Interactivity of the Web: Blogrolls

That was the correct answer! Next we have a third aspect of the interactivity of the web, which has to do with blogs. The notion of a blogroll allows users to visit a number of blogs that may or may not be connected by some certain theme. This kind of activity can lead to unexpected places and unexpected hours eaten up by endless browsing of the Web. One feature which demonstrates this especially well is Blogger's "Next Blog" button. While I was abroad in Florence, I used Blogger to make a blog. While preparing this presentation, I visited the blog and clicked the "next blog" button. It took me six clicks to get to a site that might legitimately interest me. Here's what I found:

Shopping 101
Cute’n Clever Coupon Clippers of Hershey
Mom is Broke
The Domestic Chick
Raging Bear Ranch
Saving Cents in the City

That last one has a recipe for simple and perfect tomato sauce. Now that I can probably use. The previous five, not so much. Regardless, this is a very intriguing tool. Let's see what we come up with now if we do the same thing, since the results are randomized and different each time.

That was fun, wasn't it? Browsing blogs this way allows you to come across wholly new and unexpected material, and completely unconnected users from across the globe can be united in this way. Hyperlinking to a site you know and have visited is one thing, but this is something else altogether. Sure, it can lead to inappropriate and objectionable content, but as TBL says, you shouldn't let it bother you.

Now, let's look at facets of the private interactivity of the web. But first, which former Senator took the initiative in helping to create the Internet?

a) Jeb Bush
b) Al Gore
c) Barack Obama
d) Hillary Clinton