Your Complete Guide to Creating and Maintaining Weblogs Weblogs offer an exciting new way to voice your opinions, share ideas with others, and help your business grow. Written by a team of weblog pioneers–the people who helped create Blogger and the MetaFilter community blog–this book shows you how to build, evolve and automate weblogs for personal and business use. We Blog begins with a complete overview of blog history, the different kinds of weblogs that exist today, and more. It further explains how to create, expand, and promote your own blog, from getting the most out of a variety of blogging tools and services to building a blog for business and expanding your audience through syndication. Packed with insider advice, practical exercises, and illuminating interviews, We Blog is your indispensable guide to the world of weblogs. Build Your Own Blog Today and Get Connected ∗ Create your first blog in just a few minutes ∗ Find out about team blogs and business blogs ∗ Learn how to use six popular blogging tools ∗ Make blogging even easier with an automated weblog system ∗ Add a comment system to connect with your audience ∗ Build your audience by promoting or syndicating your blog
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"...a quintessential guide to this worldwide phenomenon..." (Gurteen Knowledge Management, 24 September 2002) "...an excellent introduction to web logs..." (Knowledge Management, September 2002) "...this book will help you get started..." (PC Utilities, December 2002) "...contains everything you need to know to get started...a wealth of useful background information and insights an excellent introduction to weblogs..." (Knowledge Management, November 2002) a wealth of information for the person who is interested in weblogs easy to read and contains useful information a handy companion..." (M2 Telecomworldwire, 20 November 2002) "...If you want to get into blogging then this book is useful a practical how–to instruction book..." (Managing Information, May 2003) "...overall this is a good read..." (Computer Bulletin, July 2003)
"...a quintessential guide to this worldwide phenomenon..." (Gurteen Knowledge Management, 24 September 2002) "...an excellent introduction to web logs..." (Knowledge Management, September 2002) "...this book will help you get started..." (PC Utilities, December 2002) "...contains everything you need to know to get startedâ ¦a wealth of useful background information and insights...an excellent introduction to weblogs..." (Knowledge Management, November 2002) "...a wealth of information for the person who is interested in weblogs...easy to read and contains useful informationâ ¦a handy companion..." (M2 Telecomworldwire, 20 November 2002) "...If you want to get into blogging then this book is useful...a practical how–to instruction book..." (Managing Information, May 2003) "...overall this is a good read..."(Computer Bulletin, July 2003)
"...a quintessential guide to this worldwide phenomenon..." (Gurteen Knowledge Management, 24 September 2002) "...an excellent introduction to web logs..." (Knowledge Management, September 2002) "...this book will help you get started..." (PC Utilities, December 2002) "...contains everything you need to know to get startedâ ¦a wealth of useful background information and insights...an excellent introduction to weblogs..." (Knowledge Management, November 2002) "...a wealth of information for the person who is interested in weblogs...easy to read and contains useful informationâ ¦a handy companion..." (M2 Telecomworldwire, 20 November 2002) "...If you want to get into blogging then this book is useful...a practical how–to instruction book..." (Managing Information, May 2003) "...overall this is a good read..."(Computer Bulletin, July 2003)
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Your Complete Guide to Creating and Maintaining Weblogs Weblogs offer an exciting new way to voice your opinions, share ideas with others, and help your business grow. Written by a team of weblog pioneers–the people who helped create Blogger and the MetaFilter community blog–this book shows you how to build, evolve and automate weblogs for personal and business use. We Blog begins with a complete overview of blog history, the different kinds of weblogs that exist today, and more. It further explains how to create, expand, and promote your own blog, from getting the most out of a variety of blogging tools and services to building a blog for business and expanding your audience through syndication. Packed with insider advice, practical exercises, and illuminating interviews, We Blog is your indispensable guide to the world of weblogs. Build Your Own Blog Today and Get Connected ∗ Create your first blog in just a few minutes ∗ Find out about team blogs and business blogs ∗ Learn how to use six popular blogging tools ∗ Make blogging even easier with an automated weblog system ∗ Add a comment system to connect with your audience ∗ Build your audience by promoting or syndicating your blog
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Frank Carver
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At heart this is a straightforward and workmanlike introduction to blogging (the practice of keeping a public, on-line, journal). It compares features of most of the major blogging tools, describes how to use them, and suggests practical exercises to encourage readers to get started. It even includes a pretty good glossary and simple HTML reference. All this should help make it easy to get started in blogging using this book.
The authors don't stop there, though. They add coverage of all kinds of alternative uses of blog technology, from corporate marketing to blogging for team building. Then they round out the book with chapters on how to publicise and market your own blog, and how to become part of the blogging community. The book also has a chapter on how blogs work, although it seems a bit one-sided, only really covering how one blog system works.
This book is a rounded and well-balanced coverage of all aspects of blogging. It's a little too tied to specific technology, and lacks some raw enthusiasm and sparkle, but still a great book for the first-time blogger.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book for new bloggers!
7 Oct 2002
By A Customer
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Format:Paperback
This is an excellent and thorough resource for folks just getting started with weblogs. Some reviewers have commented that the authors take blogging a little too seriously -- but I don't think so. For me, there was added value in the author's inclusion of true blogging stories, from the impact bloggers had on communicating the events of 9/11, to the fictional blog account of a young woman dying of cancer (which was published as non-fiction and later exposed as a fraud -- the author's re-telling of this story is just right, underscoring the impact a blog can have on its readership, without being too preachy). There's no denying that blogs are among the hottest things happening on the web these days -- why not take them seriously?
That said, don't mistake "serious" for boring. The text is very reader-friendly, and the all important "how-to" sections, which cover not only blog creation, but an in-depth look at some of the most popular blog tools, are extremely helpful.
If you buy only one book about blogging, you can't go wrong with this one. I bought it in addition to Biz Stone's "Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content." Of the two, I like Stone's book a little better, which is why I give this one only 4 stars. My preference is based solely on the fact that Stone's book is a bit more concise and amusing. Still, for comparisons of the various blog tools, this book can't be beat. This is quite a compliment, considering that the authors are some of the key folks behind, or associated with, the Blogger.com technology. Their even-handed analysis of the other major tools is thus all the more credible and helpful.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
I Really Like The Authors' Style
22 July 2003
By Adam Rifkin
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this book, and I would buy it again. The authors discuss not just the technology, but the social ramifications of blogging. They have a nice, readable style that's an excellent overview of what blogging is, why it matters, and how to do it. I agree with the review that said, "If you buy only one book about blogging, you can't go wrong with this one." I did also buy "Essential Blogging" by Shelley Powers, Cory Doctorow, Scott Johnson, Mena and Ben Trott, and Rael Dornfest -- between the two books, I have everything I need to maintain and use a blog.
Paul, Matt, and Meg have a very readable style. I wish they would write more books...
41 of 53 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Light and obvious
28 Aug 2002
By A Customer
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
There's not much to say about weblogs, really. Go to scripting.com or megnut.com (run by one of the authors) or caterina.net and see how its done. Then go to radio.userland.com or blogger.com to find out about the popular software options for running a blog.
The authors of "We Blog" go to great lengths to make weblogs seem deeper and more of a topic for study than they really are. The companion website for the book, blogroots.com, is often full of angst about articles in the popular press misrepresenting weblogs as simply diaries or the phantom topic of "journalists vs. webloggers." It all gets tiresome after a while, and it isn't worth buying a book about. Maybe, just maybe, it's the newer breed of webloggers, the ones without agendas, that are making the medium interesting.
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