BLOGS

What Are Blogs and Why Should I Read Them?
Blogs (short for “web logs”) are regularly updated Web site with entries posted in revere chronological order-in other words, newest entries on top

Web logs are regularly updated Web sites that provide a continuous stream of content, whether that be links to other stuff or just stuff of the author’s own creation. To me, a good blog is a log of “interesting stuff.” I think of a good blogger as a “pre-surfer”-a trusted person who spends a lot of time online looking for interesting things from the Web and the rest of the world to write about.
Technorati.com, a blog indexing site, tracks over 57 million blogs and adds a staggering 100,000 new entries every day.
With this many blogs online, it’s a sure bet that there are many blogs out there that you would be interested in, if you only knew about them. So how do you find out which blogs are a good match for your interests? Start by visiting Technorati’s page of popular blogs at technorati.com/pop (see page 13). Here you can peruse the most linked-to blogs, the top search terms on Technorati (that is, the most common keywords used by readers to find content on the millions of blogs that Technorati indexes), and the favorite blogs of Technorati readers.
Click the “100 Top Favorited Blogs” link to read short descriptions of blogs and visit the ones that pique your interest. Many blogs have something called a “blogroll,” which is a list of recommended blogs. If you like someone’s blog, you’ll probably enjoy some of the ones on their blogroll.