Everyone has a different opinion of how to explain what a blog is. I like to explain a blog by contrasting it to a “normal” website. So what’s my explain about Blog?
Blogs are website with a few very key differences.
- Articles are listed in chronological with the newest articles at the top
This is a very consistent element of every blog I have ever come across. Articles are listed with a title followed by the body content, starting at the top of page with the most recently published article followed by the next most recent, and so on.
The format is legalcy of the “journaling” aspect of blogging. The term is derived from “weblog” which essentially means online diary or journal. An important point to make, despite the journalistic style history, is that blogs today are not all diaries and are not only about the personal lives of the authors.
Blogs today can be about any subject, written by one or many authors and usually with one admin. Personal reflection, opinion, and tone all have a place in blogs, but that doesn’t affect the breadth or scope of topics covered.
- It’s easy to add new content
Normal websites have a one chronic problem that kept everyday people from creating one – they are just too technical. Even with sophisticated content management system, website creation was out of the reach of your average web surfer.
- Blogs are allow people to leave comments
A significant evolution when comparing a traditional website to a blog is the addition of the comment function. Each articles published to a blog has an input box to allow any person from public to leave a comment on that article.
This enhancement turned websites from one-way to two-way communication tools. Readers can directly communicate with the author of the content or the other audience, carry on the conversation started by the articles and essentially turn a blog into a community.
- Content is updated frequently
Another major problem that plagues traditional websites is their static nature.
Most website never change and you always come back to the same pages with the
Same content, The reason of it is too hard for the average person to add content to
A website.
Sure, many popular websites like Yahoo, MSN were updated frequently before
Blogs came along, but they have the backing of large organizations with technical
Staff and writers.
Blogs lower the barriers to publishing enough so the average person can do it.
As a result the web is inundated with content producers ( Bloggres ) writing and
Publishing articles on regular basis, sometimes multiple articles per day.
Website have never been as dynamic as today’s blog without their technical staff.
- People “trust” Blogs more than normal websites because blogging is conversation
This last point is more powerful than you think.
Blogs, by their nature, are considered trusted sources of information. They foster a more human relationship and , as evidenced in countless blogs today, some bloggers are perceived as respected experts, whether they are or not, purely on the back of their successful blogs.
If people trust the words written on a blog, if people come to like and identity with the person writing blog, you have all the elements necessary to create a popular community focused on the creative output of just one person.
Now we knows what makes blogs different, what makes blogs are so popular, so trusted, and so powerful to create relationship.
Are you same opinion with me , ?
