (n) A list of blogs a blogger reads
  found on the bloggers blog.
• Blogosphere (n) The online world of blogs (aka
  blogiverse).

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Demographics

• In 2005, Pew Internet reported that of 120
  million Internet users surveyed
• 27 read blogs
• 33 in 2008
• 5 used RSS aggregators
• 12 posted comments
• 7 created a blog
• 12 in 2008
• 62 didnt know what a blog was

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Types of Blogs

• Personal
• Hobbies
• Political
• Health

• Professional
• News
• Businesses
• Organizations
• Individuals

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Others ways of sharing

• Vlog
• Video blog
• Twitter
• What are you doing? in 140 characters or less
• Flickr
• Photo sharing with comments
• YouTube
• Video sharing with comments

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Finding Blogs

• Technorati
• http//technorati.com
• http//technorati.com/blogs/directory
• Googles Blog Search
• http//blogsearch.google.com
• Yahoos Blog Directory
• http//dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Blogs

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The lifesaver in a sea of blogs

• RSS
• Really Simple Syndication
• RSS Feeds give the ability to subscribe to a
  site
• Sites that use RSS Feeds
• Blogs
• Wiki
• News

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Subscribing to Blogs Step One

• Find an RSS Feed Reader or Aggregator
• Google Reader
• http//www.google.com/reader
• Bloglines
• http//www.bloglines.com
• Create an account

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Subscribing to Sites Step Two

• Open a separate web browser and find a blog you
  want to subscribe to
• Copy or note the blogs website address

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Subscribing to Sites Step Three

• Make sure youre logged into your RSS feed reader
  and look for Add a feed
• Paste or type the blogs address
• Follow the RSS Readers instructions to subscribe

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Becoming a blogger

• Find blogging software
• Blogger.com
• Wordpress.com
• Create an account
• Start blogging!

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Blogging tips and things to consider

• What kind of blog are you creating?
• Personal/professional/both?
• Topics youll be talking about
• Frequency
• Group blogging option
• Comment moderation
• Remember this is the world wide web
• Think before you post
• Avoid personal identifying information!