Knitting Blogs

Knitting is the new black. Since knitting exploded into the pop culture in the early 2000s, everyone seems to enjoy the many benefits of knitting. Many people find it meditative, others appreciate always having a gift on hand for that last-minute baby shower invite. And junk food addicts like that it keeps their hands busy when they are tempted to plow through a bag of sour cream and cheddar chips.

There are a zillion knitting blogs and communities with all the information you could possibly need to become a needle-wielding diva. Give a few a read, share your insights by commenting, and watch as you spin your way into the knitting blog circle.

Dieting and Fitness Blogs

The diet and fitness industry is a multibillion dollar business, and many people are perpetually trying to achieve their ideal weight or fitness goals. Enter diet and fitness blogs.

As many weight loss programs and diets there are in the world, you can find about an equal amount of websites dedicated to the subject. Some are commercial in nature, but many are blogs. While you can run across very disturbing blogs that are pro-anorexia or pro-bulimia, these are not the sites referring to. What referred here is about healthy fitness and nutrition.

A diet/fitness blog is most often written from a first-person point of view, chronicling a person's journey to get fit. In this vein, you will sometimes see bloggers logging their food intake or tracking their workouts. Other times, the diet or fitness blog is written more as a resource, providing recipes or workout tips.

If you are on a journey to get fit, consider starting a diet and fitness blog. While it can be scary to put yourself out there like that, it is a great way to garner support and encouragement, as well as keep you honest about your intake and exercise level. Sharing recipes and tips draws in new readers with like-minded goals enabling you to connect with others on your same path.

Gossip Blogs

Girls, who doesn't love to sit around and gab about the latest celebrity scandals, fashions, and romances? Gossip blogs have to be rivaling mommy blogs for the fastest growing segment of the blog community, and it seems like every day a new one pops up.

Most gossip blogs tend to be a bit on the catty side, dishing up editorial commentary about celebrities, in addition to the actual scoop. The entries are often accompanied by photos, sometimes with watermarking (captions to prevent theft ot indicate where the image originated). Some gossip sites even include celebrity sightings in real time.

When it comes to gossip blogs, it should be quality, not quantity. Some gossip blogs overwhelm you with too much information. Some gossip blogs give you new content on every detail about thousands of times a day. However, if gossip is your bag, may be a gossip blog is just the ticket for you.

Mommy Blogs

Personal blogs by women tend to fall into the mommy blog category, and sometimes they get stuck there. This is an unfair labelling, as often blogs by women get pegged as mommy blogs simply because the bloggers happen to be mothers. Even if a woman with children blogs about stock market, someone somewhere will call it a mommy blog just because she has kids. There is absolutely nothing wrong with writing a mommy blog, but let the label fit the blog. A mommy blog is much more than a mention of your child or the fact that you happen to have one.

Mommy blogs tend to focus on the day-to-day life of a mom, with the majority of entries specifically about her children, parenting, and coping with being a mom. Mommy blogs are ways for moms to connect with one another to get advice or read about other moms' experiences. Or, sometimes it is a way to spend time not discussing their children, as a way to have some adult interaction and support from those in the know.

Some mommy blogs are not personal blogs, but more of a collective or community blog that shares pesonal anecdotes, parenting tips and advice. Moms are getting in on the video blogging and podcasting markets as well, so there is room for you and room to grow if you are interested in starting a mommy blog.

Of course the flipside of the mommy blog is the daddy blog, although you do not often seen it called that. And people usually call a blog written by a mixed gender couple a parenting blog. Mommy blogs are big business right now, as women make up the majority of the advertising target audience. A blog that contains quality content and receives reasonable traffic can make money from advertising.

With mommy blogs appearing to grow faster than any other blog demographic, there are a myriad to choose from.

Personal Blogs

Many people find creating personal blogs cathartic, a way for them to get things off their chests, like writing in a diary or journal. This is one of the great things about blogging. It encourages people to speak their minds. But remember that sharing your most intimate feelings or personal insights on the internet can leave you vulnerable to be attacked by others with opinions that you may not care for.

Those that just pop in to leave nasty comments are usually called trolls. For some reasons, they are usually men, they sometimes may be women. They are called trolls too. It is surprisingly juvenile, and it is not something that happens to everyone, just be prepared. The bottom line is post what you are comfortable with, and if someone does not like it, shine them on. It is only the internet, so their opinions are not that important afterall.