As with any new technology, blogging has its own jargon. We are all familiar with business blogs and personal blogs. Here are definitions of other types of blogs.

1. Anonoblog - a blog run by an anonymous author(s). The blog may display some information about the author(s), but not reveal the author’s true identity.
2. Audioblog - A blog that mainly publishes audio files (music or podcasting) sometimes with text and keywords for search engine optimization.
3. Blawg – Commonly called lawyer blogs. These are generally by lawyers, law students or law professors and focus on commentary about the law.
4. Blook - This is a shortening of “looks like a book” and is a book created from a blog. Typically published in a serialized form one chapter at a time.
5. Celeblog – A blog written about or by a celebrity. Usually focuses on news, gossip and often contains embarrassing or revealing paparazzi photos.
6. CEOBlog – A blog maintained by a chief executive officer of a company.
7. Clog – A shortened form of Corporate Blog. This is a blog published and used by a company or corporation to reach its organizational goals.
8. Crisis Blog – A blog created to deal with natural disasters such as Katrina and the Indonesian tsunami. Also refers to a blog dealing with a public relations crisis for an organization.
9. Dark Blog - A non-public blog (e.g. behind a firewall). This usually uses a desktop blogging client or an off-line blog management tool.
10. Edublog – An education related blog. This can include blogs written for or by teachers. They can be used for educational policy or classroom assignments.
11. Flog – Short for Fake Blog. This is a ghostwritten blog written as a marketing tool. Similar to astroturfing (fake grass roots campaign).
12. Medblog - A blog that deals with health and medicine.
13. Milblog – A War Blog or Military Blog is a blog about the military or covering news events concerning an ongoing war.
14. Photoblog – A blog whose primary content is photos. The emphasis is on the photography, not just images that explain or illustrate the text.
15. Political Blog – A blog that comments on politics. Political blogs often have a clearly stated political bias
16. Shocklog – These are blogs that use and slander to sling mud at current affairs, public individuals, institutions and so on. Originated in The Netherlands.
17. Sideblog – A smaller blog placed within the sidebar of a blog. This blog within a blog is used as an easy way to list out interesting links. Sometimes called a link blog.
18. Splog – Short for Spam Blog. This is a blog which is intentionally fake and doesn’t add any written value. Used to increase Page Rank or get ad impressions.
19. Storyblog – Blogs used to publish stories, poetry and other creative writing; usually by aspiring writers.
20. Vlog – Short for video blog. This is a blog that mainly publishes videos. Video podcasting is sometimes called vodcasting.

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