What is a blog, why n what to blog? – The pros and cons of blogs.

February 27, 2010

What is a blog, why n what to blog? – The pros and cons of blogs.

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“A blog (a contraction of the term "web log")is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.” – wikipedia

A blog is a short form of “weblog” that refers to an online diary, which is visible to everyone on the Internet, but now a blog is much bigger than its early days. A blog is just like a personal diary that you write regularly but the big difference between a blog and personal diary is that a blog is visible to every one unlike a diary, any one can read it with the help of Internet. A common thing between blog and diary is that both the things are sorted by date but blogs are usually sorted reverse by date.

From past few years blogs have became bigger and stronger than a personal diary. It has changed the entire web. It has changed the entire scenario of Internet to quickly, because it has became a product now days that can make money.

A blog generally uses software that makes it like a diary, this software is called CMS (content management systems). This system helps us to manage our content, which we writes in it, this content are called posts in blogs.

Why to blog?

There are several reasons of starting a blog, it can be your hobby or a way to connect with peoples and friends, and it can be for your business. Some answers of this question are given below.

Blog to start a new hobby
For sharing your idea and experience
To help others in a field
To expend your business
To connect with other like you
To make money

Take your time and think on it that why you want to make a blog, this question can also help you in starting your blog.

What to blog?

The answer of this question is very simple but also very deep, because it’s easy to make a blog but it’s difficult to run a blog.

Blogging is nothing but your idea, knowledge and experience about a topic, therefore it is very important to think about your topic hundreds of times before starting it. In my opinion you should always write a blog about your passion or about a topic in which your expert, because you have to write a lot on your topic, don’t write a blog about a topic that you don’t know. Not sure what your blog should be about? Here are some suggestions.