Blogging Styles: Another Way to Show Individuality

Everyone has their own style, ideas, and creativity when it comes to their blogging style. Some people enjoy posting about their opinion, others like visuals and post more photos and multimedia than actual text posts, and some people like a variety. Blogging sites today allow for many different styles of blogging, and this is what makes each blog unique. I had recently checked out a variety of different blogs to see what kinds of blogs are out there. On the New York Times website, they linked to blogs such as At War, which is a blog about the post 9/11 era and gives insight and images on countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq. They also link to a blog called City Room which consists of news stories and features that include Q and A sessions about New York itself. Aside from some of the other blogs they linked to, which focus on government, politics, and things of that nature, they also linked to a blog called LENS which is visual and multimedia reporting using many types of media and representation such as photographs, videos, and slideshows.  Each of these blogs appeals to different types of people; those who like visuals, those who enjoy more text based posts and those who enjoy a little bit of both.

 When it comes to searching for blogs on topics that you take interest in, you will find almost every type of blog on a certain subject. For example, I looked up blogs about one of my favorite television shows, Skins UK. The first blog that popped up was a fan site blog. Fan site blogs are dedicated to the show, and posts are mainly reviews, previews, and photos from previous episodes or upcoming ones. The fan site that I had found consisted mainly of photos from select episodes of the show. I found some reviews of characters and storylines as well. Having a good mix of things will help make a blog better known. Another blog that I found was dedicated to the first two seasons of this show. Majority of this blog consisted of pictures and animated gifs from the show that allows blog viewers to reminisce and maybe find their favorite part of an episode. This style of blogging is usually true for most types of media, be it a band, a famous actor, or a television show or movie.

Some blogs, like those I had mentioned before, pertain to a certain topic or subject such as cooking or productivity. Others are more personal and vary based on the interests of the person running the blog. Reading Tagan’s Kitchen, a blog dedicated to recipes using fresh fruit, I found myself intrigued by some of the recipes she blogged about. Most of them were of jams, jellies, and other interesting things you can do with food. She used a combination of pictures and text in each of her posts. I enjoyed the way she would talk about herself, and where she found the recipes, and then go straight into the steps on how to make whatever it was she was giving the recipe for. It gave us insight on her personal life.  A blog I had viewed about productivity wasn’t of much interest to me.  This blog mostly advertised products that help you become more productive on a day to day basis. Most of the products were planners that people could use. There was a good combination of video and text that talked about the products and tools, how they worked, and what people had thought of them.  Another blog that I had viewed focused on the last style of blogging that I am mainly familiar with; blogging based solely on everything you are interested in.  Rebecca’s Pocket was mainly filled with links that showed you what she holds an interest in, and it’s a variety of things. From celebrities, to links that take you to other blogs about other’s opinions on something. I didn’t really get to see much of Rebecca herself in this blog, just links that took me to other websites.

As for my blog, I tend to follow the variety style. I enjoy a variety of photos, text, and videos. I tend not to post just on one subject either, whatever is going on in my life, or whatever I’m interested in, I would more than likely post about it. Some goals I’ve set for myself is to include a wide variety of media and give my opinion on things. It’s something that I’m not very comfortable doing, but will attempt to do.  In order to make my blog appealing to others, I would focus more on the topic and try not to give my opinion on everything unless it’s necessary. Bright colors and an interesting title would make my blog stand out to people as well. Everyone enjoys something different, and appealing to everyone is something that is hard to do, but it’s not impossible.