The History of Blogging

HISTORY OF BLOGGING DO YOU KNOW YOUR BLOGGING HISTORY? Print Express have rounded up the bigger achievements, scandals and developments to bring you a history of blogging. BLOGGING TRENDS THROUGH THE YEARS 1994 The first blog was created: Links.net by Swarthmore college student Justin Hall, he called it his "Personal Homepage". 1997 The term "Weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger, author of Robot Wisdom. He wanted to reach audiences who could relate to his work. 1998 O00000 Jonathan Dube from the Charlotte Observer wrote a weblog covering Hurricane Bonnie. This was the first time a news site used a weblog to cover a story. Open Dairy went online on October 20th, founded by Bruce Ableson. Open Diary had an innovative comment feature that influenced the nature of today's blog comments. 1999 "Blog" was coined by Peter Mertholz, he broke "Weblog" to "We Blog" on his personal blog Peterme.com. Pyra Labs launched Blogger that August. This very quickly became a popular and dedicated blog publishing tool. The first platform to push blogging in to the mainstream. 2000 Blogod Jesse James Garret claims there gre 23 blogs on the internet. Bl8gog Bloges Blog Blog 2001 Blog "How to" articles emerged as the community of bloggers continued to grow. Gizmodo and Boing Boing were launched. 2002 HOW TO.. Political candidates used blogging to express their opinions, some made breaking news! For example, Senate Majority Leader, Trent Lott had praised U.S Senator Strom Thurmond, stating that the United Stated would have benefited if Thurmond that been elected president in 1948. In the 1940's Thurmond was then a supporter of racial segregation. One of the first major blogging search engines was launched "Technorati". 2003 Pyra Labs sells Blogger to Google Google acquires AdSense from Oingo, INC. Wordpress version b2/cafelog was launched by Matt Mullenweg. 2,000 blogs in May alone were created. Typepad is launched, blogging service by Say Media. Designers launch MySpace 2004 The first video blog was launched, yes! It was a year before the rise of YouTube. You Tube 2005 YouTube launches. Intermix Media (the owner of MySpace) was brought by News Corporation for $580 million. YOU TUBE Weblogs, Inc was purchased by AOL for $25 million. Typepad introduces mobile blogging tools. Daily Dish published by Andrew Sullivan was moved to Time.com. Sullivan is paid a fee for his blogging services, while Time earns advertising revenues from blogging. Garrett M. Graff was granted white house press credentials, the first blogger to ever do s. Internet Explorer announced they would adopt the Firefox feed icon. This will be used to represent RSS and Atom feeds, it has since become an industry standards. An estimated $100 million worth of blog ads are sold this year. 2006 Google pays $900 million to become the exclusive provider of MySpace.com. According to Technorati's report, there were 50 million blogs by mid-2006. Mainstream Media teamed up with established bloggers with existing blogs like Mashable and CNN to post their articles. 2007 Tumblr was launched and the term "Microblog" popularised further. Tim OʻReilly formed a bloggers code of conduct. 2008 Posterous is launched, it allows bloggers to post short updates using its own URL shortening service. Posterous gave bloggers a quick way to post their updates via email or online chat. 2009 The Universal McCann report revealed 77% of internet users read blogs. Tecnorati reported that 15% of bloggers spend 10+ hours a week blogging. 20% of users blog via mobile device and 28% make money from blogging. 2010 A study by Technorati revealed that approximately 35% of bloggers were making money from their blogs. It was reported that almost 39% of all bloggers were using mobile devices and tablets for blogging. Mom bloggers in the USA become more influential as they share recipes, product reviews and parenting tips. 2011 Google launches Google +, a new social media platform for bloggers whilst still in Beta, it has been accepted and used widely by bloggers. UK Mum bloggers join USA Moms in becoming a powerful authority in the blogosphere. “BLOGGING HAS ENTERED THE MAINSTREAM CONSCIOUSNESS AS A LEGITIMATE SOURCE OF MEDIA" 66 99 Josh Catone mashable.com BLOGGING TRENDS IN 2012 & BEYOND Blogging has come a long way from its origins as essentially a past time, however what do the coming 12 or so months hold for this medium of communication? 4NTERTWINING Expect the blog to become more and more linked with other means of communication. With a rise in the social media presence in 2012 and all expectations of an increase in sharing via the mediums, expect to see blogs linked and also shared to more of a degree across the Internet. MORE BLOGS FOR BLOGGERS Studies by American company Technorati suggest that individual bloggers are managing more sites. Their figures show that bloggers went from having 2 blogs on average, each in 2010 to 3 each this time last year. Which would suggest that we will see more people managing more blogs in 2012. CORPORATE BLOGS Though once a wild un-moderated space, expect to see more brands jump on the blogging bandwagon to help with a number of aims. We more than likely will see blogs increase not only in numbers, but also in the number of posts in the coming year. This is especially the case with expectations that Google will index more and more because of fresh content. PROFESSIONALS As the blogging sphere grows expect to see more people come professionally into the field. It is expected that professional bloggers may soon be able to make ends meet and not use blogs as a supplementary. Also we will possibly see more and more brands look to get influencers on social media to follow blogs - which could open further doors. TO BE CONTINUED. Sources: nymag.com/news/media/15971 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorn_Barger en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Graff en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weblogs,_Inc. merriam-webster.com/info/04words.