I don't know if any of you were like me but when I first had this thought I had to stop and think about it for a second. How many of us call ourselves bloggers yet cant even really define what a blog is?
I mean when my friends ask me what a blog is I usually say something like:
* It's like having a diary but online for everyone to read
* Just a place where I can write my random thoughts and see how many people are bored enough to read them.
* Something I do online to make money
OK, maybe I carried them on a bit, but do you see where I am coming from? I mean what does BLOG stand for?
So I decided to do a bit of research on the topic. I mean if I want to call myself a blogger then I should know what one is right? So I went to Google and entered 'What does blog stand for?'
And it seems likes it's not just me who wanted to know what it really meant! After seeing that a lot of people were asking the question, I was quite confident that at least one of the search results would have had a decent answer. I WAS WRONG!
Every single answer to the question: 'What does blog stand for?' came back with the same result...
It is an abbreviation of Web Log (weB LOG for those of you who are a little slow :D)
I mean seriously I already knew that much, but the answers never seemed to take the question any deeper and the people asking the question seemed satisfied - but not me! I decided to keep researching to find myself a definition now for 'Web Log'. So as usual I went straight to the source of all knowledge. GOOGLE!
And from my search I found a great way to get multiple definitions of any word. In the Google search box type 'Define:[insert word here]'
Anyway using this method here are just a few was a blog (or web log) is defined:
is an online diary used by an author to share information on a particular subject at regular intervals. - broadband-guide.org.uk/jargon-buster.html
A web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author. - sam.dev.uen.org/core/edtech/glossary.shtml
Also known as a blog and is normally a personal Web Page that allows the public to read a personal journal for an individual. As of late businesses and entrepreneurs have been using them to create paying web page businesses or market their wares and services - leadsales.net/adtermsexplained.htm
What I m reading from this is probably the same as a normal person could have worked out by just observing, but here are my thoughts on 'What does Blog stand for?' and more importantly 'What is a blog?'
* Blogs were initially created for the sole purpose of providing an avenue for people to 'journal' their thoughts online.
* Initially created for individuals
* Meant to be updated regularly
* But now as humans always do, people have worked out how to make blogging into a form of business as well. Meaning that while some bloggers still blog to share their thoughts a new breed of bloggers are blogging with the intent of building a business.
Those are just my initial thoughts from those definitions and I am not saying that either blogging to journal your thoughts or blogging for money is wrong - I am just trying to define it!
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