What is a Blog and How do I Get One?

Kyle Waters

UGOTTA President

What is a blog?

• Derived from web log
• Articles
• Reverse chronological order
• Readers able to comment

What is a weblog about?

• Anything
• Personal Journal
• News
• Specific News
• Hobbies
• Industry
• Company Internal Blog

Blogs examples

• slashdot.org
• utahpolicy.com
• Google Blog
• CNN Cafferty Blog
• Greedy Kristen
• feministmormonhousewives.org
• groklaw.net
• electoral-vote.com

How Do I get one?

• Free services
• Hosting services
• Hosting your own

What Do I Blog about?

• Find your Niche
• Something you're interested in
• Frequency
• Ambition

How Do I Get Traffic?

• Blog rings
• Endorsements
• Word of Mouth
• Online Advertising
• Traditional Media

Money?

• Advertising
• Selling related goods
• Free samples/reviews
• Paid advertising

A little html

• <em>text</em> for emphasis
• <a href="ugotta.org">ugotta</a> for a link
• <strong> for strong text
• <cite> for cited text
• <code> for code
• <ul> for unordered list
• <ol> for ordered list
• <li> for line in list

Copyright

• Everything is copyrighted as soon as produced
• Profit is not required for copyright infringement
• Fair Use
• DMCA Take Down Notices
• Creative Commons Licensing