Blogging For Beginners: Just What Is A Blog?

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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.

You can think of a blog as more than an online journal but an online journal that you want to share with the internet community. Some have used this as a soapbox to express opinioins, some have used it as an outlet for creative or comedic writing, and some have used it simply to share family updates or life updates. As software continues to evolve, more features are available to the modern day blogger including video galleries, photo galleries, and more!

What is a blog?
A blog contains many blog posts or entries. Each entry has these specific parts:

title: this is the title of your article or post

body: this is the content of your post

comments: this allow readers to post comments on your blog.

For more intermediate bloggers and internet marketers, two more elements each entry has are:

permanent link: this is the link directly to that specific blog entry

trackback: this is when other sites link back to your entry

As a beginning blogger you might not need to know these last two but it's good for future reference.

Today's software makes it very easy for bloggers to start right away. I highly recommend the Blogger interface or Wordpress interface. Those are the easiest and also are web based so you can write from anywhere. There are further customizations available for being able to post through email and other applications as well. Another great feature of software is the availability of templates or themes. This allows you to change the look and feel and design of your website at the push of a button.

Though I have been focusing on blogging as a way of journaling, just remember also that at its core a way to distribute information effectively. So there can be many ways you can use this.

I myself have a personal blog as well as many business blogs. Advertising, marketing, distributing photos and videos, and distributing paid content are all ways you can start a blog for. So just keep an open mind as you start a blog, becuase you will probably find you will see many uses for blogging and will end up starting quite a few yourself!


About the Author:
So just how do you start a blog? Come to Emil Yau's site and let his free video walk you through step-by-step how to start a blog today!



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