What is a blog? The question was on thousands of lips in 2004, when blogging was new. Since then, literally hundreds of millions of blogs have hit the Web spanning just about any subject under the sun. And the concept of a blog itself has evolved to become so much more than the plain and simple online diaries they were at the beginning.
So the question "What is a blog?" may well be legitimate all over again - in a whole new way. Let's talk about it.
A blog is an online diary. That's the simplest definition I can think of. And one that I give flippantly whenever someone first asks me "What is a blog?" The last thing you want to do is launch into a technical explanation when the person is merely "casually curious"!
A blog is an online diary. That's the simplest definition I can think of. And one that I give flippantly whenever someone first asks me "What is a blog?" The last thing you want to do is launch into a technical explanation when the person is merely "casually curious"!
A blogger (which is the fancy name for the person who writes a blog) publishes content through a 'point and click' interface that makes blogging a piece of cake. No tweaking with code or tinkering with scripts any more.
For a fuller explanation about blogging basics, you may want to read my free report, "Blog Basics for Marketers" - click here to download a copy (and sign up for the free blogging ecourse, too)
For more about "What is a blog?", read the full post on my Infopreneur Blog.
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