Wednesday, October 3, 2007

HW16B: Scoble Responding

The five things that made blogging hot

the five pillars of conversational software is what Scoble claims made blogging hot! The first of the pillars is “ease of publishing,” which can help to explain why there are so many bloggers today. It doesn't take much to crate a blog which will allow you to post your thoughts of whatever you would like. You don't need to be a professional writer and you also don't need to worry about proper format or grammar. The second is “descoverability.” blogs allow people to search their interest and learn new things. They are also great for finding stories on the latest news, political issues, and just about anything else you can think of. The third pillar is “cross-site conversations” which is basically self explanatory. Bloggers are allowed to have back and forth conversations with one another on their blogs just like a chat room. Bloggers can also leave comments on each others posts stating their own opinions. “permalinking” is the fourth pillar which is a great feature because it enables bloggers to isolate URL's that will take readers directly to a post. The final pillar is “syndication.” syndication is very important today because it allows bloggers to view a large number of sites with n o need of giving any personal information or e-mail address. It also lets you watch these blogs regularly and have links to them in your own blog.

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