Corporate Blogs

Ive just seen another student talking about corporate blogs, which is a bit annoying that he beat me to it as I had it penciled in to talk about this week! Either way, with the threat of perjury dangling over my head, here I go…



I read several corporate Blogs, although until this module begun I never considered them blogs, but rather just as a webpage maintained regularly! But yes, they are blogs. One of these was mentioned by the other student in question, namely

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/

This is a blog kept by Microsoft in order to make people aware of future developments and problems, but in a much less formal fashion than, say, a press release. Being a Microsoft Beta Tester myself, I find some of the things they talk about of real interest, as I like to be aware of new and upcoming products.

Another I read regularly is:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/

This is Google’s official corporate blog, and serves the same purpose as the Microsoft blog. Google are a huge company who are constantly releasing new products without too much promotion, so their own Blog is the best place to find out about them.

The concept of the corporate Blog is definitely a good one, allowing average users an insight into what can be an incredibly technical world before. Of my own experiences, I remember visiting a Microsoft product launch last year, and being amused later when I saw the entire keynote speech summarized in 1 paragraph on the official blog. Scarily, the blog made a lot more sense…