Blogs Vs. Wikis

Blogs & Wikis have similar features.  Both of them can be created by any person, the technology used to create the pages is easy to understand by non technical users, need collaboration for their success and the selections of topics to talk about is infinite.

Collaboration- Even though is one of the similarities, the way people collaborate to the website is the major difference between blogs and wikis. In a blog, the person that creates the page is the only editor.  The blogger controls the format, the style, and the comments from the readers.  The readers collaborate to the post in the form of comments and suggestions about what the blogger have posted.  This is very important especially in the business area because the companies are interested in what the readers or user of their products have to say about them and can use the suggestions to improve the products. ( Wal-Mart Tastemakers Write a Blunt and Unfiltered Blog,)

Wikis, in the other hand are "structurally capable of handling conversation, but it is not their forte" from How To Use Wikis For Businessas by Ezra Goodnoe.  The collaboration comes from many people acting as editors.  Anyone can access the webpage an input or edit information related to the topic. 

Welcome

Hello and thank you for visiting my page.

For the project I will do an analysis of how blogs affect the reader in a positive or negative way.  I have been following a few blogs for the past two years and my personal experience has been great.
But now that I am working on the project and thinking about blogs in depth, I can see some flaws on the blogs I have read.  For example, from the reader point of view: How much trust or credibility can one put on what is being read? or what are the blogger's credentials that make them a trusted source of information?

I would also like to talk about the blogger's responsability and ethics when providing information/opinions to the users.

I will keep you posted on any new information.

Good luck!!

Jennifer