A web log is a web application, which contains periodic time-stamped posts on a common webpage. They are also known simply as blogs. Blogs can be an individual diary or a way to advertise or track political campaigns, corporations or a large community of writers. You can usually leave public comments and also a link back to your blog. This is common practice and aids in the creation of an interconnected blogosphere.
These online blog community pages and posts can consist of article summaries and opinions to simple bullet lists of hyperlinks to what the blogger is reading, watching and listening to. According to a recent study by Technorati, the number of blogs is now close to 8 million. Most people see their blogs as a form of self-expression but they often find they are learning as much as they are teaching, about themselves. You can find blogs that cover such differing subjects as knitting (with pictures and commentary on the evolving piece) to the medical world where a patient chronicles their pre and post surgical story.
A weblog is also a way for a budding writer to spread their wings and build a following. They can even publish their book through the Web and use chapter bits as their posts to entice their fans to buy it to read the whole thing.
There are many software programs and hosting services available to those who want to get their blog started right away. You can be a computer whiz or dunce and still find a program that fits your level of expertise. Once you get your blog up and running you can submit it to blog directories so you can get better exposure. There are so many topics available to read and write about that your choices are virtually limitless.
Blogit is a site is a great directory with some of the following categories and features:
- New writers
- Referral program
- Stats and buzz
- Most popular blogs today
- Top blogs
- Features blogs
- Arts and Entertainment
- Family and Education
- Fiction
- Food
- Health and Fitness
- Home and Garden
- Décor
- Pets
- Poetry
- Sports