Blogs & Weblogs

Blogs are abbreviation of the term Web log; and are those web pages that are available for the public with links provided for expression of personal opinions and observation on the subject. It is basically an online journal where the viewers can post their thoughts and also place their comments or views chronologically. Blogs are personal web sites that are constantly up dated and the feature is regular in any type of blog.

Blogs can be textual, art, photographs, sketch, videos, music and audio, and micro-blogging.

Web log is writing on the personal website where one can post articles, topics, discussions for others to view and react. The result is a hybrid diary or guided website.
Automated publication system like blogger.com or blogdrive.com gave an impetus to blog writing. Blogs require chronological order, unfiltered contents, and comments.
Blog involves both business and personal activity. In social science it is the management of people in maintaining collective productive enterprises with set goals. Using computers and Internet, blogs are floated on the web.

As a carrier of education, this is the activity of instructing or educating by imparting knowledge or skill, blog acts as informal mode of education. Instructional blog asks you to perform a task while informational blog gives only information. Lists provide the top ways of any subject. Review and interview are indirect way of writing blog. Other popular posts are case studies, profile and link posts. The problem posts define and find out solution to problems. Rant is writing blog on what ever comes to your mind and everything about it.

Blogs are written to post at message boards, discussion forums, banner ads and several other interactive Medias. Special types of blogs are used for option contrasting, collation, prediction and review. It includes critics, debate, hypothetical and satirical types.

Blog subjects are unlimited. Anything can be a subject like political, philosophical, religious, economic, civil, rights and liberties and so on. Blogs on the basis of media type are link blog, photo blog, sketch blog and tumblelogs
Blogs can be used for journalism, education, advertising, social interaction, online identity management, new audience relationship, building ethical base and virtual communities.