COLUMBUS, Ohio - A recent survey shows that close to two percent of bosses have fired workers for content posted on Web logs, or blogs.

Blog is short for Web log, which is a journal that is frequently updated and intended for others to see.  The content generally represents the personality of the author.

Jessica Cutler worked on Capitol Hill at the officer of former Ohio Sen. Mike DeWine.  Then her online sex blog got her fired.

Ellen Simonetti was a flight attendant until she was let go for posting pictures of herself online, wearing her uniform.  

Both Cutler and Simonetti were "dooced," which means they were fired for blogging, 10TV's Chuck Strickler reported.

"Dooced," came from Heather Armstrong, who was fired because of a blog she posted on her site, dooce.com.

"Typically, when you've been "dooced," you've been blogging at home -- on your own time -- on your own computer, but you've been writing things that your employer would rather you don't write," said Nancy Flynn, the executive director of the ePolicy Institute in Columbus and the author of Blog Rules.

"One of (Armstrong's) co-workers got wind of her blog and got online and saw that Heather was blogging about her co-workers, her boss, her customers and was saying some pretty unflattering things," Flynn said.

The number of people being fired for posting blog content is expected to rise, Strickler reported.  A common misconception is that a personal blog cannot get a person fired.  That is not true if you work for a private employer. 

"You do not have a First Amendment, Freedom of Speech right to publish anything you want about anyone you want, anytime you want," Flynn said.  "You're not protected by the First Amendment as a blogger." 

That is a point that blogger Jared Rutecki understands.  

Rutecki, a local graduate student, blogs to express himself and share his thoughts about music, dining and politics.  He takes care of the content he posts because he knows what he writes now could potentially come back to haunt him in the future.

"You also have to carefully consider what other people can have access to and I think it's something that a lot of people really don't think of," Rutecki said.

Flynn said that the best way to avoid getting fired because of a blog is to not write about business.  Blogging anonymously is not going to protect someone, she said.

Keep in mind that a friend, co-worker or even an enemy could find out that the blog is being published and call the boss.