Blogging

Blogging has become something of a big thing in the last few years, and some of the biggest and best known weblogs attract the kind of traffic that even big name e-commerce sites would be jealous of.

Weblogs are more than pages of links - they tend to reflect the personalities of their owners. They are personal web pages, updated very often.

They are the product of the owners' imaginations, interests and wit, and it's probably this personal touch which has made them so popular, especially for political issues.

The term "blog" is a portmanteau of "Web log." "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

A blog/weblogs is a website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. Anything can be posted instantly to a blog. It is basically an online journals or diaries which are great for sharing information and ideas. It consists of a collection of links and your private thoughts. Blogs often contain audio, music, images and video too. It is a memos to the world.

Blogs are easy to make. You can have a blog even if you are not very technical.

A blog is frequently updated. It provides commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, and local news; some 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. Most blogs are primarily textual although some focus on photographs (photoblog), videos (vlog), or audio (podcasting), and are part of a wider network of social media.

Many blogs focus on a particular topic, such as internet, web design, sports, politics or mobile technology. Some are more eclectic, presenting links to all manner of other sites. And others are more like personal journals, presenting the author's general life and thoughts.

As of November 2006, Technorati was tracking nearly 60 million blogs, so there are at least that many.

Before blogging became popular, digital communities took many forms, including Usenet, e-mail lists and bulletin board systems (BBS). In the 1990s, Internet forum software, such as WebEx, created running conversations with "threads". Threads are topical connections between messages on a metaphorical "corkboard".


Why Blog
You can have your own web page where you can tell people what you have found, show people all the interesting web pages and publish comments and ideas you have to the world.

What Is Blogroll
A blogroll is a list, sometimes categorized, of links to webpages the author of a blog finds worthwhile or interesting. The links in a blogroll are usually to other blogs with similar interests. The blogroll is often in a "sidebar" on the page or featured as a dedicated separate web page.