{"id":2193,"date":"2006-02-14T00:30:43","date_gmt":"2006-02-13T13:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/problogger.com\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2019-10-03T13:38:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T03:38:05","slug":"what-is-a-blog-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/problogger.com\/what-is-a-blog-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Blog?"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>So what is a Blog anyway? <\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s a good question to ask at the beginning of a Blogging for Beginners Series as it is a question I am asked every week.<\/p>\n

There are a number of ways I could answer this question ranging from the broad to the highly technical.<\/p>\n

Here are a few definitions from other much wiser people on the ‘what is a blog?’ question to get us started (and once you’ve seen what they have to say on the topic I’ll share my own thoughts):<\/p>\n

‘A weblog is a hierarchy of text, images, media objects and data, arranged chronologically, that can be viewed in an HTML browser.’ Source<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

‘A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links.’ Source<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

‘From “Web log.” A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.”‘ Source<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

‘A weblog is kind of a continual tour, with a human guide who you get to know. There are many guides to choose from, each develops an audience, and there’s also comraderie and politics between the people who run weblogs, they point to each other, in all kinds of structures, graphs, loops, etc.’ Source<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

‘A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.” Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. Postings on a blog are almost always arranged in cronological order with the most recent additions featured most prominantly.’ Source<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

‘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<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more of this post<\/a> – where I personally answer the question of ‘what is a blog?’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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