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_blogging web.archive.org/web/19991013021124/ news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4695495.stm rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html webopedia.com/quick_ref/history_of_blogging.asp guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/29/aol-buys-techcrunch wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/12/blog_anniversary en.wikinews.org/wiki/Mozilla,_Internet_Explorer_adopt_universal_RSS_symbol telegraph.co.uk/finance/2945071/Google-signs-up-with-MySpace-in-900m-deal.html time.com links.net руга.com tumblr.com blogger.com links.net/vita youtube.com peterme.com jondube.com typepad.com saymedia.com opendiary.com gizmodo.co.uk boingboing.net technorati.com posterous.com mashable.com canon2.blogspot wordpress.org/about peterme.com/index.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdSense en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com BROUGHT TO YOU BY printexpress.co.uk DESIGNED AND ILLUSTRATED BY JASKINDER SEHRA HISTORY OF BLOGGING DO YOU KNOW YOUR BLOGGING HISTORY? Print Express have rounded up the bigger achievements, scandals and developments to bring you a history of blogging. BLOGGING TRENDS THROUGH THE YEARS 1994 The first blog was created: Links.net by Swarthmore college student Justin Hall, he called it his "Personal Homepage". 1997 The term "Weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger, author of Robot Wisdom. He wanted to reach audiences who could relate to his work. 1998 O00000 Jonathan Dube from the Charlotte Observer wrote a weblog covering Hurricane Bonnie. This was the first time a news site used a weblog to cover a story. Open Dairy went online on October 20th, founded by Bruce Ableson. Open Diary had an innovative comment feature that influenced the nature of today's blog comments. 1999 "Blog" was coined by Peter Mertholz, he broke "Weblog" to "We Blog" on his personal blog Peterme.com. Pyra Labs launched Blogger that August. This very quickly became a popular and dedicated blog publishing tool. The first platform to push blogging in to the mainstream. 2000 Blogod Jesse James Garret claims there gre 23 blogs on the internet. Bl8gog Bloges Blog Blog 2001 Blog "How to" articles emerged as the community of bloggers continued to grow. Gizmodo and Boing Boing were launched. 2002 HOW TO.. Political candidates used blogging to express their opinions, some made breaking news! For example, Senate Majority Leader, Trent Lott had praised U.S Senator Strom Thurmond, stating that the United Stated would have benefited if Thurmond that been elected president in 1948. In the 1940's Thurmond was then a supporter of racial segregation. One of the first major blogging search engines was launched "Technorati". 2003 Pyra Labs sells Blogger to Google Google acquires AdSense from Oingo, INC. Wordpress version b2/cafelog was launched by Matt Mullenweg. 2,000 blogs in May alone were created. Typepad is launched, blogging service by Say Media. Designers launch MySpace 2004 The first video blog was launched, yes! It was a year before the rise of YouTube. You Tube 2005 YouTube launches. Intermix Media (the owner of MySpace) was brought by News Corporation for $580 million. YOU TUBE Weblogs, Inc was purchased by AOL for $25 million. Typepad introduces mobile blogging tools. Daily Dish published by Andrew Sullivan was moved to Time.com. Sullivan is paid a fee for his blogging services, while Time earns advertising revenues from blogging. Garrett M. Graff was granted white house press credentials, the first blogger to ever do s. Internet Explorer announced they would adopt the Firefox feed icon. This will be used to represent RSS and Atom feeds, it has since become an industry standards. An estimated $100 million worth of blog ads are sold this year. 2006 Google pays $900 million to become the exclusive provider of MySpace.com. According to Technorati's report, there were 50 million blogs by mid-2006. Mainstream Media teamed up with established bloggers with existing blogs like Mashable and CNN to post their articles. 2007 Tumblr was launched and the term "Microblog" popularised further. Tim OʻReilly formed a bloggers code of conduct. 2008 Posterous is launched, it allows bloggers to post short updates using its own URL shortening service. Posterous gave bloggers a quick way to post their updates via email or online chat. 2009 The Universal McCann report revealed 77% of internet users read blogs. Tecnorati reported that 15% of bloggers spend 10+ hours a week blogging. 