What is a Blogging Community

To define what is a blogging community we have to first define what is a community. According to Atkinson.P(1997) a community is a group which share a common interest who reveals themselves by sharing the same language, manners, customs and law, which is their tradition. To link it with blogging would be a group of bloggers sharing the same interest which they participate with each others blogs by comments and sharing of ideas

How to create a blogging community?
According to Elise Bauer in BlogHer Conference, there are 4 methods on how to build blog traffic or community.

a) Link
By linking other to others blogs of the same interest, it would help you to gain more readership as other will began to notice you when you linked.

b) Comment
By leaving thoughtful and insightful comments on others blogs shows that you are interest in their post which will result in them writing back to you as well. Comments also built a platform of sharing each others thoughts which bloggers will appreciate.



c) Plan and Join online events
Plan and join online events allow bloggers to work together thus creating a community with a common goal.

d) Contributing to the community
A blogging community is all about generosity. When you volunteer your time and expertise to help other bloggers in your community, you raise up everyone, including yourself. (Bauer, E. 2006)

Is my Blog Burning?

This is a food lover blogging community where Food Bloggers are invited to blog about recipe on the current theme. Why this is regard a community is because it allows blogger to connect with each other by sharing new recipe and tips about cooking.

Relating this blog with Nancy White’s (2006) blog based community, this food bloggers community falls under the Boundaries Community



Reason being that its structure requires members to register and join the community. It has tools such as forums, discussion boards and instant message.

This community allows bloggers to be connected to other bloggers which are members within the boundary which is the community. This blogging community has an owner or regulator which impose rules in the community. The benefits of this community is that it allows denser and faster possible internal connections (White, N. 2006)


Reference list

Atkinson, P(n.d.) A Definition Of Community extracted on 13 April 2010 (online).http://www.ourcivilisation.com/define.htm

Bauer, E (2006) How to Build Blog Traffic – Community extracted on 13 April 2010 (online)
http://www.blogher.com/node/8128

Dessinger, D.(2010) Define Blogging extracted on 12 April 2010 (online)
http://dailyblogcrush.com/define-blogging/

White, N. (2006) Blogs and Community – launching a new paradigm for online community? Extracted on 12 April 2010 (online)
http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-%E2%80%93-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community