Did you know that for some people blogging is what they consider to be their full time job. And I'm not talking about the people that sell products or have ads running on their blogs. I'm talking about people that don't make any money on from there blog. But still spend hours upon thinking up content and posting it for there users to read.
Before blogging became popular, a political activist favorite tool was a picket sign(sometimes a firebomb, but that's a different conversation), now activist are changing the world with blogs, even the Taliban has a blog!
So what make blogs so popular? It's not like they offer stunning visuals, or are places to go to play the latest games on the internet.
The key to blogs popularity is the interaction between bloggers and there visitors. Blogs encourage conversation and give everybody a powerful voice. No matter what they look like, or what there occupation is in life, anybody can become a star with a blog.
That's why young teenage girls everywhere who don't feel like they get enough attention are starting blogs. Blogs give them a place to express there opinions and become the center of attention. Even if there just raving and ranting about there favorite singer they can still build up an audience.
But blogs aren't only used by people looking to change things in there lives or others for the good. Blogs can also be used as an evil tool to viciously tear down people. Almost all celebrity gossip originates somewhere on a blog. Whether it's true or not doesn't matter to some bloggers, they just do whatever they can to draw visitors to the blogs. So if that means ruining somebodies image, then so be it.
A good blog on the other hand, can add value to a persons life everyday. Numerous self-help blogs provide there visitors with helpful tips to make there everyday life better. And some people even credit blogs with saving there lives.
It's this kind of "one-on-one" interaction in blogs that is making them the dominant force on the internet. With a blog, the owner of it can interact directly with visitors in real time. And they can use there blog like a traditional website. But on a website you would have to install a forum in order to interact with your visitors in real time.
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