20% of users blog via mobile device and 28% make money from blogging. 2010 A study by Technorati revealed that approximately 35% of bloggers were making money from their blogs. It was reported that almost 39% of all bloggers were using mobile devices and tablets for blogging. Mom bloggers in the USA become more influential as they share recipes, product reviews and parenting tips. 2011 Google launches Google +, a new social media platform for bloggers whilst still in Beta, it has been accepted and used widely by bloggers. UK Mum bloggers join USA Moms in becoming a powerful authority in the blogosphere. “BLOGGING HAS ENTERED THE MAINSTREAM CONSCIOUSNESS AS A LEGITIMATE SOURCE OF MEDIA" 66 99 Josh Catone mashable.com BLOGGING TRENDS IN 2012 & BEYOND Blogging has come a long way from its origins as essentially a past time, however what do the coming 12 or so months hold for this medium of communication? 4NTERTWINING Expect the blog to become more and more linked with other means of communication. With a rise in the social media presence in 2012 and all expectations of an increase in sharing via the mediums, expect to see blogs linked and also shared to more of a degree across the Internet. MORE BLOGS FOR BLOGGERS Studies by American company Technorati suggest that individual bloggers are managing more sites. Their figures show that bloggers went from having 2 blogs on average, each in 2010 to 3 each this time last year. Which would suggest that we will see more people managing more blogs in 2012. CORPORATE BLOGS Though once a wild un-moderated space, expect to see more brands jump on the blogging bandwagon to help with a number of aims. We more than likely will see blogs increase not only in numbers, but also in the number of posts in the coming year. This is especially the case with expectations that Google will index more and more because of fresh content. PROFESSIONALS As the blogging sphere grows expect to see more people come professionally into the field. It is expected that professional bloggers may soon be able to make ends meet and not use blogs as a supplementary. Also we will possibly see more and more brands look to get influencers on social media to follow blogs - which could open further doors. TO BE CONTINUED. Sources: nymag.com/news/media/15971 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorn_Barger en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Graff en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weblogs,_Inc. merriam-webster.com/info/04words.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_blogging web.archive.org/web/19991013021124/ news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4695495.stm rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html webopedia.com/quick_ref/history_of_blogging.asp guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/29/aol-buys-techcrunch wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/12/blog_anniversary en.wikinews.org/wiki/Mozilla,_Internet_Explorer_adopt_universal_RSS_symbol telegraph.co.uk/finance/2945071/Google-signs-up-with-MySpace-in-900m-deal.html time.com links.net руга.com tumblr.com blogger.com links.net/vita youtube.com peterme.com jondube.com typepad.com saymedia.com opendiary.com gizmodo.co.uk boingboing.net technorati.com posterous.com mashable.com canon2.blogspot wordpress.org/about peterme.com/index.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdSense en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com BROUGHT TO YOU BY printexpress.co.uk DESIGNED AND ILLUSTRATED BY JASKINDER SEHRA HISTORY OF BLOGGING DO YOU KNOW YOUR BLOGGING HISTORY? Print Express have rounded up the bigger achievements, scandals and developments to bring you a history of blogging. BLOGGING TRENDS THROUGH THE YEARS 1994 The first blog was created: Links.net by Swarthmore college student Justin Hall, he called it his "Personal Homepage". 1997 The term "Weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger, author of Robot Wisdom. He wanted to reach audiences who could relate to his work. 1998 O00000 Jonathan Dube from the Charlotte Observer wrote a weblog covering Hurricane Bonnie. This was the first time a news site used a weblog to cover a story. Open Dairy went online on October 20th, founded by Bruce Ableson. Open Diary had an innovative comment feature that influenced the nature of today's blog comments. 1999 "Blog" was coined by Peter Mertholz, he broke "Weblog" to "We Blog" on his personal blog Peterme.com. Pyra Labs launched Blogger that August. This very quickly became a popular and dedicated blog publishing tool. The first platform to push blogging in to the mainstream. 2000 Blogod Jesse James Garret claims there gre 23 blogs on the internet. Bl8gog Bloges Blog Blog 2001 Blog "How to" articles emerged as the community of bloggers continued to grow. Gizmodo and Boing Boing were launched. 2002 HOW TO.. Political candidates used blogging to express their opinions, some made breaking news! For example, Senate Majority Leader, Trent Lott had praised U.S Senator Strom Thurmond, stating that the United Stated would have benefited if Thurmond that been elected president in 1948. In the 1940's Thurmond was then a supporter of racial segregation. One of the first major blogging search engines was launched "Technorati". 