What is a Blog?

What is the definition of blogs?

Wikipedia’s definition says :

A blog (an abridgment of the term web log) is a website where entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order.Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting) are part of a wider network of social media. Micro-blogging is another type of blogging which consists of blogs with very short posts.

Agree?

I started blogging about a year ago and now about 8 months self hosted. To date i have a 4 blogs which im in the midst of consolidating into maybe 2. Some people blog for fun, some to make a buck or two or some dont really know why they blog!

Why do i blog?

I blog because i like expressing myself. Its a awesome way for me to get my thoughts out there and if im lucky i get some responces from these thoughts. Everyday we all see lots of things,meet lots of people and i felt that i needed a channel to express all this. Thus i landed right here…blogging.

Sometimes I find my self learning new things.Stuff i never knew before and so, naturally i take some info about it from reliable sources and give me thoughts together with that info. Why? So when i want to re-visit it, i know where to go and hopefully that piece of info comes in valuable to someone out there!

Blogging in my view has become a important part of people’s lives nowadays. Some people win elections by blogging,some meet new friends, some discover that they are experts in certain things(which they never knew they were) and some become rich!

If you dont blog…try it! Its pretty interesting and its got lots to offer you and your readers. There was once a little bird who told someone that a blog is a online diary ONLY. Anything else is not a blog, its simply a duplication of the original source of info. I for one don’t agree with that.

Look at it differently……A blog is your piece of real estate on the World Wide Web. You can do anything you want with it because you own it. If you choose to talk about yourself..there will be someone interested,sports? there are truck loads who share the same interest or even adult stuff..there is a market for it!

So…the way i see it, blog is not a four letter word which you can easily define anymore…Its complex and its a superb source for you to say what you want too, to who ever visits!

Its the future of media…they don’t call it new media for nothing isn’t it!

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