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External links and sources

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;Additional information and statistics

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• BlogTree.com — Site that attempts to map blog genealogy.
• Blog Software Comparison Chart from the Online Journalism Review, by Susannah Gardner
• A FAQ on Blogs by Andreas Ramos
• Legal Guide for Bloggers by the Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Found Blogging A dedicated free resource about all aspects of Blogs
• A glossary of blogging terms
• MeatballWiki's very comprehensive article on Weblogs (particularly about their history).
• http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html Weblogs: A History and Perspective] by Rebecca Blood. Describes the rise of the original weblog community, and introduces the idea of blogging as a form of "participatory media".

;Advocacy

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• Committee to Protect Bloggers
• EFF's "Fighting for Bloggers' Rights" page
• The Online Coalition letter to the FEC

;Articles and books

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• Blog Primer — Understanding and Reading a Blog for Beginners by John C. Dvorak
• The Blogger Manifesto (or, Do Weblogs Make the Internet Better or Worse?)
• "Blogs? zzzz ..." — by Wynn Quon, National Post (2005). A reality check on blog-o-mania.
• A Few Thoughts on Journalism and What Can Weblogs Do About It by Rebecca Blood. Reflection on the relationship between blogs and journalism.
• Hammer, Nail: How Blogging Software Reshaped the Online Community by Rebecca Blood. Describes the ways in which blogging software has created and reinforced aspects of blogging culture.
• "How to blog" Tips for perfection in the art of blogging
• Dan Gillmor's We The Media. Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People (2004, full text online) sees blogs as paradigmatic of a new form of journalism in the digital age.
• "Web of Influence" — by Daniel W. Drezner, Henry Farrell from Foreign Policy Magazine
• Weblogs and Journalism in the Age of Participatory Media by Rebecca Blood argues that blogging is best understood as a form of personal publishing that is more often "participatory media" than journalism.
• Why I Fucking Hate Weblogs! — Sarcastic opinion article exploring the phenomenon (warning: harsh language).
• "Why your Movable Type blog must die" (humorous article)
• 10 reasons to blog by meïdia

;Miscellaneous

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• Open Directory Project:
• Weblog Search Engines
• Weblog Tools
• Personal Blog Search Engine