Concept:  Collective Intelligence  Blogger is a tool for individuals who wish to publish their thoughts, ideas and other content, particularly for the purpose of having others contribute to the topic in a public forum. Sharing, adding to the body of thought, and learning from one another are key reasons to blog.  Blogger provides unlimited storage space, traffic, number of blogs.  Integrated into Blogger are Picasa, Hello, and Google AdSense. Server space is provided by Google.

 

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The toolbox is your source for tools and applications for social media, computing, and networking. Each is rated by the  web2themag.com Editorial Board using criteria established by industry experts.  The stars indicate overall value as determined by the web2themag.com Editorial Board.

                                                                                              

Toolbox—blogs

Free

http://www.blogger.com

BLOG —  Blogger and Blogspot
Text Box: Free

http://wordpress.org
Text Box: WordPress is a free publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. Developed as an Open Source Project, the software must be downloaded and installed on your web host. Hosting is not provided for the robust downloaded product. Hosting is provided free of charge for a commercial version of WordPress at www.wordpress.com.

BLOG —  WordPress

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Blogs, Cloud, Microblogs, Ratings, Social Bookmarking,  Social Networks, Social Pictures and Videos, Wikis, 3DVR.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

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Evaluation: Blogger receives the highest grade on all criteria and it is my blog tool of preference.

Evaluation: WordPress is a very powerful blogging tool with the added attraction of being Open Source..

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