Beginners Guide to Blogging: Why Start A Blog?
by Emil Yau
Blogs are many things today whether part of a business, part of a marketing plan, or just a personal reflection. This article will go back to "blogging roots" so to speak and look at a blog and its basis: an online journal.
A blog traditionally has been an online journal where you can express just about any thoughts or ideas you have and share them with the internet population. Blogs have different styles, formats, purposes, and settings which all are part of an individual expression. As blogging software has evolved more features are added everyday including plug-ins to add video galleries, photo galleries, and more.What is a blog? A blog contains many blog posts. From there, a blog post contains these features:
title: this is the title of your blog entry (or journal entry)
body: this is the content of your post
trackback: other sites can be linked back to your blog
permanent link: every article that you write has a URL
comments: this section is for readers to post their comments about your blog entry
Blogging is especially easy today to jump right in and blog right away through the evolution of blogging software. Wordpress and Blogger are the two most popular blogging platforms. Both are web based so you can blog from anywhere. Both also have the ability to change the look and feel and design of your blog at the push of a button. For example when the holidays come you can find a holiday design to put on your blog at the push of a button and then change it back later.
Blogging is not just limited to personal usage. There are a lot of blogs that follow a theme such as: sports, politics, philosophy, social commentary, etc. These blogs espouse on their specific themes. This way blogging becomes a medium in which people can share their knowledge and opinions about a variety of themes and topics.
Professional sports organizations use blogs to post news and game highlights. Corporations use blogs as a way to distribute news and press releases. Small businesses use blogs to help advertise their products. There are definitely many uses for blogs once you get familiar with how it works. So once you get familiar with it don't be too surprised when you find yourself starting many blogs for all your information distribution requirements.
About the Author:
title: this is the title of your blog entry (or journal entry)
body: this is the content of your post
trackback: other sites can be linked back to your blog
permanent link: every article that you write has a URL
comments: this section is for readers to post their comments about your blog entry
Blogging is especially easy today to jump right in and blog right away through the evolution of blogging software. Wordpress and Blogger are the two most popular blogging platforms. Both are web based so you can blog from anywhere. Both also have the ability to change the look and feel and design of your blog at the push of a button. For example when the holidays come you can find a holiday design to put on your blog at the push of a button and then change it back later.
Blogging is not just limited to personal usage. There are a lot of blogs that follow a theme such as: sports, politics, philosophy, social commentary, etc. These blogs espouse on their specific themes. This way blogging becomes a medium in which people can share their knowledge and opinions about a variety of themes and topics.
Professional sports organizations use blogs to post news and game highlights. Corporations use blogs as a way to distribute news and press releases. Small businesses use blogs to help advertise their products. There are definitely many uses for blogs once you get familiar with how it works. So once you get familiar with it don't be too surprised when you find yourself starting many blogs for all your information distribution requirements.
About the Author:
Want to learn more about how to start a blog? Come by Emil Yau's site How Do You Start A Blog and watch his free video walk you through everything step-by-step.
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