There are A LOT of blogs in the World.

Of course the first blog I chose is very well known: perezhiltion.com.

I decided to choose this one because it is something people always talk about, and its context gives you a lot to talk about.

This blogs purpose I would say is to show people at moments that they might not want to be remembered for. A wild night of partying fun is normally what comes to mind when thinking of Perez Hilton and his blog.

His content can be a little biased or skewed based on whether he likes you or not, but for the most part he is completely accurate with his sittings and telling you what actually happened in his pictures.

His style is interpretive, obviously if he is talking about you, you are going to think he is going to be a mean man (to put it nicely) and that he leaked pictures that showed you at your worst. But if you’re the reader, you would think his view could be either funny or hurtful (depending on whether or not you like the actor he is “poking fun” at).

His audience would be anyone who is into celebrity gossip and keeping themselves informed.

I would say that his blog is very interactive and user friendly, he has areas for people to send him tips and a place where people can comment on his posts. He shows music and pictures and videos. If he mentions a celebrity in a post, he links their name to all other posts their name appears in. He also has advertisements around the borders to help keep people in the “know” of the latest trends.

The next blog I chose is a blog about the Washington Redskins (the football team, in case you didn’t know).

I chose this one because I enjoy football and the Redskins are a team my whole family likes.

This blog is very different from Perez Hilton not only because it is about sports and not gossip but because it looks at the Redskins from a different perspective. It doesn’t just talk about game after game, and who did what, he makes the interviews and press conferences from to life.

His content can be a little skewed and biased just because I the man running the site is a Redskins fan, but I see no other reason for any of his information to be wrong or unreliable.

I would say his style is simple and easy to read, for the “average joe” watching his favorite football team. His audience is any Redskins fan, or someone that is interested in keeping up with how they are doing.

Chris Cooley’s blog is very interactive, it has a lot of pictures and videos and “cool media” to check out. You can comment on his blog or visit other blogger’s sites that also talk about the Redskins. Not to mention all of the Redskin advertising he has all over the boarders of the web page.

Finally I decided to choose a blog that was business related so I chose a blog named: The Forrester Blog for Consumer Market Research Professionals. I chose this blog because it seemed different and interesting.

This blog is more for companies and other professionals in the field that are looking for tips or who just want to keep up with what is happening.

An interesting thing about this blog is that different people can post on it. Which makes its style very unique; it is not something you see every day.

They try and make their site very interactive, although they are not as successful as the other two sites were. They have a lot of pictures and videos and polls and such, but it seems that readers can only learn what is on the site and post comments. The only other type of interactivity that they have is that you can search posts by topic.

As you can see these three blogs are very different, they vary in style, audience, context and just about everything else. I prefer Perez Hilton’s blog. I think it is the most fun to read and definitely captures my attention the most with the big pictures that “are worth a thousand words”.

If I were to continue blogging I am actually not sure which type of blog I would create. I might create a blog about my life (like a diary) because it is simple and would help me talk about my life. Or I might choose to create a blog about where ever I find a job and see if people could help me with my work and find out what other people are doing in my field.

I guess not knowing what type of blog I would choose to have makes it kind of difficult to tell you what kind of readers I am looking to have or the style I would be writing in, or what kind of things I would make available on my blog for me readers.

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