Blogs are everywhere as blogging has become really big business. Hardly anyone who ever uses the Internet has not come across one. Of course, you might not be aware that the web site you are on is a blog as some blogs look no different to static sites.

In many ways they are no different. But in many ways they are quite fundamentally different too. At Wordpress.org they describe a blog thus:

“Blog” is an abbreviated version of “weblog,” which is a term used to describe web sites that maintain an ongoing chronicle of information. A blog is a frequently updated, personal website featuring diary-type commentary and links to articles or other Web sites. Blogs range from the personal to the political, and can focus on one narrow subject or a whole range of subjects.”

Blogs tend to be themed in some way, not unlike ordinary web sites. They are extremely easy to update and the user does not need any knowledge of HTML or any other kind of coding. Anyone who can click a button and type with at least one finger can maintain a blog. It really is that easy.

There are certain characteristics that blogs tend to have in common. The following list is again from wordpress.org:

• A main content area with articles listed chronologically, newest on top. Often, the articles are organized into categories.
• An archive of older articles.
• A way for people to leave comments about the articles.
• A list of links to other related sites, sometimes called a “blogroll”.
• One or more “feeds” like RSS, Atom or RDF files.

The search engines tend to like blogs. This is not because of anything intrinsic in a blog that a static web site can’t have. It’s just that blog templates tend to be better written in a way that the search engines want. This is just one more reason why everyone should have a blog.

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