What is a blog?

A blog is often a mixture of what is happening in a person's life and what is happening on the Web, a kind of hybrid diary/guide site, although there are as many unique types of blogs as there are people.

People maintained blogs long before the term was coined, but the trend gained momentum with the introduction of automated published systems, most notably Blogger at blogger.com. Thousands of people use services such as Blogger to simplify and accelerate the publishing process.

Blogs are alternatively called web logs or weblogs. However, "blog" seems less likely to cause confusion, as "web log" can also mean a server's log files.

This is the definition of a blog coming from marketing terms.com.

i first came across blogging through a friend. it was more of a personal venue for my thoughts and rambling, actually it is more of that now still. a place where i can write freely... my spot under the virtual sunshine where i can go about and actually do what i love to do, writing.

after a few moments, i began to notice that a lot of people are making money out of their blogs. wow! what a discovery! making money in the comforts of your own home, doing the thing that you love! perfect.

now comes the challenging part. to make your blog a money maker, you have to make sure you have a lot of traffic or blog visits. you also have to have a lot of back links. you need to increase your PR, and your alexa rating. hmmm. a lot to digest? don't worry, i'll discuss these things soon enough. what's important is to take the first step, create a blog. there are quite a few available, blogger, wordpress, livejournal, bravejournal, and a lot more. these are the free ones, of course you can choose to have your own domain, and have it hosted... that however is not free, but there are a lot of packages out there that will make these arrangements affordable.

in my case, i chose blogger because it allows blog for money advertisements and it is easy to use, even for non-techies. you can go and visit these different sites and see whatever suits your fancy. you can even go and make blogs from all of these sites just to check out what they have to offer, after all they're free. and you and your blog will be spending a lot of time together, so it is important that you are at ease in using it.

Go ahead and start a blog or two now. if you have any questions, just drop me a line. Good luck!