4. Simple Definition
A blog originally came from the word “weblog” or a
“web log”.
You can think of it as an online journal or diary,
although blogs are used for much more now, like online
journalism.
A blogger is someone who blogs, or writes content for a
blog.
Blogging is the act of writing a post for a blog.
Got it? That was easy, and that’s all you might need
to know to get started.
5. Lets add some “meat” on your
blogging-knowledge bones?
A blog is a type of website which has posts (or entries)
appearing in reverse chronological order.
Blog posts typically appear with the most recent blog
post (or entry, post) first.
A blog is updated frequently and regularly, although
there are some who are considered “slow bloggers”.
Blogs have an area for people to comment or respond
to the blog post.
6. … Contd.
Blogs also have other areas of content and links to
other websites.
Blogs can have individual authors or be a collection of
authors.
Blogs have a history or an archive of previous blog
posts.
Not too bad, right?
7. Lets complete our Education
A blog is a collection of content that is well organized.
This content can take the form of basic words as well
as rich media (audio, video, and embeddable objects).
A blog typically focuses on a particular subject matter
for clarity, focus, and A blog can be built by hand,
manually through writing the post, uploading to a
website, and then publishing.
8. … Contd.
A blog can also be managed by software, sometimes
called a CMS (Content Management System), where a
lot of the features are automatically created and
populated.
A blog typically can be read in a number of different
formats including the homepage, single post page,
categories, tags, and also via RSS.
Readers and visitors can subscribe to the blog so that
they can consume the content in a variety of different
means, tools, devices, and applications.
9. … Contd.
A blog today could take the form of micro-blogging (like
Twitter, Posterous, Tumblr) and more which can focus
on a particular type of content or technology.
Whew. Done yet?
10. NO! I want to be super GEEK
A blog can be whatever you want it to be; it‟s not about
the what.
A blog is a collection of 1‟s and 0‟s.
Everything is a blog and nothing is a blog.
Blogging is what you do, what you do not do, and what
you wish to do.
11. BUT… I don‟t care…
There is no need to define „blog.‟
Was there ever was such a call to define ‘newspaper’ or
‘television’ or ‘radio’ or ‘book’ — or, ‘telephone’ or
‘instant messenger.’
Blog is a means of sharing information and also of
interacting.
It‟s more about conversation than content …
Blogs are whatever they want to be. Blogs are whatever we
make them. Defining „blog‟ is a fool‟s errand.
This time I don’t want to argue about whether blogs are
journalism.
14. 1
WordPress, the current king of blogging platforms. It‟s
easy to use and very flexible.
http://wordpress.com
15. 2
Tumblr isn‟t really considered to be a full-on blogging
platform, but is a healthy cross between semi-micro-
blogging and full-on blogging (think mini-blogging).
http://www.tumblr.com/
16. 3
Blogger has been around for quite awhile, bought by
Google in 2003. Blogger is a good choice for those
looking for an easy setup to get started.
http://www.blogger.com
17. … and more…
4. http://blog.com/
5. http://www.typepad.com/
6. http://www.livejournal.com/
OR
You Can Have Your Own Domain!
