<s>
A	O
photoblog	B-Algorithm
(	O
or	O
photolog	B-Algorithm
)	O
is	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
photo	B-Algorithm
sharing	I-Algorithm
and	O
publishing	O
in	O
the	O
format	O
of	O
a	O
blog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Photoblogging	B-Algorithm
(	O
the	O
action	O
of	O
posting	O
photos	O
to	O
a	O
photoblog	B-Algorithm
)	O
gained	O
momentum	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
2000s	O
with	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
the	O
moblog	O
and	O
cameraphones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
popular	O
ways	O
to	O
host	O
a	O
photoblog	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Photoblogs	B-Algorithm
on	O
individual	O
domains	O
,	O
photoblogs	B-Algorithm
on	O
blogging	O
hosting	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
WordPress	B-Protocol
or	O
Blogger	B-Application
,	O
and	O
photoblogs	B-Algorithm
on	O
photo	O
specific	O
blogging	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
Fotolog	B-Algorithm
or	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
dynamic	O
nature	O
of	O
blogs	O
,	O
including	O
photoblogs	B-Algorithm
compared	O
to	O
static	O
sites	O
means	O
that	O
blogs	O
require	O
some	O
form	O
of	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
(	O
CMS	B-Protocol
)	O
rather	O
than	O
being	O
built	O
mostly	O
by	O
hand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
systems	I-Protocol
usually	O
provide	O
the	O
photoblog	B-Algorithm
's	O
authors	O
with	O
a	O
web	O
service	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
creation	O
and	O
management	O
of	O
posts	O
and	O
the	O
uploading	O
of	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CMS	B-Protocol
delivers	O
webpages	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
data	O
entered	O
by	O
the	O
photoblog	B-Algorithm
author	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
to	O
photoblogs	B-Algorithm
is	O
usually	O
unrestricted	O
and	O
available	O
to	O
anyone	O
with	O
internet	O
access	O
and	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
existing	O
blogging	O
CMS	B-Protocol
have	O
been	O
modified	O
by	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
add-ons	O
or	O
plugins	B-Application
(	O
and	O
sometimes	O
core	O
code	O
rewriting	O
)	O
to	O
enable	O
the	O
transition	O
from	O
text	O
blogging	O
to	O
photoblogging	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
photoblog	B-Algorithm
author	O
might	O
limit	O
his	O
blog	O
to	O
display	O
a	O
single	O
entry	O
per	O
day	O
(	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
several	O
entries	O
which	O
is	O
typical	O
for	O
text	O
blogs	O
)	O
and	O
he	O
might	O
put	O
thumbnails	O
in	O
entry	O
excerpts	O
to	O
provide	O
archives	O
that	O
display	O
images	O
instead	O
of	O
text	O
snippets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
time	O
,	O
developers	O
have	O
begun	O
to	O
write	O
purpose-built	O
CMS	B-Protocol
just	O
for	O
creating	O
photoblogs	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
many	O
services	O
specializing	O
in	O
hosting	O
and	O
displaying	O
images	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
and	O
Fotolog	B-Algorithm
,	O
have	O
APIs	O
that	O
allow	O
other	O
blogging	O
systems	O
to	O
display	O
their	O
images	O
,	O
giving	O
the	O
user	O
many	O
options	O
as	O
to	O
the	O
construction	O
of	O
a	O
particular	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Good	O
photoblogging	B-Algorithm
platforms	O
also	O
include	O
camera	O
metadata	O
(	O
Exif	O
)	O
that	O
display	O
the	O
camera	O
settings	O
of	O
each	O
photo	O
taken	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
early	O
days	O
of	O
photoblogging	B-Algorithm
required	O
some	O
level	O
of	O
technical	O
experience	O
with	O
setting	O
up	O
a	O
webserver	O
and	O
installing	O
or	O
writing	O
the	O
CMS	B-Protocol
code	O
for	O
it	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Pixelpost	B-Protocol
or	O
Picoplog	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
photobloggers	O
still	O
prefer	O
this	O
option	O
of	O
running	O
their	O
own	O
server	O
,	O
as	O
this	O
gives	O
them	O
full	O
control	O
over	O
the	O
display	O
and	O
functionality	O
of	O
their	O
photoblog	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
now	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
photoblog	B-Algorithm
hosting	O
services	O
available	O
which	O
provide	O
a	O
ready-made	O
solution	O
in	O
which	O
everything	O
has	O
already	O
been	O
set	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
made	O
photoblogging	B-Algorithm
more	O
accessible	O
to	O
the	O
layman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Convergence	O
of	O
mobile	O
phones	O
with	O
digital	O
cameras	O
has	O
opened	O
a	O
new	O
era	O
in	O
photoblogging	B-Algorithm
as	O
authors	O
may	O
publish	O
photos	O
directly	O
from	O
smart	O
devices	O
to	O
the	O
Web	O
.	O
</s>
