What's a blog?

1. types

1.1. opinionated

1.1.1. thoughts

1.2. informational

1.2.1. tutorials

1.3. resources

1.4. one-person journal

1.5. multi-author

1.6. community

2. best practices

2.1. consistent

2.2. frequent

2.3. speaking to other blogs

3. kinds of posts

3.1. link round-up: "a bunch of great stories about X..."

3.2. industry news

3.3. reaction/opinion piece

3.4. reviews (movie, TV, software, etc)

3.5. annual/recurring features

3.6. seasonal blog post

3.7. thank you/recognition/acknowledgement/shout-out

3.8. live blogging (during an event)

3.9. event write-up/report

3.10. tutorial

3.11. tips

3.12. gossip

3.13. celebrity sightings

3.14. progress report

3.15. what went wrong here & how to make it right

3.16. travel experience/blog

3.17. interview

3.18. anything numbered

3.18.1. 20 great examples

3.18.2. the 10 best...

3.18.3. 5 ways to...

4. A good post....

4.1. credible source/author

4.2. attribution/crediting sources

4.3. spellcheck!

4.4. personality

4.5. informed

4.6. personal

4.7. engaging

4.7.1. entertaining

4.7.2. humorous

4.7.3. personal

4.7.4. provocative

4.8. not overwhelming

4.9. original -- not repetitive

4.10. timely

5. features

5.1. comments

5.2. photos

5.3. videos

5.4. linking

5.5. RSS feed

5.6. blogroll

6. structure

6.1. reverse chronological

7. characteristics

7.1. passionate

7.2. conversational

7.3. casual

7.4. good writing

7.5. focus

7.5.1. niche