Bloggers is the blanket term for anyone that uses a blog (weblog) to publish information on topics that are of interest to them.
Becoming a blogger is actually simpler than it might seem. As blogging has grown in popularity, many website offer platforms to quickly and easily create a blog for free.
Some of the most popular blogging software platforms are Blogger, Livejournal, Typepad, Wordpress and Xanga. These websites will host your blog, generally for free, and provide you with the tools to create blog posts without having to know a lot about software.
This site is created in Wordpress and is fun and easy to use, and suitable even for beginners.
The only difficulty with a blog is keeping it fresh and up to date.
A blog entry is called a post (though there are static pages too just like a regular website) and consists of five basic components:
The Title: The main headline of the blog post.
The Body: The main content of the blog post, which can consist of text and/or photos and video.
Permalink: This is the URL of the individual post.
Post Date: The date and time the post was published to the blog website.
A blog entry can also include comments from readers, categories within the navigation of the site as a whole, and keywords used to describe the content more fully for people searching for information, commonly called tags.
For example Bichon Frise, Bichon Frise dog training, Bichon Frise dog training on leash might all be possible tags for an article on how to train a Bichon Frise to walk on a leash in a well-behaved manner.
There are also trackback links, which are links to other sites that refer to the blog entry.
When you set up your blog, you will be able to set all these parameters within the program.
Blogging is a hot “Web 2.0 trend”, with anyone able to create and publish their own content online quickly and easily.
Blog is a shortened term for “weblog.” Either term refers to a website where entries are made similar to a journal or diary. The entries are presented in reverse chronological order, with the newest entry on top.
Although blogs were originally used like a personal journal on everyday events, they have evolved into a multipurpose tool, since it makes it easy to start up and run a website from anywhere without a lot of complicated software, through a simple user interface online.
This site is an example of a blog.
There are blogs on every topic imaginable, from food to politics to celebrity gossip. Generally, blogs combine the text entries with images, with links to other blogs and other related media.
There are also plogs, photo blogs, and vlogs, video logs, for people who deal more with visual expression than with the written word.
