Blog Categories Blogging ! In my limited perusal of this form of "self expression on the web" I have realized(noticed ?) that there are essentially some basic broad categories of blogs ..

One is the diary format spilling out my daily "..I got up in the morning and used Dabur laal dunt manjan as toothpaste, aaj i ate pickled porcupine pastry, puked, still couldn't stop eating, hate my job and my boss, today he told me to walk his dog types.. ).Basically these are the online versions of some kind of a reality TV show, recounting ones daily life, though unlike on TV you can choose to talk about what you want ! There also includes some analysis of why they are like they are and what they think etc.. I think these are the majority ones ..

Then there are the others, which usually have no references to their personal life as they live it day to day, but are of the "things we love and want to share" ..the touchy feely, maudlin kinds...
("phool"y kinds), the cute baby version of the blogging world

Then ofcourse you have the link integrators (most professional blogs are like this) ..where the blogger puts together "interesting" links in his subject of expertise and usually leaves a minimal comment accompanying each link..

Then there are others like mine (most boring of the types ofcourse), where there are minimal links..and more like a commentary on a particular issue ..

In the next few posts I will try to include all the different styles mentioned above .. should be interesting..would also welcome comments from people about other characterizations of blogs.. :)

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