Explore the blogosphere with Anna!
"Blog" is short for "web log," or an online journal. Some blogs are mostly lists of links to articles and websites, some are like online diaries, and still others focus on a particular topic - anything from politics to Pottermania, from feminism to fishing. There are more than 36 million blogs online, and a new one is created every second!
Popular author Anna Dresner created her own blog (one that provides updates to her technology books) poked around in the blogging world, commonly called the blogosphere, and wrote down what she learned in this book.. She covers everything you need to know to get started: finding the blogs that interest you, reading them, keeping up with them, and of course creating and writing a blog of your own.
Of course Anna didn't research all 36 million blogs, so this is by no means a complete reference guide! Think of it as a great starting point -- a place to gain some footing with a trusted friend before leaping into the blogosphere on your own!
More books by Anna Dresner:
Braille.com and Beyond
The iPod Experience
Finding eBooks on the Internet
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- I. Introduction
- A. What is a Blog?
- II. Reading Blogs
- A. The NBP Book Updates Blog
- B. The Mosen Explosion Blog
- III. Finding Blogs that Interest You
- A. Carnivals and Roundups
- 1. Searching for a Carnival by Keyword
- 2. Browsing for a Carnival
- B. Technorati
- 1. Searching by Keyword
- 2. Searching by Tag
- 3. Browsing for Posts
- 4. Website URL Search
- 5. Searching for a Blog
- 6. Favorites
- 7. Watchlist
- IV. Keeping up with Blogs and News: RSS
- A. Firefox Live Bookmarks
- B. Reading RSS From Your Desktop: SharpReader
- C. Reading RSS Feeds Online: Bloglines
- V. Creating and Maintaining Your Own Blog
- A. WordPress.com
- 1. Creating a Blog
- 2. Writing a Post
- 3. Additional WordPress.com Options
- B. Blogger.com
- 1. Creating and Customizing a Blog
- 2. Logging Into a Blogger Blog and Getting to the Dashboard
- 3. Posting to a Blogger Blog
- 4. Adding Links to Your Sidebar
- C. LiveJournal
- Appendix A: Learning HTML
- Appendix B: URLs Listed in This Book
- Appendix C: Selected Keyboard Commands for Internet Explorer with JAWS and Window-Eyes
- Opening a Web Page
- Navigating Web Page Text
- Link Navigation
- Heading Navigation
- Forms
- Tables
- Frames
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