2003 Pyra Labs sells Blogger to Google Google acquires AdSense from Oingo, INC. Wordpress version b2/cafelog was launched by Matt Mullenweg. 2,000 blogs in May alone were created. Typepad is launched, blogging service by Say Media. Designers launch MySpace 2004 The first video blog was launched, yes! It was a year before the rise of YouTube. You Tube 2005 YouTube launches. Intermix Media (the owner of MySpace) was brought by News Corporation for $580 million. YOU TUBE Weblogs, Inc was purchased by AOL for $25 million. Typepad introduces mobile blogging tools. Daily Dish published by Andrew Sullivan was moved to Time.com. Sullivan is paid a fee for his blogging services, while Time earns advertising revenues from blogging. Garrett M. Graff was granted white house press credentials, the first blogger to ever do s. Internet Explorer announced they would adopt the Firefox feed icon. This will be used to represent RSS and Atom feeds, it has since become an industry standards. An estimated $100 million worth of blog ads are sold this year. 2006 Google pays $900 million to become the exclusive provider of MySpace.com. According to Technorati's report, there were 50 million blogs by mid-2006. Mainstream Media teamed up with established bloggers with existing blogs like Mashable and CNN to post their articles. 2007 Tumblr was launched and the term "Microblog" popularised further. Tim OʻReilly formed a bloggers code of conduct. 2008 Posterous is launched, it allows bloggers to post short updates using its own URL shortening service. Posterous gave bloggers a quick way to post their updates via email or online chat. 2009 The Universal McCann report revealed 77% of internet users read blogs. Tecnorati reported that 15% of bloggers spend 10+ hours a week blogging. 20% of users blog via mobile device and 28% make money from blogging. 2010 A study by Technorati revealed that approximately 35% of bloggers were making money from their blogs. It was reported that almost 39% of all bloggers were using mobile devices and tablets for blogging. Mom bloggers in the USA become more influential as they share recipes, product reviews and parenting tips. 2011 Google launches Google +, a new social media platform for bloggers whilst still in Beta, it has been accepted and used widely by bloggers. UK Mum bloggers join USA Moms in becoming a powerful authority in the blogosphere. “BLOGGING HAS ENTERED THE MAINSTREAM CONSCIOUSNESS AS A LEGITIMATE SOURCE OF MEDIA" 66 99 Josh Catone mashable.com BLOGGING TRENDS IN 2012 & BEYOND Blogging has come a long way from its origins as essentially a past time, however what do the coming 12 or so months hold for this medium of communication? 4NTERTWINING Expect the blog to become more and more linked with other means of communication. With a rise in the social media presence in 2012 and all expectations of an increase in sharing via the mediums, expect to see blogs linked and also shared to more of a degree across the Internet. MORE BLOGS FOR BLOGGERS Studies by American company Technorati suggest that individual bloggers are managing more sites. Their figures show that bloggers went from having 2 blogs on average, each in 2010 to 3 each this time last year. Which would suggest that we will see more people managing more blogs in 2012. CORPORATE BLOGS Though once a wild un-moderated space, expect to see more brands jump on the blogging bandwagon to help with a number of aims. We more than likely will see blogs increase not only in numbers, but also in the number of posts in the coming year. This is especially the case with expectations that Google will index more and more because of fresh content. PROFESSIONALS As the blogging sphere grows expect to see more people come professionally into the field. It is expected that professional bloggers may soon be able to make ends meet and not use blogs as a supplementary. Also we will possibly see more and more brands look to get influencers on social media to follow blogs - which could open further doors. TO BE CONTINUED. Sources: nymag.com/news/media/15971 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorn_Barger en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Graff en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weblogs,_Inc. merriam-webster.com/info/04words.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_blogging web.archive.org/web/19991013021124/ news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4695495.stm rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html webopedia.com/quick_ref/history_of_blogging.asp guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/29/aol-buys-techcrunch wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/12/blog_anniversary en.wikinews.org/wiki/Mozilla,_Internet_Explorer_adopt_universal_RSS_symbol telegraph.co.uk/finance/2945071/Google-signs-up-with-MySpace-in-900m-deal.html time.com links.net руга.com tumblr.com blogger.com links.net/vita youtube.com peterme.com jondube.com typepad.com saymedia.com opendiary.com gizmodo.co.uk boingboing.net technorati.com posterous.com mashable.com canon2.blogspot wordpress.org/about peterme.com/index.