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Blogs come in all shapes and sizes, so to speak. Numerous classifications and genres have been created in order to differentiate blogs from one another. Here are some of the types of blogs available to us:

Personal Blogs:
Personal blogs are like online diaries or journals where users are be able to pen down thoughts, activities and such. This is possibly the most popular type of blog.

Corporate and organizational blogs:
Corporate blogs are usually made private and can only been seen by their corporate members and clients. Organizational blogs, are mainly used for marketing, advertising and branding purposes.

Blogs defined by genre:
These blogs are mainly distinguished by their content. For example, a political blog will contain all there is to know about the politics in a certain country or even the world. Other genre blogs are; travel blogs a.k.a travelogs, house blogs, fashion blogs, project blogs, education blogs, and classical music blogs.

Media blogs:
Vlog (video log), photoblog, sketchblog and tumbleblogs are catogerized under the media blogs because they focus on media content.

And lastly, moblogs:
Moblogs are blogs that are updated or created via the mobile phone.

Many blogs are a combination of styles, which makes identifying unique types difficult. In my opinion, a type of blog can be easily identified by the content of it, the format of writing and also the layout of the blog.

The content itself would be a give-a-way. By reading the introductory paragraph, you would be able to distinguish the type of blog. Pictures would also be helpful. For example, a fashion blog would contain an introduction paragraph about fashion, equipped with pictures of the latest fashion, and the language used will be very informal and conversational.

References:

1. Wikipedia, online, retrieved on 25th September 2009 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog#Types