Blog-oh-Sphere?

At one point, the Internet world or anyone who had Internet access was struck with the ‘blog’ fever. Suddenly everyone wanted or already had a blog of their own. So what is a blog actually? According to Britannica (2010), The word ‘blog’ comes from the words ‘web blog’ and a blog is space whereby thoughts, activites or events are recorded and posted by individuals, groups or companies. In other words, blog can be said to be an online diary. Tim Bernes-Lee is believed to be the first person to create a ‘blog’ although some beg to differ as their interpretation of blog is contrasting.

According to to Blogpulse (2010), there are a total of 147,199,651 and the numbers are escalating with approximately 70,000 new blogs each day (Britannica, 2010). With that big number of blogs, there is no doubt the existence of regional blogging trends. For example in Malaysia, it is common to come across blogs that disccuses political issue like the famous Raja Petra Kamaruddin (RPK) blog. Though according to a survey by Rice Blogger (2009) the top three blogs in Malaysia as of 2009, were not political blogs but rather, on technology, automobiles and how-to. In U.S however according to Technorati Top 100 (2010), The Huffington Post, a news blog sits at the top followed by two technology related blogs.

RPK’s blog is always known to criticize the Malaysian politics and government. Despite the credibility of the information he shares, RPK’s blog offers the Malaysian citizen an alternative form of news. On top of that, RPK’s blog has also bring much transparency and shed light unto the insides of the government.


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References:

Blogpulse 2010, Blogpulse stats, viewed 25 September 2010, <http://www.blogpulse.com/>.

Blog 2010, Encyclopædia Britannica Online, viewed 25 September 2010, <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/869092/blog>.

Top 100 Blogs 2010, Technorati, viewed 25 September 2010, <http://technorati.com/blogs/top100/>.

Wong, A 2009, Top 100 Malaysian Blogs, Rice Blogger, viewed 25 September 2010, <http://www.riceblogger.com/top-100-malaysian-blogs/>.