A blog is something which can be defined as a website or part of a website that containing the thoughts and the ideas of a user. It may be written in the form of a continuous commentary on any given subject. Other users can also read the blog as well as post their comments.
Blog is a word obtained from two words-web and log. Web refers to the World Wide Web while Log refers to a logbook. Originally a logbook used to be a book meant to record the important events of some commercial activity in a chronological order. Merchant-ships, commercial flights, oil-rigs, nuclear plants, etc. maintain logbooks. A logbook is very helpful in troubleshooting a system as it records the events that might have led to the failure of the system. It is also used in legal context as a valid piece of evidence.
In personal sense, a logbook is simply a running diary or a journal into which a diarist writes a page per day. While a diary is essentially arranged date-wise, a logbook can be arranged in many other ways topic-wise, issue-wise, and person-wise.
Blog is, thus, an online adaptation of a logbook or a diary or a journal on the Internet. Blogging offers a very convenient and interactive medium to write your own opinion about something and also enable you to share the same with other people. Each entry of blog (equivalent to a page of diary) appended to the existing blog is called a post. A blog post may contain text, graphics, pictures, video and multimedia items. The person who writes blogs is called a blogger. Blog readers can post their reactions and comments which are displayed along with the blog.
Blogging has become such a popular activity on the Internet that it has created a universe of its own-called blogosphere- to mean the entire population of bloggers and blog readers all over the world.
In a blog, you can create an interactive website to share your thought and world on any topic. You can regularly update this information.
Nowadays, blogs have become one of the most popular interactive modes of communication on the Internet. Generally, blogs contain textual information, but you can also share your photographs, videos and artworks with other users.
Some common types of blogs are as follows:
- Personal blog: Refers to a blog developed by a user for his or her personal use.
- Corporate and organizational blog: Refers to the blogs that are created to generate business.
- Genre blog: Refers to the blogs that contain information, articles and discussions related to a particular subject. Examples of genre blogs are art blogs, fashion blogs, music blogs and political blogs.
Advantages of Blogging
- Express your opinion: A blogger is free to express his opinion on a subject or an issue. Blogging gives good opportunity to those who wish to communicate their views and sentiments in the public.
- Tool for receiving feedback: Blogs can be very useful in assessing the reactions of customers towards a product or service. It can help organizations develop stronger relationships and brand loyalty with their customers.
- Tools for Knowledge Sharing: Blogs can be an excellent way of sharing knowledge and experience with each other. This is especially beneficial in an intranet-wide environment within an organization.
- Tool for showcasing talent: Not everybody is resourceful enough to present his talent in the public Blogs offer an effective platform to showcase one's talent. Many writers, painters and poets owe their success to effective blogging.
Disadvantages of Blogging
- Potential Time Killer: Often it happens that a blogger sticks to blogging, just out of habit, even though there is nothing worthwhile to say. This applies to most blog readers, who chase blog threads endlessly without getting anywhere. This practice obviously kills a lot of time especially if undertaken during work.
- Dead-ends: Starting a blog post is as easy as it is difficult to maintain it. If a blog is not live (not updated very often) for sometime blog readers lose their interest in it and stop following it.
I am Rishav Lal Diwakar , Founder of this blog. This was founded by me on 5th April 2018. I study in class 12th and here you will get news related to tech, tricks, Adsense, Online Earning and much more.
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