What is blogging is one question that can arise in one’s mind anytime even when you yourself have written a few. What is a blog? Presenting your opinion on a website? So, writing a blog can be termed as blogging. Technically correct but is it technical only?
There are more aspects of blogging then we normally notice. May it be a political blog or an IT blog? It is not only writing. What are the properties of blogging? Let’s try to discuss and find out
• So you have written for a website, is it a blog? A blog has some properties… for starters a blog can have a mix of text video and images. A blog would have its own unique web link or address. In fact every blog that you write would have one. And then the final and most important one is that blogs invite and allow visitor comments and discussions on the opinions given by the writer
• Another important thing about a blog is that it is not just giving out your opinions. It is about authentic information. By blogging you are shifting visitor opinion and even creating opinions if they already do not have opinions. So, information being produced in a blog surely should be authentic.
• An opinion in a news paper is for the people to discuss. The writer won’t know what people think about his write up. But it not the case in a blog. The blog is like an online discussion forum. You will get to know the feedback in the comments section and you will notice discussion and arguments going on in the comments, so a blog can be more of a discussion
• Earlier blogs were considered to be online book logs or diaries. But the most popular ones have been which are written from a reader point of view. To satisfy the reader more than to satisfy yourself.
You have to keep in mind that your blog is not just a write up. It is a multimedia tool, your TV channels can show images and video but they do not have a shelf life. Newspapers can show images and text and have a shelf life but they cannot show video. Blogs are the only medium having text, images, videos and a much longer shelf life compared to newspapers even. If you search right now, you will find blogs written in 2000 and 2001. Such is the power of blogs and the power of blogging.
There are more aspects of blogging then we normally notice. May it be a political blog or an IT blog? It is not only writing. What are the properties of blogging? Let’s try to discuss and find out
• So you have written for a website, is it a blog? A blog has some properties… for starters a blog can have a mix of text video and images. A blog would have its own unique web link or address. In fact every blog that you write would have one. And then the final and most important one is that blogs invite and allow visitor comments and discussions on the opinions given by the writer
• Another important thing about a blog is that it is not just giving out your opinions. It is about authentic information. By blogging you are shifting visitor opinion and even creating opinions if they already do not have opinions. So, information being produced in a blog surely should be authentic.
• An opinion in a news paper is for the people to discuss. The writer won’t know what people think about his write up. But it not the case in a blog. The blog is like an online discussion forum. You will get to know the feedback in the comments section and you will notice discussion and arguments going on in the comments, so a blog can be more of a discussion
• Earlier blogs were considered to be online book logs or diaries. But the most popular ones have been which are written from a reader point of view. To satisfy the reader more than to satisfy yourself.
You have to keep in mind that your blog is not just a write up. It is a multimedia tool, your TV channels can show images and video but they do not have a shelf life. Newspapers can show images and text and have a shelf life but they cannot show video. Blogs are the only medium having text, images, videos and a much longer shelf life compared to newspapers even. If you search right now, you will find blogs written in 2000 and 2001. Such is the power of blogs and the power of blogging.
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