Classification of blogs & opinion about the most appropriate classification approach

My previous post mentioned about there are many different kind of topics where people are interested in and also there are 8 different types of blog publishing which I've found from the makeyougohmm site.

• Linklog : It is a blog that consist of other blogs' URL and you can link to those blogs. Some call it as social bookmark. It is only social when you are sharing the links with others. Examples: Delicious and Tony Finch's Linklog

• Moblog: It is a mobile blogging- enabling people to send pictures through cameraphone. Example: Flickr and Picassa Web

• Podcast: Audio recording, typically in MP3 format and served through RSS feed enclosure. Example is utterz and

• Vlog: It is a video blogging - enabling people to upload video like mp4 format. Examples: Youtube and blip.tv

• Microblog: It is a blog where allowing a short message and mostly uses SMS. Example: Twitter

• Miniblog or reblog: It is a form of a blog which enabling people to post a significant content and it is shorter than the normal blog. Example: Tumblr

• Liveblog: It is covering some type of live events like sports event, press conference and tv show. Examples: Live Blog and Engadget live coverage of Macworld 2008

• Sketchlog: A blog that consist of images, sketches and drawings. Examples: Kristen's Sketchblog and Andrea Joseph's Sketchblog

Margaret Simon's blogging classifications

The author and freelance journalist, Margaret Simon's classifying them differently compare to the one I've found. There are 9 different classifications, which is Pamphleteering, Digests, Advocacy, Popular Mechanics, Exhibition, Gate Watcher, Diary, Advertisements and News.

The differences between Margaret Simon's classification and the one I've found is that the classification under Margaret Simon is more in details according to the specific topic of interest. While the one I've found is more general and yet in the same time is specific according to what genre you want. example: Margaret Simon's Exhibition ( can use different way of showing it, combination of vblog and linkblog). Where as the one I've found is Vlog is specific collection of video.

Personal opinion

Often people are confused due to the combination of many blogging features. Margaret Simon's classification is very specific according to the different area of interest. Which I feel that is better compare classifying them according to the usage, example Vlog (video blog).

As long as people consistent on the topic discussed throughout the blogs, there will not be a problem to have combinations. Example: Diary

Source: http://alice-little-heart-says.blogspot.com

References

Funnell.A. (2008) A taxonomy of blogs, Reviewed on 16th April 2010,

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2372882.htm#transcript

The 8 different types of blogging in 2008, Reviewed on 12th April 2010,

http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20080124/5040/