The word comes from a web log, coined by a computer expert in 1997. He wrote down his travel diary on the Internet and read it online. Nowadays people have been recording their thoughts online for years, but what makes blogging so special is the links. That's the crux of blogging. When you read something, you'll come across underlined or bold entries in the text, and clicking on it will take you somewhere else.

"Links are called hypertext. What is h-t-t-p in URL? It stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol, which is software that allows you to generate links. In my opinion, it is one of the most important aspects of the Internet, perhaps the most important.

"So, when hypertext became popular, blogs started to flourish. People can write code in HTML, a computer linking language, which makes it easy to set up their own blogs. However, more and more people want to come in, but not everyone is tech-savvy. So companies devised programs that almost everyone would use to build link blogs, such as pitas, bloggers, and groksoup. There are dozens of followers. Nowadays you just need to have an account on Google or Yahoo and you can start a blog. If you add to that the fact that data storage is cheap these days, and it's getting cheaper and cheaper, then you can have a blogging world. ”

Carter's narration is lively and well organized. He must be a great professor, she thought.

"Before 911." Carter explains, "Blogging is basically confined to the computer world, where technologists blog for technologists. However, after 911, a new type of blogging, known as war blogging, emerged in the wake of these terrorist attacks and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. These bloggers are not interested in technology, they are interested in politics, economics, society, and the world. I might as well describe the difference as follows: pre-911 blogs were inward-looking, pointing to the Internet itself, while war blogs were extroverted. Those bloggers see themselves as journalists, part of what people call new media. They want to be a journalist, like a CNN or Washington Post reporter, they want to get noticed.

"Chilton is an authentic war blogger. He doesn't care about the Internet itself or the technological world, as long as he can send the information out. He writes about the real world. On both sides of the page, early bloggers and war bloggers are constantly fighting for turf in the blogosphere. ”

"Is it a fight?" She asked with interest.

"Yes for them."

"Can't we live together peacefully?"

"Of course you can, but it's a world of selfish desires, and they will do anything to occupy the mountain. One is to be able to gather as many registrants as possible; The second point is even more important, get as many blogs as possible to link to you. ”

"It's really a small group mentality."

"Definitely. You have to remember that the Chilton report is real, it's important and it's impactful. Didn't you notice that one of the posts in the original post chain was followed by a senior executive from the Department of Transportation? He wanted to defend the road patrol work. This means that government officials and CEOs also read this blog regularly. They would be upset if Chilton said something unpleasant to them.

Chilton reports tend to cover local issues, but this refers to California, which is not really local at all. Everybody's eyes on us. They either love or hate this state, but they all look at things about this state. Plus, Chilton himself appeared as a serious journalist. He went to find the news himself, and his pen was very good. He has a vision, and the problems he finds are indeed valuable -- he is not just hyping up sensational news. I searched for Britney and Paris on his blog. Hilton, searched his blog for 4 years, and neither of these names appeared. ”

Katyusha could not help but be impressed in the face of this situation.

"He's not a part-time job either. He started doing this full-time reporting three years ago, and he campaigned for it. ”

"What does it mean to start moving?"

Kartra's chain of posts to the homepage "on the front of the homepage": We're going out into the world!

It's great to have the news: The Chilton Report is gaining traction around the world. It was selected as the leading blog in the Syndication News Service (RSS), which stands for "simplest syndicator," and has links to thousands of blogs, websites and bulletin boards around the world. You also have a credit to you, my readers, because you are the ones who have made the Chilton Report more and more popular.

"Aggregating news services is an important issue to be talked about next. It actually stands for RDF URL aggregation, RDF stands for Resource Description Framework, I don't know if you are interested, in fact, there is no reason for you to be interested in this. Aggregate news reporting is a way to transform and optimize just-in-time material from blogs, websites, and podcasts. Take a look at your browser. Above is an orange square with a dot and two curves in the corner. ”

"I see it."

"That's your RSS feed. Chilton tries to get other bloggers and URLs to link on. It's important for him and it's important for you because it can tell us a little bit about him. ”

"Can I sketch out his personality?"

"That's right. This is something to keep in mind. I'm thinking about what else you can get from him, something more vicious. ”

"I like the word vicious."

"You're going to imply to him in a way that he's also a good publicity for his blog and will get his name 'Chilton Report' out in the mainstream media. Also, you have to hint that you or someone from the city police department will provide him with a source of information in the future. Carter nodded to the screen, which flashed the blog, "I mean, he's first and foremost a journalist who likes to investigate. He would be happy to have a source. ”

"Okay, that's a good idea, I'll give it a try."

He smiled, "Of course, there is another thing he will do, and that is to consider whether your request will infringe on journalistic ethics." If you do, he'll close the door for you right away. ”

Katyusha looked at the screen, "These blogs, they're a completely different world. ”

"Oh, yes. We are only beginning to understand their power and how they are changing the way we access information and form opinions. There are currently about 60 million blogs. ”