Classification & Opinion

Classifications of blogs & opinion about the most appropriate classification approach

Classification of blogs

Types & Genre

In today’s blogging world, there are many types of blog that exists; which are commonly viewed in Malaysia. Below are some of the types and genres of certain blog with screen shots for some blogs.

- Government’s Blog
o Politician and public figures connecting with the public

- Personal Blogs
o Ongoing diaries and journal of personal life

- Corporate Blogs
o Fully businesses purposes to promote communication corporately

- Media type of Blogs
o Contains mostly videos, photos and links

- Travel Blogs
o Guide to travel locally or around the world

- Shop Blog
o Selling and buying of items from clothes to car parts

- Information Blog
o Giving out information on anything that the public wants

- Photo Blog
o All posts are mostly on photographs by amateur and pro photographers


- And other blogs which are not locally looked into as well as, what readers want to see

Media Type

- Vlog


(Video Blog, a larger number of audience and fully video blog)

- SketchBlog


(Daily updates of drawings or cartoons online)

- Photoblog


(A blog specifically for photographs)

MoBlog


- Only photos and videos taken directly from mobile phone can be uploaded on this blog

Reference List

Moblog, N.A, camera phone mobile blogging community, retrieved on 25 September 2009, http://moblog.net/home/

Vlogblog, N.A, Vlogging Video Blogging, retrieved on 25 September 2009, http://www.vlogblog.com/


Smith. T, 2006, Power to The People, Social Media Tracker Wave 3, Universal McCann

Crosby. C, 2009, Technorati's Stae of the Blogosphere 2009, viewed on 25 September 2009, http://www.slaw.ca/2009/11/09technoratis-state-of-the-blogosphere-2009/