What is a blog?
What is a blog?
A blog (short-cut for web log) is a technical term used to describe websites or parts of websites that are organized by posts. The posts are usually arranged by date where the most recent post appears at the top of the page. Blogineering is an example of a blog. Blogs are maintained by bloggers.
There are many types of blogs. They can be personal or corporate. They can be an online diary, a commentary on particular topic, an online newspaper, or they can be almost anything that you can think of. The video below has a good explanation about the basics of blogging.
Most blogs are text and combination of multimedia, but there are also bloggers who focus on blogging using particular media. There are photo blogs, video blogs, audio blogs, music blogs, and others.
Is it hard to blog?
Some of you are probably having second thoughts about starting a blog. Two years ago, my high school best friend Riley and I did not have any idea what a blog is, but we have managed to learn how to do it and set one up on our own. We do admit that we are not the experts in blogging. But that is just to point out that you do not have to major in blogging if you want to start and put one up. As of this writing, Mathematics and Multimedia, our main blog, has reached about half a million hits in less than two years – not bad for mathematics education blog.
In addition, there more than 165 million blogs out there, so it can’t be that hard. So, for now, relax and bookmark this blog because we will not only teach you how to start a blog, but we will also teach how to promote it step-by-step. We will also teach you, tricks, tips, and provide tutorials on how to use the latest web technology in promoting your blog.
