About My Term Project

My project topic is an analysis of blogs. Blog originally was a website meant to be like a diary or journal, and people usually created a blog as way to talk about their experiences or news, express their opinions or feelings,etc. The primary characteristics of a blog are: in a reverse chronological journaling format, blogrolling, links to related news and articles, different voices can be heard, etc. There are many different types of blogs, such as political blogs that talks about political issues or news, personal blogs that talks about personal experiences or lives, and as well as celebrity blogs that talks about celebrity gossip. The most popular celebrity blogs are Perez Hilton and Gawker, in which the news and celebrity photos are updated faster than any magazines or newspaper. In addition, people can earn money with blogs, especially those blogs that has many visitors. People can money from blogging through various ways, either from direct monetization or indirect monetization, Direct monetization is earn money directly from your blog, like advertising programs, affiliate programs, or paid reviews. Indirect monetization is earn money because of your blog, like book deals or have your book published because of your blog.