What is a Blog ?
Before I go into the matter lets see what the authentic authors are saying.
Wikipidia describes it as:
‘A blog is a website in which items are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order. The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log. Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Individual articles on a blog are called “blog posts,” “posts” or “entries”. A person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”. A blog comprises text, hypertext, images, and links (to other web pages and to video, audio and other files). Blogs use a conversational style of documentation. Often blogs focus on a particular “area of interest”, such as Washington, D.C.’s political goings-on. Some blogs discuss personal experiences.’ Source.
Harvard Law explains it as :
‘A weblog is a hierarchy of text, images, media objects and data, arranged chronologically, that can be viewed in an HTML browser.’ Source
I will answer the question in simple terms:
A Blog is derived from the word ‘weblog’. A blog is a website, where articles, text and images are posted on regular basis and they are logged chronologically, usually starting from the most recent to the most older entries at the last. Each article on a blog are called ‘posts’ or ‘entries’. Adding posts to an existing blog is called ‘blogging’.
Facts about blog:
1. Blogs can be written on any topic.
2. Blogs are usually written by one person. But a blog can also be written by several persons, which is called group blogging or collaborative blogging.
3. Blogs are usually written on a particular topic. The topic can be anything you think of.
4. Blog communities have come into existence around particular topics. The members of the communities share their thoughts, learn, contact each other and do activities beneficial to all of them.
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5. Blog archives: If you see a blog page, you will find an article, or a couple of articles written on a particular topic and some few links on the page. You may get the impression, that there is not much on the topic. But there are many more articles or blogs written on the same subject, which you cannot see. They are all archived chronologically. You will be able to find them under “Archives” at the right side of the page.
When I will post this blog, it will show up in the main page of my blog site. The older entries will be pushed back into the archives. I have written many more blogs on the same subject, and if you are interested in them you will be able to find them out from the archives.
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6. Comments on blogs: After a blog post you will find a link for comments from visitors. Not every blog post have it though. A click on the link will open up a space for you to comment. You can put your comments about the blog in the space provided. You may also mention your email address, so that the blogger can contact you. The blogger has included this feature to converse with the readers.
A best way of learning about blog is to read some of them. After reading you will get much more knowledge on the subject.
So, are you interested in blogging ? Start one immediately. And email me for any assistance.
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