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A blog is a kind of website. The term ''blog" is the shortened from of ''weblog'' - a diary or journal on the Web. The owner of the blog writes on the blog and is known as blogger or author of the blog. The activity of updating or writing for blog is called blogging.

Definition - A blog refers to an online journal where entries are posted. The word blog has been derived from weBLOG.

The ''blogger'' (or author) writes periodically about a certain topic of his or her choosing (personal experiences thoughts, hobbies, political aspiration, etc.). The blogger can provide links to other website that s/he thinks might interest the audience. The updates put on the blog by the blogger are called blog-posts. 

Blogs usually have a few features that are useful for the blogger and the readers.

Definition - A person who writes and maintains a blog is called blogger and art of writing a blog is called blogging. 

Types of Blogs

Web of today has millions upon millions blogs. There are blogs maintained by individuals, there are blogs maintained by companies or organizations on the web, and then there are blogs dedicated to factual information like news, and so on. But, one thing is common - they tend to fall into these types of blogs :
1. Personal blog. This is the most common type of blog. Maximum numbers of blogs on Internet belong to this category. After all, blogging started off as a way of creating an online diary. A typical blogger may be keen on posting stories about their interest such as fishing, or dancing or collecting something.

2. News and views. This type of blog contains factual stories about News, maintained by journalists. News and television companies such as the BBC have many professionals journalists who post stories and views about the latest events. Visitors can add their own opinions as well.

3. Company blogs. Many companies run blogs to let their customers and clients know what is going on in the company that would interest clients or customers such as  new products coming up or progress being made o some project.

4. Micro-blogs. This is a new type of blog where one can post very short comments that others can follow Twitter is the best example of a micro-blog where one can only post 140 characters with each entry called a 'Tweet'. The entries become a running commentary about one's life and interests.

NOTE - While blog poses no restriction on number of characters / words for a post, a micro-blog generally limits a post to certain number of characters e.g., 140 characters is the limit for a post (tweet) on twitter.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Blogs

Although blogs are proving to be very useful tool for individuals, companies, news makers etc., even micro blogging has become very popular in past few years. But there are some disadvantages also, associated with blogging.

Advantages

* Enables you to write down your thoughts on anything that interests you.
* Easy to set up; don't need much technical knowledge.
* Easy and quick to update or add new posts.
* People can leave comments on your blog.
* If you want to read other people's blogs there are literally millions to choose from.

Disadvantages

* Personal blogs may be biased or contain inaccurate information.
* People may leave rude or inappropriate comments.
* Blogs can be time-consuming. Finding time to write regular updates can become a chore.
* Whatever you publish is available for everyone to see. If you write a post in anger you might regret    later.
* There are many very dull blogs around. You may have to look at many before you find some worth     reading.


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