Re: Weblog: One or two words?

Subject: Re: Weblog: One or two words?
From: "Amit Kapoor" <amitkapoor -at- pramati -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:40:56 +1000


I would vote for it being a single word, Weblog. (of course, you'd keep in
mind IBM's usage if you were documenting for them)

And sure, it would be two words if I were to use web logging.

happy weekend..

amit kapoor,
Pramati Technologies,
Hyderabad,
India.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren Barefoot" <darren -at- capulet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 3:14 AM
Subject: Weblog: One or two words?


>
> I know this is pretty trivial topic, but hey, it's Friday.
>
> There seem to be strong advocates of both versions. IBM, for example, is
> a fan of apparently two words (see, for example, this article
> http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-samruby.htm
> l). Sun, on the other hand, apparently likes two words
> (http://solutions.sun.com/catalog.static/en_US/1/1054030.html).
>
> I checked Google Fight, and two words get's the slight edge there as
> well:
>
> http://www.google-fight.com/cgi-bin/compare.pl?q1=weblog&q2=web+log&B1=M
> ake+a+fight%21&compare=1&langue=us
>
> That said, I prefer one word. It tends to reinforce the abbreviated
> 'blog'. Thoughts? DB.
>
>
> Darren Barefoot
> Capulet Communications
> Read our professional communications weblog at
> http://www.capulet.com/weblog/



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