BLOG is more and more popular in the web world now. Micro-blogging has graduately become the mainstream of online writing. Lots of companies even start to use BLOG to do their business or provide services to the customers. One of the successful examples is Dell computer.

There are many different types of blogs, differing not only in the type of content, but also in the way that content is delivered or written.

Personal blogs

The personal blog, an ongoing diary or commentary by an individual, is the traditional, most common blog. This form of social media lends to an online generation already too busy to keep in touch.

Corporate blogs

A blog can be private, as in most cases, or it can be for business purposes. Blogs, either used internally to enhance the communication and culture in a corporation or externally for marketing, branding or public relations purposes are called corporate blogs.

Question blogging

is a type of blog that answers questions. Questions can be submitted in the form of a submittal form. Many question logs use syndication such as RSS as a means of conveying answers to questions.

FORUM

An Internet forum is a discussion area on a website. Website members can post discussions and read and respond to posts by other forum members. An Internet forum can be focused on nearly any subject and a sense of an online community, or virtual community, tends to develop among forum members.