The Initial Thoughts on Blogging

My initial thoughts on blogging were that it was very beneficial for a comapny to use and I know a few of my house mates who use blogs as part of a hobbie, so I assumed that they would be easy to use. However there were some problems in terms of uploading photos and vidoes which, so it was time consuming but apart from this issue I find blogging an easier way of revision as well as a source for socialising with friends who upload photos and videos on their personal blogs.


Blogging today has become  a very usual source of advertising for many reasons. It can reach a wide audience as anyone with an internet connection and a computer can access it in the world and also the fact that it is very quick form of advertising a product or service because it can be read by anyone instantly.

Most shops today have a website for their goods due to the increase in technology, millions of people surf the internet so browsing on to blogging sites could significantly heklp the awarness of a product.

WORLD INTERNET USAGE AND POPULATION STATISTICS
World Regions	Population ( 2010 Est.)	Internet Users Dec. 31, 2000	Internet Users Latest Data	Penetration (% Population)	Growth 2000-2010	Users % of Table
Africa	1,013,779,050	4,514,400	110,931,700	10.9 %	2,357.3 %	5.6 %
Asia	3,834,792,852	114,304,000	825,094,396	21.5 %	621.8 %	42.0 %
Europe	813,319,511	105,096,093	475,069,448	58.4 %	352.0 %	24.2 %
Middle East	212,336,924	3,284,800	63,240,946	29.8 %	1,825.3 %	3.2 %
North America	344,124,450	108,096,800	266,224,500	77.4 %	146.3 %	13.5 %
Latin America/Caribbean	592,556,972	18,068,919	204,689,836	34.5 %	1,032.8 %	10.4 %
Oceania / Australia	34,700,201	7,620,480	21,263,990	61.3 %	179.0 %	1.1 %
WORLD TOTAL	6,845,609,960	360,985,492	1,966,514,816	28.7 %	444.8 %	100.0 %

The History of Blogging
Timeline
August 2002
Nick Denton launches Gizmodo, the first in what will become a blog empire. Blogads launches, the first broker of blog advertising.




December 2002
Talking Points Memo highlights Trent Lott’s racially charged comments; thirteen days later, Lott resigns from his post as Senate majority leader.




December 2002
Gawker launches, igniting the gossip-blog boom.




March 2003
“Salam Pax,” an anonymous Iraqi blogger, gains worldwide audience during the Iraq war.




June 2003
Google launches AdSense, matching ads to blog content.




August 2003
The first avalanche of ads on political blogs.




September 2003
Jason Calacanis founds Weblogs, Inc., which eventually grows into a portfolio of 85 blogs.




January 2004
Denton launches Wonkette.




March 2004
Calacanis poaches Gizmodo writer Peter Rojas from Denton. Denton proclaims himself “royally shafted” on his personal blog.




December 2004
Merriam-Webster declares “blog” the “Word of the Year.”




January 2005
Study finds that 32 million Americans read blogs.




May 2005
The Huffington Post launches.




October 2005
Calacanis sells his blogs to AOL for $25 million.




December 2005
An estimated $100 million worth of blog ads are sold this year.


From a surevey on this blogging website, here is people thoughts on why they blog

Source:http://www.jeffbullas.com/2010/07/23/12-reasons-why-people-blog/