Comments on: Is social bookmarking the same as blogging? http://www.firedmind.com/is-social-bookmarking-the-same-as-blogging/ Express Yourself Today Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:58:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Andy Hicks http://www.firedmind.com/is-social-bookmarking-the-same-as-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Andy Hicks Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:58:43 +0000 http://www.firedmind.com/is-social-bookmarking-the-same-as-blogging/#comment-114 Social bookmarking is a way to share interesting links with others. Sites like Digg, StumbleUpon, and Delicious allow you to vote for links; other users can often see which links you voted for. Blogging is a much broader concept. In basic terms, a weblog (blog) entry is most often a diary or news update, depending on whether it's a personal or professional site. Sites like Blogger and WordPress allow for the easy creation of blogs. A wiki is a site where all users can actively edit the content of a webpage. --- How are they similar? Well, they all encourage the active participation of internet users and wouldn't even exist if it weren't for the users. How are they different? See above. Social bookmarking is a way to share interesting links with others. Sites like Digg, StumbleUpon, and Delicious allow you to vote for links; other users can often see which links you voted for.

Blogging is a much broader concept. In basic terms, a weblog (blog) entry is most often a diary or news update, depending on whether it’s a personal or professional site. Sites like Blogger and WordPress allow for the easy creation of blogs.

A wiki is a site where all users can actively edit the content of a webpage.

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How are they similar? Well, they all encourage the active participation of internet users and wouldn’t even exist if it weren’t for the users.

How are they different? See above.

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