What's a Blog? A Guide to the Best Web Logs, Reviews, Links & Directories

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Blogging What's a blog? You might call it the ham radio of the 21st century, a Web application that has revolutionized online publishing - and made instantaneous reporting available to people of all political stripes, colors and ages worldwide.

The beauty lies in the fact that anyone wired to the Internet can establish a Web log. So content can range from publishing your favorite recipes, to sounding an alert on a breaking political scandal. And a good blogger always links extensively to other resources or related information. Today, the blogosphere has gained increasing notice for its role in shaping or spinning news stories with the best of blogs attracting a large and devoted following...

Blogrolling - Top 100 - One of the Net's top blogger applications with a link list of their most popular blogs chosen by users. And tool around the rest of the site for the latest news and more about joining up.

blogdex - With their ear to the Internet and a great indicator of what people are really discussing, showing the currently most discussed topics on blogs across the Web.

Guardian Unlimited | Weblog Guide - The digital edition of the UK newspaper with a quick tutorial plus a Sites We Like directory to top blogs and favorite British, world, news and tech blogs.

Blogarama - Pick your favorite in this extensive directory browseable by keyword or category including Art/Culture, Music, Photography, Entertainment, Just for Laughs, Sports, Politics, Counter Culture and more, plus Highly Rated and Most Popular.

Globe of Blogs - Your ticket to bloggers worldwide in a directory searchable by author, title, location or topic, and identifying who is leading the way in number of blogs by category, city or country, plus submission and contact info, FAQ.

Blog Catalog - Have a look at who's talking about what on the most popular blogs. Browse by category or region or check the latest updates or newest blogs. This directory also welcomes new bloggers to submit their feed for others to read.

Political Blog Directory - From ETalkingHead.com with a directory of liberal, conservative, moderate, libertarian, and politically independent blogs from around the Web, and including news headlines, campaign and election coverage.

Sports Blogs - The American sports scene with links to basketball, baseball, football and hockey blogs randomly viewable or searchable by team or sport.

Blog FAQ - Everything you ever wanted to know about its history, development and application plus answers on how to write one, where to find blog tools, who to register with and how to promote your blog plus a great selection of links to further information.