Blogging, Micro blogging and The Future

Do you know that Blogs are no more with us? Blogs died, as a matter of fact, they have been murdered? I am afraid to tell you that they are just no more with us! Let’s observe three minutes silence for these poor and unfortunate souls…
What is Microblogging – Learn About It
Microblogging is a new member to the world of Internet! Some of the Web giants such as Orkut, MySpace, Facebook and various others are quite worried about their existence in the future. Who would prefer making use of these portals as microblogging has paved way for prompter and faster communication! Not to forget the fact that it has the attribute of reaching out a large number of people in a short period of time. This does not make it a bad deal at all, right?

The term ‘Microblogging’ is moderately a newer concept as compared to various other platforms that are available over the Internet. It actually refers to the small updates that are limited to 150-160 characters, and they have become instantaneously popular with bloggers all around the globe. Most importantly, ‘Twitter’ happens to be a live example when it comes to Microblogging, which is enjoying the utmost market share followed by other microblogging platforms such as Plurk, Yammer, identi.ca and Jaiku. The most appealing feature of these microblogging portals is that they can also be updated from your cell phone. So, this makes you easily blog even when you are on the go!

Microblogging – Top Features:

• Other than being cell phone compatible, microblogging sites offer several other vital features, which are useful in attracting more and more users. Let me share some of them here.
  Speed – It is not only fast when you are posting your content, but also while reaching out to the remotest corners of the world! It does not matter if you are connected to every single person on the network; your message is certainly going to travel worldwide. You need to be grateful to features such as ‘Share’ and ‘Retweet’. Your followers, your followers followers, their followers and it goes on – all you need to do is to post what interests most of the people and it is going to reach your intended audience in lightning speed.

• Hassle Free – Bloggers are aware of the fact that if their blog does not appear nice, they are no more in the race. You need to decide on the fonts, themes, appropriate images – this all take a lot of time than writing a blog itself! On the other hand, Microblogging is purely hassle free. You do not need to change the fonts, no worries about themes, you do not need to change the page layout, you only need to post whatever you want and that is all about it!

• Fun To Use – You should be thankful to microblogging as you will be able to acquire first hand information from live situations and locations itself!

• Real-time Responses – The best thing here is that you will be having live bloggers and real-time users who are always there to read your posts, and they are certainly going to show some response to what interests them immediately.

The Future
Microblogging is the next big thing which is on its way for the bloggers, who have already abandoned traditional blogging. Now it is entirely up to you whether you want or you do not want to make use of its potential.  All the best!