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdSense en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com BROUGHT TO YOU BY printexpress.co.uk DESIGNED AND ILLUSTRATED BY JASKINDER SEHRA HISTORY OF BLOGGING DO YOU KNOW YOUR BLOGGING HISTORY? Print Express have rounded up the bigger achievements, scandals and developments to bring you a history of blogging. BLOGGING TRENDS THROUGH THE YEARS 1994 The first blog was created: Links.net by Swarthmore college student Justin Hall, he called it his "Personal Homepage". 1997 The term "Weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger, author of Robot Wisdom. He wanted to reach audiences who could relate to his work. 1998 O00000 Jonathan Dube from the Charlotte Observer wrote a weblog covering Hurricane Bonnie. This was the first time a news site used a weblog to cover a story. Open Dairy went online on October 20th, founded by Bruce Ableson. Open Diary had an innovative comment feature that influenced the nature of today's blog comments. 1999 "Blog" was coined by Peter Mertholz, he broke "Weblog" to "We Blog" on his personal blog Peterme.com. Pyra Labs launched Blogger that August. This very quickly became a popular and dedicated blog publishing tool. The first platform to push blogging in to the mainstream. 2000 Blogod Jesse James Garret claims there gre 23 blogs on the internet. Bl8gog Bloges Blog Blog 2001 Blog "How to" articles emerged as the community of bloggers continued to grow. Gizmodo and Boing Boing were launched. 2002 HOW TO.. Political candidates used blogging to express their opinions, some made breaking news! For example, Senate Majority Leader, Trent Lott had praised U.S Senator Strom Thurmond, stating that the United Stated would have benefited if Thurmond that been elected president in 1948. In the 1940's Thurmond was then a supporter of racial segregation. One of the first major blogging search engines was launched "Technorati". 2003 Pyra Labs sells Blogger to Google Google acquires AdSense from Oingo, INC. Wordpress version b2/cafelog was launched by Matt Mullenweg. 2,000 blogs in May alone were created. Typepad is launched, blogging service by Say Media. Designers launch MySpace 2004 The first video blog was launched, yes! It was a year before the rise of YouTube. You Tube 2005 YouTube launches. Intermix Media (the owner of MySpace) was brought by News Corporation for $580 million. YOU TUBE Weblogs, Inc was purchased by AOL for $25 million. Typepad introduces mobile blogging tools. Daily Dish published by Andrew Sullivan was moved to Time.com. Sullivan is paid a fee for his blogging services, while Time earns advertising revenues from blogging. Garrett M. Graff was granted white house press credentials, the first blogger to ever do s. Internet Explorer announced they would adopt the Firefox feed icon. This will be used to represent RSS and Atom feeds, it has since become an industry standards. An estimated $100 million worth of blog ads are sold this year. 2006 Google pays $900 million to become the exclusive provider of MySpace.com. According to Technorati's report, there were 50 million blogs by mid-2006. Mainstream Media teamed up with established bloggers with existing blogs like Mashable and CNN to post their articles. 2007 Tumblr was launched and the term "Microblog" popularised further. Tim OʻReilly formed a bloggers code of conduct. 2008 Posterous is launched, it allows bloggers to post short updates using its own URL shortening service. Posterous gave bloggers a quick way to post their updates via email or online chat. 2009 The Universal McCann report revealed 77% of internet users read blogs. Tecnorati reported that 15% of bloggers spend 10+ hours a week blogging. 20% of users blog via mobile device and 28% make money from blogging. 2010 A study by Technorati revealed that approximately 35% of bloggers were making money from their blogs. It was reported that almost 39% of all bloggers were using mobile devices and tablets for blogging. Mom bloggers in the USA become more influential as they share recipes, product reviews and parenting tips. 2011 Google launches Google +, a new social media platform for bloggers whilst still in Beta, it has been accepted and used widely by bloggers. UK Mum bloggers join USA Moms in becoming a powerful authority in the blogosphere. “BLOGGING HAS ENTERED THE MAINSTREAM CONSCIOUSNESS AS A LEGITIMATE SOURCE OF MEDIA" 66 99 Josh Catone mashable.com BLOGGING TRENDS IN 2012 & BEYOND Blogging has come a long way from its origins as essentially a past time, however what do the coming 12 or so months hold for this medium of communication? 4NTERTWINING Expect the blog to become more and more linked with other means of communication. With a rise in the social media presence in 2012 and all expectations of an increase in sharing via the mediums, expect to see blogs linked and also shared to more of a degree across the Internet. MORE BLOGS FOR BLOGGERS Studies by American company Technorati suggest that individual bloggers are managing more sites. Their figures show that bloggers went from having 2 blogs on average, each in 2010 to 3 each this time last year. Which would suggest that we will see more people managing more blogs in 2012. CORPORATE BLOGS Though once a wild un-moderated space, expect to see more brands jump on the blogging bandwagon to help with a number of aims. We more than likely will see blogs increase not only in numbers, but also in the number of posts in the coming year. This is especially the case with expectations that Google will index more and more because of fresh content. PROFESSIONALS As the blogging sphere grows expect to see more people come professionally into the field. It is expected that professional bloggers may soon be able to make ends meet and not use blogs as a supplementary. Also we will possibly see more and more brands look to get influencers on social media to follow blogs - which could open further doors. TO BE CONTINUED. Sources: nymag.com/news/media/15971 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorn_Barger en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Graff en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weblogs,_Inc. merriam-webster.com/info/04words.