"A blog is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order."
Most of the blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; other function as more personal online diaries. And the ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of blog, which has made blog a great platform for bloggers to build community and exchange the idea with their readers.
The boom of blogs happened in 1999 when several companies & developers made easy blogging software and tools. Since 1999, the number of blogs on the Internet has exploded from a few thousand to over 100 million.
There are many ways to differentiate blogs, but in general, they can fall into two categories.
Personal Blog: The personal blog, an ongoing diary or commentary by an individual, is the traditional, most common blog. Personal bloggers usually take pride in their blog posts, even if their blog is never read by anyone but them. Blogs often become more than a way to just communicate; they become a way to reflect on life or works of art. Blogging can have a sentimental quality. Few personal blogs rise to fame and the mainstream, but some personal blogs quickly garner an extensive following.
Business Blog: A blog can be private, as in most cases, or it can be for business purposes. Blogs, either used internally to enhance the communication and culture in a corporation or externally for marketing, branding or public relations purposes are called Business Blogs.
You can write Blog for free. Some big companies, such as Blogger or MySpace, have provided their users a free platform to write blogs. But considering proprietary and the reliable issue from those free blogs system, most of the blogger would like to host Blog by themselves when they take their blogs serious.
In order to get your very owned blog, you will need to purchase a web host, download Blog Software and get it installed. Currently, the most popular Blog software is WordPress, an free and open source application. The communitiy of WordPress is very active, you will be able to find a huge list of free WordPress template, integrated WordPress Blog tools to power your blogs. Till now, more than 5 million bloggers have chosen WordPress as their Blog platform.
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