Top 10 List- Great blogs!

1. Da da da da da.... you gotta love Mc Donald's. Great informational content, and a pleasant display.

http://crmcdonalds.com/publish/csr/home/_blog.html

2. Amazon. Wow, gotta love reading! Book reviews, recommendations based upon your purchase history.... the list goes on and on.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/id/A287JD9GH3ZKFY

3. A local favorite for all you mothers. JJ Cole. Lots of product information, with hilarious video demonstrations.

http://jjcolecollections.com/blog

4. When your cool the sun shines on you 24 hours a day. Oakley's. The essence of cool embodied in a blog.

http://www.oakley.com/community

5. Every American has a vested interest in this company. GM. Good discussion forum

http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/

6. Life seems so much more exciting on Yahoo! Bright and energetic.

http://ycorpblog.com/

7. Gamer heaven at the World of Warcraft blog. Great picture galleries, and video links.

http://www.wow.com/

8 Great shoes, decent blog- Adidas. Celebrity appeal

http://adidasblog.com/

9. Is it an enormous bean bag? or is it a Lovesac? Employee commitment and morale.

http://lovesac.typepad.com/shawndnelson/

10. Our Commander and Chief Barrack Obama has a blog too!.... I'm pretty sure he doesn't actually do the posts though(Organizing for America's blog). very patriotic theme... imagine that!

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hqblog

The Cyborg of the Internet

Much like the cyborg of the world renown Star Trek television series, the blog is constantly evolving as it assimilates new technologies, and features. What started as a simple text posting of someones thoughts has become a platform of gadgets, advertisements, and visual entertainment. Although there is still a distinction between what is designated a "blog" and what is a "website", those lines are constantly being rewritten.

According to Rich Brooks a web designer and business blogger, there is still a distinction between the two. He said this in a recent post: "Your Web site is your portfolio; it's the best of what you have to offer and displays your business as you want the world to see it. A blog, on the other hand, is more an ongoing conversation you have with prospects and clients. It can help you establish yourself as an expert, post information quickly, and differentiate yourself from the competition...at least right now. There will be a (further) blurring between blogs and Web sites; soon the word "blog" may become obsolete and blogging technology will integrated w/in most Web site software packages."(1)

For now blogging still plays an important role in business and social networking, but I believe that what we now call blogging will fade away into the essence of Internet websites. They will become one and the same.

(1) Brooks,R., Flyte - Web marketing strategies for small business,

accessed at: http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2006/02/blogs_vs_web_si_1.html