Blog is the short form for Web Log. Blog has revolutionized the
way one's thought is communicated to the world through the medium of Internet.
There are thousands of blogs currently on the
internet, maintained by people from different countries and of all age groups. Blogs are
thus a rich source of information for sociological and psychological study.
Blogs can reflect the state of the society and the government through the bloggers views.
Blogs gained popularity during elections and also during the recent war in Iraq.
Unlike traditional media, the weblog gives access
to everyone at negligible cost. One could spend as much as he would on a website or even
nothing at all, considering the number of free services available today.
Publishing through the weblog takes just as much
effort as maintaining any website with the benefit of reaching out to the world. A web
logger does not even have to worry about his grammar or limitations regarding language
skills.
A weblog or blog is a website which is an online diary or an online journal containing
personal thoughts, comments and events. If the quality of your weblog is good the world
will be at your door in no time through links leading everyone to you. The links to your
weblog will grow over time, costing you nothing.
A blog is generally updated or maintained regularly like a diary, or more in the nature of
a diary, but one that is online. No one pays you for writing your weblog but the benefits
will accrue in many other ways.
Blogs can also be web logs of links or leads to various websites that interested the
blogger, giving an idea of the blogger's personal likes and dislikes, his behavioral
traits, his scholarship and also his status in his society.
Blogging is a very recent phenomena. The word
blog may have not yet been included in dictionaries, but is the most common word on the
Web today. |