As had mention in my previous posting Technorati (2009) classifies bloggers into three main categories – the personal, the professional, and the corporate - they acknowledge that an overlap in topics often occurs. There for bloggers should classify their own blogs into categories. This method will make it simpler for the viewer to check out each blogs that has interest to them. This can be achieved by grouping their blog posts according to category for example, Political, Personal, Music and etc.
According to White (2006) there three types of community blogs:
1) Single blogger centric communities: largely revolving around a single blogger.
2) Topic centric communities: bloggers that identify with a particular topic.
3) Boundaried communities: collection of blogs and readers hosted on a single site.
An example of a single blogger centric community would be Tun Dr.Mahathir bin Mohamad http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/
His blog revolves around politics and his thought about politics. His postings are open up to comments from the public.
References
White, N 2006, Blogs and community: launching a new paradigm for online community?, viewed 17 November 2009, <http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-–-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community
Technorati Inc 2008, State of the blogosphere 2008, viewed 17 November 2009, <http://technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere/who-are-the-bloggers/
Tun Mahathir Mohamad 2009, viewed 17 November 2009,
http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/
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