A category of all pages talking about WebLog""s on this wiki. Click on the title of this page to see what pages exist.

Terminology:

• WebLog -- commenting on news on the web, or news about yourself (see OnlineDiary)
• MobLog -- PervasiveComputing and WebLog: blogging from your mobile phone
• WikiLog -- merging wiki and weblog technology

On the differences between between weblogs and wikis:

• TimeInWikis -- weblogs are time oriented, wikis often are not: WikiNow

WikiEngine""s supporting weblog features:

• PikiePikie -- supports weblogs
• OddMuse -- supports RSS inclusion, notifies a WebLogTracker upon major changes

Features weblogs often exhibit:

• AutomaticLinkBack -- creating BackLink""s using TrackBack and similar technology
• EasySubmission -- adding comments without changing the main article is easy

Blogging tools to track activity in the BlogoSphere:

• WebLogTracker""s -- listing updated weblogs for other tools to use
• TopicExchange by PhillipPearson -- categorizing blog postings using TrackBack pings
• BloggingEcosystem by PhillipPearson -- scan WebLogTracker""s and find out who links, and who is being linked to
• BlogDex -- ranking news articles and other web pages by the number of blogs that link to them
• BlogPluck -- converts WebLogs in RichSiteSummary format to PluckerSoftware documents for offline reading on a HandHeld.
• BlogShare -- buying shares for blogs; as the blog gets referenced more, the value of the share increases
• TechnoRati
• BlogMatcher -- find related blogs
• Google Blog Search

Authoring tools and blog hosting providers:

• UserLand by DaveWiner
• MovableType
• BloggerDotCom
• LiveJournal
• WordPress

Engines for full-blown non-personal sites:

• SlashCode
• ScoopEngine
• DrupalEngine

Famous CollectiveBlog""s or personal weblogs:

• SlashDot -- news for geeks, aka as /. -- usually the article is just a link with many people discussing the item (uses SlashCode)
• KuroShin -- grew out of /. -- the articles are less geek-oriented and have more content (uses ScoopEngine)
• AdvoGato -- free software developers with an OnlineDiary and rating (TrustMetric)
• ScriptingNews -- weblog of Dave Winer who is one of the founding fathers of the weblog meme
• DropDotOrg and other DrupalEngine sites
• MemePool -- interesting because it does not exhibit any of the usual WebLog features
• MetaFilter -- a weblog anybody can contribute to

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