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==Types==
[[File:BlogActive.com Screenshot 2004.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.9|A screenshot from the BlogActive website.]]
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.
 
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==Community and cataloging==
[[File:Blogosphere map.jpg |thumb|right|upright=0.9|An artist's depiction of the interconnections between blogs and blog authors in the "[[blogosphere]]" in 2007.]]
;[[Blogosphere]]: The collective community of all blogs and blog authors, particularly notable and widely read blogs, is known as the ''blogosphere''. Since all blogs are on the internet by definition, they may be seen as interconnected and socially networked, through blogrolls, comments, [[linkback]]s (refbacks, trackbacks or pingbacks), and backlinks. Discussions "in the blogosphere" were occasionally used by the media as a gauge of public opinion on various issues. Because new, untapped communities of bloggers and their readers can emerge in the space of a few years, [[Internet marketing|Internet marketers]] pay close attention to "trends in the blogosphere".<ref>See for instance:
*{{cite news | last = Mesure | first = Susie | title = Is it a diary? Is it an ad? It's a mummy blog | work = The Independent | date = August 23, 2009 | page = 11 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/is-it-a-diary-is-it-an-ad-its-a-mummy-blog-1776163.html | access-date = October 10, 2009 | ___location=London}}</ref>