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| Community (Source: Market Like a Chick, 2010) |
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| Source:The Knowledge Tree Blog Based Communities |
Blogging communities are the group of bloggers get together and share both interest on a common activities. Improbulus (2005) stated that in order to achieve a progressive blog, a blogger required to have a blogging community therefore it will attract more readers to read on the blogs. Blogging communities are listed in three grouping as further explanation by White (2006).
One Blog Centric Community
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Source: The Knowledge Tree Single Blog/Blogger Centric Community |
Thru this group of bloggers, it can actually gain a greater status just by blogging due to the number of followers because a blogger will give comments and feedback.
Topic Centric Community
This dedicated group of blogs are focusing on specific groups of target like the blogs for news, photo, artwork, and few more that belongs to this category. For example, below is a topic centric blog label motogp-update.blogspot that has achieve a great feedback around the world especially during the MotoGP season as a believable sources. The reason why this blog can be success is because of the news link.
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| Source: The Knowledge Tree Topic Centric Community |
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| Source: MotoGP Update |
Boundaried Community
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| Source: The Knowledge Tree Boundaried Community |
Another blog which falls under this group of community is the one relying on information from other sources. It can be found in their discussion forum, discussion forum, and also a real time messenger. Normally it is controlled by a main server and its is also very much alike the social networking structure.
One Blog Centric Community kennysia.com
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| Source: kennysia.com |
A blog written by Kenny Sia is one of the examples of a one blog centric community because he talks about his own experience honest from his heart and anything that is related to the people’s around him. He wins the other bloggers heart and many of his loyal readers are been following his journey of life. Imagine if Kenny decided to stop blogging? He will break his follower’s peace of mind.
REFERENCES
- Improbulus. 2005. ‘Technorati tags: an introduction,’ A Consuming Experience, 21 February, viewed 25th March 2012, http://www.consumingexperience.com/2005/02/technorati-tags-introduction.html
- MotoGP Update 2012, viewed 25th March 2012, http://onestop-motogp.blogspot.com/onestop-motogp.blogspot.com/
- Sia, Kenny, Most Influential Bloggers in Malaysia, 13th April 2009, viewed 26th March 2012, http://www.kennysia.com/
- White, Nancy 2006 ‘Blogs and Community – launching a new paradigm for online community?’, The Knowledge Tree, viewed 25th March 2012, http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-%E2%80%93-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community
