What is a Blog?

Recently someone asked me what a Blog was. Blog was the word of the year for 2003 or 2004 but the word is still not well known throughout the population. Some people who have heard the word have no idea what it means.

With the creation of the Internet over the last 30 years came electronic mail. This was followed by mailing lists where you could send one message to a group of people. Following this came electronic bulletin boards where people could add their own content on subjects of their choosing.

With the World Wide Web came the ability of people to add their own Home Page – a page about themselves and their life. Over the last few years people have started using the internet for a personal public diary allowing family, friends and others access to their life.

Webloging (or blogging as it is called) is a type of web page that is very easy to update. The most recent information is at the top. Old content is automatically archived. A site like Blogger.Com can help with writing the web page.