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_blogging web.archive.org/web/19991013021124/ news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4695495.stm rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html webopedia.com/quick_ref/history_of_blogging.asp guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/29/aol-buys-techcrunch wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/12/blog_anniversary en.wikinews.org/wiki/Mozilla,_Internet_Explorer_adopt_universal_RSS_symbol telegraph.co.uk/finance/2945071/Google-signs-up-with-MySpace-in-900m-deal.html time.com links.net руга.com tumblr.com blogger.com links.net/vita youtube.com peterme.com jondube.com typepad.com saymedia.com opendiary.com gizmodo.co.uk boingboing.net technorati.com posterous.com mashable.com canon2.blogspot wordpress.org/about peterme.com/index.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdSense en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com BROUGHT TO YOU BY printexpress.co.uk DESIGNED AND ILLUSTRATED BY JASKINDER SEHRA HISTORY OF BLOGGING DO YOU KNOW YOUR BLOGGING HISTORY? Print Express have rounded up the bigger achievements, scandals and developments to bring you a history of blogging. BLOGGING TRENDS THROUGH THE YEARS 1994 The first blog was created: Links.net by Swarthmore college student Justin Hall, he called it his "Personal Homepage". 1997 The term "Weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger, author of Robot Wisdom. He wanted to reach audiences who could relate to his work. 1998 O00000 Jonathan Dube from the Charlotte Observer wrote a weblog covering Hurricane Bonnie. This was the first time a news site used a weblog to cover a story. Open Dairy went online on October 20th, founded by Bruce Ableson. Open Diary had an innovative comment feature that influenced the nature of today's blog comments. 1999 "Blog" was coined by Peter Mertholz, he broke "Weblog" to "We Blog" on his personal blog Peterme.com. Pyra Labs launched Blogger that August. This very quickly became a popular and dedicated blog publishing tool. The first platform to push blogging in to the mainstream. 2000 Blogod Jesse James Garret claims there gre 23 blogs on the internet. Bl8gog Bloges Blog Blog 2001 Blog "How to" articles emerged as the community of bloggers continued to grow. Gizmodo and Boing Boing were launched. 2002 HOW TO.. Political candidates used blogging to express their opinions, some made breaking news! For example, Senate Majority Leader, Trent Lott had praised U.S Senator Strom Thurmond, stating that the United Stated would have benefited if Thurmond that been elected president in 1948. In the 1940's Thurmond was then a supporter of racial segregation. One of the first major blogging search engines was launched "Technorati". 2003 Pyra Labs sells Blogger to Google Google acquires AdSense from Oingo, INC. Wordpress version b2/cafelog was launched by Matt Mullenweg. 2,000 blogs in May alone were created. Typepad is launched, blogging service by Say Media. Designers launch MySpace 2004 The first video blog was launched, yes! It was a year before the rise of YouTube. You Tube 2005 YouTube launches. Intermix Media (the owner of MySpace) was brought by News Corporation for $580 million. YOU TUBE Weblogs, Inc was purchased by AOL for $25 million. Typepad introduces mobile blogging tools. Daily Dish published by Andrew Sullivan was moved to Time.com. Sullivan is paid a fee for his blogging services, while Time earns advertising revenues from blogging. Garrett M. Graff was granted white house press credentials, the first blogger to ever do s. Internet Explorer announced they would adopt the Firefox feed icon. This will be used to represent RSS and Atom feeds, it has since become an industry standards. An estimated $100 million worth of blog ads are sold this year. 2006 Google pays $900 million to become the exclusive provider of MySpace.com. According to Technorati's report, there were 50 million blogs by mid-2006. Mainstream Media teamed up with established bloggers with existing blogs like Mashable and CNN to post their articles. 2007 Tumblr was launched and the term "Microblog" popularised further. Tim OʻReilly formed a bloggers code of conduct. 2008 Posterous is launched, it allows bloggers to post short updates using its own URL shortening service. Posterous gave bloggers a quick way to post their updates via email or online chat. 2009 The Universal McCann report revealed 77% of internet users read blogs. Tecnorati reported that 15% of bloggers spend 10+ hours a week blogging. 