Mobile blogging (also known as moblogging ) is a method of publishing to a website or blog from a mobile phone or other handheld device. A moblog helps habitual bloggers to post write-ups directly from their phones even when on the move. Mobile blogging has been made possible by technological convergence , as bloggers have been able to write, record and upload different media all from a single, mobile device. At the height of its growth in 2006, mobile blogging experienced 70,000 blog creations a day and 29,100 blog posts an hour. Between 2006 and 2010, blogging among teens declined from 28% to 14%, while blogging among adults over 30 increased from 7% to 11%. However, the growing number of multi-platform blogging apps has increased mobile blogging popularity in recent years creating a brand new market that many celebrities, regular bloggers and specialists are utilizing to widen their social reach.

While the term "blog" was not coined until the late 1990s, the history of blogging starts with several digital precursors to it. Before "blogging" became popular, digital communities took many forms, including Usenet , commercial online services such as GEnie , BiX and the early CompuServe , e-mail lists and Bulletin Board Systems (BBS). In the 1990s, Internet forum software, such as WebEx , created running conversations with "threads". Threads are topical connections between messages on a metaphorical "corkboard". Some have likened blogging to the Mass-Observation project of the mid-20th century.

Microblogging is an online broadcast medium that exists as a specific form of blogging . A microblog differs from a traditional blog in that its content is typically smaller in both actual and aggregated file size. Microblogs "allow users to exchange small elements of content such as short sentences, individual images, or video links", which may be the major reason for their popularity. These small messages are sometimes called microposts .

Blogging Ghana is a non profit organisation of bloggers , online activists and social media users sharing Ghanaian experience. They are the organisers of blogging and social media awards in Ghana. The group is also behind Ghana Decides, a nonpartisan elections project which supports inclusiveness and issue-based elections in Ghana and has promoted the penetration of social media among traditional media organisations, government institutions and civil society groups including the Electoral Commission .

Niche blogging is the act of creating a blog with the intent of using it to market to a particular niche market . Niche blogs (also commonly referred to as "niche websites") may appeal to "geographic areas, a specialty industry, ethnic or age groups, or any other particular group of people." While it could be argued that every blog is, in some form, a niche blog, the term as it applies to marketing refers to a particular kind of blog.

The genre of travel literature encompasses outdoor literature , guide books , nature writing , and travel memoirs .