subject: What is Blog? Blogger? Blogging? [print this page] What is Blog? Blogger? Blogging? What is Blog? Blogger? Blogging?
Blog is usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. They are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments, it is interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites. It is usually arranged in chronological order from most recent post at the top of the page to the older post at the bottom. It is usually updated frequently, maybe monthly, weekly or even daily
Many blogs provide commentary, news or online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs and web pages and other media related to its topic.
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What is a Blogger?
A blogger is also known as the author of the blog, the one who post the entries.
Qualities of a blogger
Hard worker - Making a blog is writing, you should write the content for your blog which requires effort and hardwork. Well if you enjoy what you are doing, it's effortless, you just feel like you're playing. But still, you have to be good on it. This reflects you.
Resourceful and full of ideas - We have times that we end of blank and no ideas getting to your mind. This will test your capability to write. A good blogger can write beautifully and interestingly even the topic is about "Paper". A good sense of humor, knowledge and information can be a nice formula for a good entry.
No backing out - It take time and hard work to have an established blog or website. Just make entries that you think is unique, interesting, hottest topic in the web. Put your heart on what you are doing and you'll never get feel tired.
What is Blogging?
Blogging is an act of creating, updating or writing an entry for your blog.
KINDS OF BLOGGING
Text blog - primarily textual
Art blog - focus on art
Photoblog - photographs/pictures
Video Blogging - videos
MP3 Blog - music
Podcasting - audio
Microblogging - short posts
How to make a blog
Catchy title - A title is the first thing that will grab attention of your readers. They will certainly be anticipating something good if they found your Title interesting to them.
Write to the point - Just a little chillaxing words to your blog and get back to the point you want to express, too long blog isn't good specially when there is no more sense in the other part on the entry. Many bloggers end up losing their readers permanently if they keep writing anything without giving it a thought.
Grammatical Errors - Writing specially expressing yourself on the entry, you just type it and published. Sometimes, bloggers know they are good typist but we cannot remove the fact that we are in capable to type wrong spellings or shortened words which might others can't understand. It is important to have word checker and minimize the abbreviated words.
Blog Regularly - If you can write everyday, why not, to have a regular reader, you also have to be a regular blogger, there is always something new to read everyday. But if not, at least update your blog twice or thrice a week. You can also inform
Use picture and videos - Other blogger and reader don't want too much pictures on the blog. Well for me, one or two pictures that really express about the entry or your express the sentiments of the entry, it would be perfect. At goes the same way with videos.
Good sense of humor - With a good humor on your article add sentimental feelings to your reader, specially if you're blog sounds like you're just talking to your readers, having jokes, not so funny jokes, and maybe sarcastic jokes. A good sense of humor, knowledge and information is a good formula for a good entry.
