Blogs - Introduction to Blogging

A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. In November 2006 there were more than 57 million blogs online and that number was growing rapidly.

Blogging often provides commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news while many function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual although some focus on photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), or audio (podcasting) are all now integrated within blogs.

There are several types of blogs including those comprising mainly videos ... vlog, links...linklog, portfolio of sketches...sketchblog or photos...photoblog. There are also blogs with shorter posts and mixed media types called tumblelogs. Some blogs focus on a particular subject, such as political blogs, travel blogs, fashion blogs, project blogs or legal blogs.

There are several blog search engines that can be used to search blog contents. These include blogdigger, Feedster, and Technorati. Technorati provides current information on both popular searches and tags used to categorize blog postings.

The following articles present a well rounded discussion on the topic of blogging and will added to on a regular basis.

Blogging 101
If writing is an art form then blogging is one way of using words to share that art. People who are into blogs are artistic in their own sense. They carefully choose words that best describe...more

Beginners Guide to Blogging
A newbie guide to beginning blogging. Understand that is basically an online journal that you use to digitally record your thoughts, ideas, opinions and practically anything that you want others to read...more

Getting started with videoblogging
Videoblogging is the next generation of presenting ideas and products over the internet. By now most people know about standard text blogging. It is now possible to use videos for a more effective method of expression...more

RSS feeds with your blog
RSS feeds are fast replacing email marketing and newsletters for people doing business on the Internet. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, although you might find a few other meanings...more

Increasing sales from blogs with streaming audio
There are several ways to stream audio from your website or blog. You could even stream a radio program. There are free affiliate programs available that allow you to stream their radio content from your site.... more

Why Blogging is a favorite Internet Marketing Tool
Blogging has become a fantastic Internet marketing tool and is now the favorite choice of online marketers. Blogging is a concept that started in late 90s. It used to be a way to comment an existing webpage, an opportunity for visitors and readers to...more

A Guide to RSS Aggregators
RSS aggregators are programs that use RSS to source website and blog updates, and then organize those lists of headlines, content and notices for easy reading. One of the most popular features of Internet portals, websites, blogs, pages and even emails is...more

Problogging: Making Money With Blogs
Weblogs (or simply blogs) are websites that 'publish' or feature articles (which are called 'blog posts', 'posts', or 'entries'), written by an individual or a group that make use of any or a combination of the following...more

RSS Feed Basics you need to know
You probably have seen this three-letter acronym in the course of your internet surfing. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary; syndicating means republishing an article that comes from another source such as...more

What You Need To Know About Blog RSS Feeds
Blog RSS Feeds should be an important part of any Internet marketers arsenal. This article takes a look at RSS basics and should help answer some of the questions often asked by the novice blogger. RSS may mean three different things...more

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