20% of users blog via mobile device and 28% make money from blogging. 2010 A study by Technorati revealed that approximately 35% of bloggers were making money from their blogs. It was reported that almost 39% of all bloggers were using mobile devices and tablets for blogging. Mom bloggers in the USA become more influential as they share recipes, product reviews and parenting tips. 2011 Google launches Google +, a new social media platform for bloggers whilst still in Beta, it has been accepted and used widely by bloggers. UK Mum bloggers join USA Moms in becoming a powerful authority in the blogosphere. “BLOGGING HAS ENTERED THE MAINSTREAM CONSCIOUSNESS AS A LEGITIMATE SOURCE OF MEDIA" 66 99 Josh Catone mashable.com BLOGGING TRENDS IN 2012 & BEYOND Blogging has come a long way from its origins as essentially a past time, however what do the coming 12 or so months hold for this medium of communication? 4NTERTWINING Expect the blog to become more and more linked with other means of communication. With a rise in the social media presence in 2012 and all expectations of an increase in sharing via the mediums, expect to see blogs linked and also shared to more of a degree across the Internet. MORE BLOGS FOR BLOGGERS Studies by American company Technorati suggest that individual bloggers are managing more sites. Their figures show that bloggers went from having 2 blogs on average, each in 2010 to 3 each this time last year. Which would suggest that we will see more people managing more blogs in 2012. CORPORATE BLOGS Though once a wild un-moderated space, expect to see more brands jump on the blogging bandwagon to help with a number of aims. We more than likely will see blogs increase not only in numbers, but also in the number of posts in the coming year. This is especially the case with expectations that Google will index more and more because of fresh content. PROFESSIONALS As the blogging sphere grows expect to see more people come professionally into the field. It is expected that professional bloggers may soon be able to make ends meet and not use blogs as a supplementary. Also we will possibly see more and more brands look to get influencers on social media to follow blogs - which could open further doors. TO BE CONTINUED. Sources: nymag.com/news/media/15971 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorn_Barger en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Graff en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weblogs,_Inc. merriam-webster.com/info/04words.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_blogging web.archive.org/web/19991013021124/ news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4695495.stm rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html webopedia.com/quick_ref/history_of_blogging.asp guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/29/aol-buys-techcrunch wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/12/blog_anniversary en.wikinews.org/wiki/Mozilla,_Internet_Explorer_adopt_universal_RSS_symbol telegraph.co.uk/finance/2945071/Google-signs-up-with-MySpace-in-900m-deal.html time.com links.net руга.com tumblr.com blogger.com links.net/vita youtube.com peterme.com jondube.com typepad.com saymedia.com opendiary.com gizmodo.co.uk boingboing.net technorati.com posterous.com mashable.com canon2.blogspot wordpress.org/about peterme.com/index.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdSense en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com BROUGHT TO YOU BY printexpress.co.uk DESIGNED AND ILLUSTRATED BY JASKINDER SEHRA HISTORY OF BLOGGING DO YOU KNOW YOUR BLOGGING HISTORY? Print Express have rounded up the bigger achievements, scandals and developments to bring you a history of blogging. BLOGGING TRENDS THROUGH THE YEARS 1994 The first blog was created: Links.net by Swarthmore college student Justin Hall, he called it his "Personal Homepage". 1997 The term "Weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger, author of Robot Wisdom. He wanted to reach audiences who could relate to his work. 1998 O00000 Jonathan Dube from the Charlotte Observer wrote a weblog covering Hurricane Bonnie. This was the first time a news site used a weblog to cover a story. Open Dairy went online on October 20th, founded by Bruce Ableson. Open Diary had an innovative comment feature that influenced the nature of today's blog comments. 1999 "Blog" was coined by Peter Mertholz, he broke "Weblog" to "We Blog" on his personal blog Peterme.com. Pyra Labs launched Blogger that August. This very quickly became a popular and dedicated blog publishing tool. The first platform to push blogging in to the mainstream. 2000 Blogod Jesse James Garret claims there gre 23 blogs on the internet. Bl8gog Bloges Blog Blog 2001 Blog "How to" articles emerged as the community of bloggers continued to grow. Gizmodo and Boing Boing were launched. 2002 HOW TO.. Political candidates used blogging to express their opinions, some made breaking news! For example, Senate Majority Leader, Trent Lott had praised U.S Senator Strom Thurmond, stating that the United Stated would have benefited if Thurmond that been elected president in 1948. In the 1940's Thurmond was then a supporter of racial segregation. One of the first major blogging search engines was launched "Technorati". 