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The document discusses blogs and social networking, explaining that blogs are informal websites with posts displayed in reverse chronological order, often reflecting the blogger's personality. It outlines the advantages and disadvantages of blogging, such as improving writing skills and the time commitment required, while also detailing how social networking sites like Facebook and Instagram facilitate connections and marketing. Additionally, it highlights the influence of social media figures like Kylie Jenner in promoting brands and engaging with audiences.

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ICT blogs

The document discusses blogs and social networking, explaining that blogs are informal websites with posts displayed in reverse chronological order, often reflecting the blogger's personality. It outlines the advantages and disadvantages of blogging, such as improving writing skills and the time commitment required, while also detailing how social networking sites like Facebook and Instagram facilitate connections and marketing. Additionally, it highlights the influence of social media figures like Kylie Jenner in promoting brands and engaging with audiences.

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ICT

Assignment
BLOGS
What is blogs?
A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the
World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts
are typically displayed in reverse chronological order, so that the most recent post appears first,
at the top of the web page.

KEY - Reverse chronological order is a system for ordering lists of data or lists of information by their
date

How blogs work?


Blogs are often updated daily and reflect the personality and views of a blogger.
And Blog content is often referred to as entries or “blog posts”. Blogs are typically
run by an individual or a small group of people to present information in a
conversational style. Blog sites-for example, blogging network
(www.bloggingnetwork.com) and (www.blogger.com) provide information about
how you can create and maintain your own web log for a small fee. Some
examples of blogs related to Ethiopia are:

(i) www.bottomlysandethiopia.blogspot.com
(ii)journeytonumberthree.blogspot.com

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(iii) theeyesofmyeyesareopened.blogspot.com

(iv) www.colefamilyadventure.blogspot.com
How we use blog web-sights?

Simpely search their web-sight and use them

Advantage
(l) Blog sites can be developed with the help of simple procedures.

(ii) A blog post goes public, in other words, it can be accessed and read by almost
everyone who has

(iii) The usage of blogs are very convenient, hence people tend to use them more
frequently. (iv) Students tend to improve their writing skills as blog articles should
be reasonably good enough and free from grammatical mistakes.

(v) Students get into the habit of writing, which helps them in all their future
endeavours.

(vii) Individuals learn to express their opinions and exchange their views on topics
of common interest, which not only keeps them updated but also makes them
effective contributors of new ideas. (viii) Individuals get a chance to read other
blogs, which indirectly helps them to improve upon their skill of writing.

(ix) Blogging for your business also helps you get discovered via social media.
Every time you create a new article, you're creating content that people can share
on social networks — Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest — which helps
expose your business to a new audience that may not know you yet.

Disadvantage
(i) It involves a lot of time to update and post an entry on the blog site.

(ii) Regular writing may give rise to slangs and sloppy way of writing, spoiling the
quality of proper usage of language.

(iii) Individuals and students may have reluctance is getting used to the
technological advancements.
(iv) Blogging cannot be thrusted upon students who are hardly interested in
reading and replying to the posts

(vii) Blogs create a sense of students competing with each other just for posting
entries. The fear of students getting diverted away from the subject is an issue of
concern.

2) Language limitations
You have used the "advanced search" pages of Google and Yahoo search engines.
Here, a searcher can define the search results in many ways beyond the simpler
keyword search found on the front page search at these search engines. For
example, Google and Yahoo advanced webpage search lets searchers select a
combination of different search limitations, such as language limitations.

3) Social Networking
The term social networking refers to the use of internet-based social media sites
to stay connected with friends, family, colleagues, customers, or clients. Social
networking can have a social purpose, a business purpose, or both, through sites
like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Social networking is also a
significant base for marketers seeking to engage customers. Facebook remains
the largest and most popular social network, with 2.91 billion people using the
platform on a monthly basis, as of Dec. 31, 2021.1 Instagram, Facebook
Messenger, Twitter, and Pinterest are the next most popular, according to
Statista.

#How Social Networking Works ?


This is done through the use of social networking sites, such as Facebook,
Instagram, and Twitter. These sites allow people and corporations to connect with
one another so they can develop relationships and so they can share information,
ideas, and messages.

Social networking is commonly used by marketers to increase brand recognition


and encourage brand loyalty.
For example, a frequent Twitter user may learn about a company for the first time
through a news feed and decide to buy a product or service. The more exposed
people are to a company’s brand, the greater the company's chances of finding
and retaining new customers.

#Advantage
• Allows people to connect with others, including friends and family
• Companies can reach new and existing clients as well as build and improve
their brand name
• Corporations can demonstrate their customer service

#Disadvantage
• Helps spread misinformation
• Complaints about companies can spread and create public relations issues
• Costs to advertise and develop corporate profiles can be high

#Examples of Social Networking


Kylie Jenner

You don't have to be a corporation to know how to use social media. This is, after
all, the age of the influencer. Kylie Jenner has more than 314 million followers on
Instagram,7 36.4 million followers on Snapchat,8 and 39.6 million followers on
Twitter.9

The young influencer and reality television star uses her social media platforms to
boost her image and brand name. She is also an entrepreneur who uses social
networking to promote her business, Kylie Cosmetics. The beauty brand earned her
a spot on Forbes' list of self-made women, young billionaires, and the Celebrity
100 of 2020.10

Want proof of her reach? The company's lip kits sold out within 10 minutes of the
star tweeting the link to her followers in February 2016.11

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