A category of all pages talking about WebLogs on this wiki. Click on the title of this page to see what pages exist.
Terminology:
- WebLog -- commenting on news on the web, or news about yourself (see OnlineDiary)
- MobLog -- PervasiveComputing and WebLog: blogging from your mobile phone
- WikiLog -- merging wiki and weblog technology
On the differences between between weblogs and wikis:
- TimeInWikis -- weblogs are time oriented, wikis often are not: WikiNow
WikiEngines supporting weblog features:
- PikiePikie -- supports weblogs
- OddMuse -- supports RSS inclusion, notifies a WebLogTracker upon major changes
Features weblogs often exhibit:
- AutomaticLinkBack -- creating BackLinks using TrackBack and similar technology
- EasySubmission -- adding comments without changing the main article is easy
Blogging tools to track activity in the BlogoSphere:
- WebLogTrackers -- listing updated weblogs for other tools to use
- TopicExchange by PhillipPearson -- categorizing blog postings using TrackBack pings
- BloggingEcosystem by PhillipPearson -- scan WebLogTrackers and find out who links, and who is being linked to
- BlogDex -- ranking news articles and other web pages by the number of blogs that link to them
- BlogPluck -- converts WebLogs in RichSiteSummary format to PluckerSoftware documents for offline reading on a HandHeld.
- BlogShare -- buying shares for blogs; as the blog gets referenced more, the value of the share increases
- TechnoRati
- BlogMatcher -- find related blogs
- Google Blog Search
Authoring tools and blog hosting providers:
Engines for full-blown non-personal sites:
Famous CollectiveBlogs or personal weblogs:
- SlashDot -- news for geeks, aka as /. -- usually the article is just a link with many people discussing the item (uses SlashCode)
- KuroShin -- grew out of /. -- the articles are less geek-oriented and have more content (uses ScoopEngine)
- AdvoGato -- free software developers with an OnlineDiary and rating (TrustMetric)
- ScriptingNews -- weblog of Dave Winer who is one of the founding fathers of the weblog meme
- DropDotOrg and other DrupalEngine sites
- MemePool -- interesting because it does not exhibit any of the usual WebLog features
- MetaFilter -- a weblog anybody can contribute to