Origin
'Blog' came from 'Web-Log'. It is a specialised web site designed to display a collection or articles (posts) in an organised manner. Blogs are the number one publishing tool on the internet. That is a bold claim, but if I mean two-way, multi-author communicating, then blogs provide this more than any other format. Blogs have the advantage of simplicity of structure over general web sites.Why blogs dominate online publishing:
- Easy to set up.
- Easy to navigate: generally linear with most recent posts at the top*.
- Easily include media images, video and links.
- Tags or labels on posts [stories] allow content to be sorted, searched no matter how large the blog.
- Comments can bring a blog to life by engaging readers.
- Privacy is easy to manage: public, limited or specific access is possible.
- No specific software required: it's all online.
- Are particularly suited to topics that are regularly updated.
- Blogs can be effective with a huge audience or a tiny one.
- Many authors can cooperate.
Address of this blog: jtblogging.blogspot.com.au
Comments are one of the main features of successful blogs because they engage readers in discussing what is in the blog. If your blog covers controversial issues comments can become a problem if the discussion becomes impolite. There are a range of controls which allow the author to block, limit or delete comments.
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