Classification of blogs

Each blog are classify by its content and its purpose.

For Technorati.com, it classified the 9 major categories of blog, namely

1. Entertainment
2. Technology
3. Live
4. Business
5. Politics
6. Autos
7. Sports
8. Green
9. Science

In Technorati, each of the sub-categories of the can add up to more than 50 sub catergories under 1 major category. For example, under Sports category alone there are 7 sub-categories, namely

1. Baseball
2. Football
3. Basketball
4. Hockey
5. Tennis
6. Golf
7. Motorsport

The taxonomy of blogs will never be final and it will never stop generating new ones to surprise us. According to Simons (2008), she said, historical resonances can be helpful in illuminating what is going on in new media, as well as reminding us that this is not the first time that technological innovation has changed almost everything about how we communicate. Certain human needs persist. The means of satisfying them alters.

Glahn (2009) said, people love to read others’ thoughts about the issues affecting us all. In my opinion, it's a self-expression in the world of blogging, whether the various categories of blogs are there to help us recognise information or to fit their information into a more accurate curves to actual data.

Reference:

Blog Directory 2009, Technorati,
Accessed 13 October, 2009
http://technorati.com/blogs/directory/

Australian Policy Online 2008, Towards a taxonomy of blogs
Accesssed 13 October, 2009
http://www.apo.org.au/commentary/towards-taxonomy-blogs-0

Bible.org 2009, Increase Your 'Net Worth: Everywomen's Guide
Accessed 14 October, 2009
http://blog.bible.org/tapestry/content/increase-your-%2526%2523039%3Bnet-worth%3A-everywoman%E2%80%99s-guide