Classification of blogs & opinion about the most appropriate classification approach.

Classification system :
Genre

• cultural - music, arts, theather are discussed.
• business - talk about stock market, current economy and other related business information
• science - to disseminate information and data
• personal - like an online diary for a person to talk about their lifestyle

*above information are from (Tee, n.d.)

• instructional - to guide people on how to do something
• informational - to give information on a certain topic, for example wikipedia
• reviews - it gives others a fair and inslightful opinion

*above informatio are from (Rowse, 2005)

For me to read a blog, firstly I would look at the topic and the style of writing. The classification of blogs that I have found from the sources above and the classifications that described in the article - A taxonomy of blogs are nearly the same, just that in the A taxonomy of blogs article, they stated down the functions of every different types of blog very clearly.

Reference:

Tee, K n.d, Types of blogging, Blogging tips on making money online, viewed 25 September 2010, http://www.kenttee.com/.

Rowse, D 2005, 20 Types of blog posts, Problogger, viewed 25 September 2010, http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/11/29/20-types-of-blog-posts-battling-bloggers-block/.