2003 Pyra Labs sells Blogger to Google Google acquires AdSense from Oingo, INC. Wordpress version b2/cafelog was launched by Matt Mullenweg. 2,000 blogs in May alone were created. Typepad is launched, blogging service by Say Media. Designers launch MySpace 2004 The first video blog was launched, yes! It was a year before the rise of YouTube. You Tube 2005 YouTube launches. Intermix Media (the owner of MySpace) was brought by News Corporation for $580 million. YOU TUBE Weblogs, Inc was purchased by AOL for $25 million. Typepad introduces mobile blogging tools. Daily Dish published by Andrew Sullivan was moved to Time.com. Sullivan is paid a fee for his blogging services, while Time earns advertising revenues from blogging. Garrett M. Graff was granted white house press credentials, the first blogger to ever do s. Internet Explorer announced they would adopt the Firefox feed icon. This will be used to represent RSS and Atom feeds, it has since become an industry standards. An estimated $100 million worth of blog ads are sold this year. 2006 Google pays $900 million to become the exclusive provider of MySpace.com. According to Technorati's report, there were 50 million blogs by mid-2006. Mainstream Media teamed up with established bloggers with existing blogs like Mashable and CNN to post their articles. 2007 Tumblr was launched and the term "Microblog" popularised further. Tim OʻReilly formed a bloggers code of conduct. 2008 Posterous is launched, it allows bloggers to post short updates using its own URL shortening service. Posterous gave bloggers a quick way to post their updates via email or online chat. 2009 The Universal McCann report revealed 77% of internet users read blogs. Tecnorati reported that 15% of bloggers spend 10+ hours a week blogging. 20% of users blog via mobile device and 28% make money from blogging. 2010 A study by Technorati revealed that approximately 35% of bloggers were making money from their blogs. It was reported that almost 39% of all bloggers were using mobile devices and tablets for blogging. Mom bloggers in the USA become more influential as they share recipes, product reviews and parenting tips. 2011 Google launches Google +, a new social media platform for bloggers whilst still in Beta, it has been accepted and used widely by bloggers. UK Mum bloggers join USA Moms in becoming a powerful authority in the blogosphere. “BLOGGING HAS ENTERED THE MAINSTREAM CONSCIOUSNESS AS A LEGITIMATE SOURCE OF MEDIA" 66 99 Josh Catone mashable.com BLOGGING TRENDS IN 2012 & BEYOND Blogging has come a long way from its origins as essentially a past time, however what do the coming 12 or so months hold for this medium of communication? 4NTERTWINING Expect the blog to become more and more linked with other means of communication. With a rise in the social media presence in 2012 and all expectations of an increase in sharing via the mediums, expect to see blogs linked and also shared to more of a degree across the Internet. MORE BLOGS FOR BLOGGERS Studies by American company Technorati suggest that individual bloggers are managing more sites. Their figures show that bloggers went from having 2 blogs on average, each in 2010 to 3 each this time last year. Which would suggest that we will see more people managing more blogs in 2012. CORPORATE BLOGS Though once a wild un-moderated space, expect to see more brands jump on the blogging bandwagon to help with a number of aims. We more than likely will see blogs increase not only in numbers, but also in the number of posts in the coming year. This is especially the case with expectations that Google will index more and more because of fresh content. PROFESSIONALS As the blogging sphere grows expect to see more people come professionally into the field. It is expected that professional bloggers may soon be able to make ends meet and not use blogs as a supplementary. Also we will possibly see more and more brands look to get influencers on social media to follow blogs - which could open further doors. TO BE CONTINUED. Sources: nymag.com/news/media/15971 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorn_Barger en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Graff en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weblogs,_Inc. merriam-webster.com/info/04words.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_blogging web.archive.org/web/19991013021124/ news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4695495.stm rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html webopedia.com/quick_ref/history_of_blogging.asp guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/29/aol-buys-techcrunch wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/12/blog_anniversary en.wikinews.org/wiki/Mozilla,_Internet_Explorer_adopt_universal_RSS_symbol telegraph.co.uk/finance/2945071/Google-signs-up-with-MySpace-in-900m-deal.html time.com links.net руга.com tumblr.com blogger.com links.net/vita youtube.com peterme.com jondube.com typepad.com saymedia.com opendiary.com gizmodo.co.uk boingboing.net technorati.com posterous.com mashable.com canon2.blogspot wordpress.org/about peterme.com/index.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdSense en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com BROUGHT TO YOU BY printexpress.co.uk DESIGNED AND ILLUSTRATED BY JASKINDER SEHRA