Web Journals: From Traditional Blogs to Video Blogs

In the early days of the internet, people used blogs in order to express themselves and mostly to talk about their lives. Blogs were basically online journals for people willing enough to share a piece of information about their lives to strangers.

Popular Blogs

But blogging has come a long way from then. Blogs now cover a wide range of topics apart from personal musings and rants. Today, they cater to many different interests that range from politics, to show business, to technology.

Some of these blogs have become very popular that their followers number to thousands, even millions. The Huffington Post is one such blog. It is a political blog put by socialite and millionaire Arianna Huffington. A key factor to its popularity is its pool of respected writers that are composed of professional columnists and celebrity bloggers.

Then there’s BoingBoing which is a team blog that aggregates interesting things visitors find on the internet. The topics that they cover range from politics, to art, to technology.

Meanwhile, Problogger is a blog that teaches its readers how to make money from blogging and how to develop and market their blogs. Although posts are generally authored by its owner, Darren Rowse, he sometimes invites other bloggers to write guest posts there.

For the techie crowd, there’s Gizmodo. It is a blog that covers everything about new gadgets and technology.

Then finally, there’s Seth Godin’s blog. Godin is a popular figure in the marketing scene, having authored bestselling books such as Permission Marketing and All Marketers are Liars.

Video Blogs

With the arrival of video sharing sites such as YouTube, blogs have further expanded their reach. Unlike the blogs of the past where posts were only comprised of text and photos, it is now common for a lot of blogs to feature videos.

Blogs that feature mostly video content are commonly referred to as video blogs or vlogs. Video blogs usually offer a richer multimedia experience than traditional text-and-picture blogs because of the added audiovisual experience brought about by videos.

The popularity of video blogs is mainly attributed to the wide availability of broadband connections and the popularity of video sharing sites such as YouTube.com. Also, the availability of cheap video recording devices contributed to this trend. Today, people can record themselves using their computer’s web camera or the built-in cameras on their mobile phones.

Subscribing to Video Blog Entries

Despite the difference in the media that they use, traditional blogs and video blogs share a common method of subscription. Called RSS, it allows visitors to subscribe to so-called RSS feeds.  And when they do, they will get their favorite blog’s latest entries directly to their e-mail or RSS reader.

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