Thursday, February 14, 2008

What is a Travel Blog?

If you do a google search for ‘travel blog’ you’ll find that there are over 40 million of them floating around the internet. Travel is a popular topic that everyone wants to write about.

But when you ask people ‘what is a travel blog?’ you’ll get just about as many different definitions. Travel blogs, it seems, cross over so many different categories - business, food, history, architecture, art, environment, destination, activity, and so on.

Caitlin over at Roaming Tales is doing a great job of trying to categorize the different types of travel blogs. Here’s what she’s come up with so far…

Travel Writers Blogs - blogs about writing and travel

Travel Expats Blogs - featuring someones experiences living in a foreign country

Thematic Travel Blogs - focusing on a specific topic within the broader theme of travel

The Big Trip Travel Blogs - that spring into existence for the purpose of a single big trip or because someone is doing a lot of travelling

Big Media Travel Blogs - mainly staff blogs at established newspapers and magazines.

Brand Extension Travel Blogs - that extend the brand of an existing travel site or print publication.

Can you think of any more categories ?

Where does your blog fit in ?

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This post is the first in a series about travel blog to be run over the next few weeks.

Future posts include…

- Five Essential Ingredients Of A Good Travel Blog
- How to Create a Travel Blog
- Why Travel Writers Should Blog

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