“A
Blog
is a personal online diary or a journal where your thoughts, ideas, a
news, personal feelings and/or projections
etc are
assimilated chronologically and viewed in an HTML browser and the
freshest/newest information is seen on the top. To periodically blog
is called Blogging & the reason to blog can be many
Market a product- Give or receive comments/feedback
- To have fun
- Share news and information
You
may want to share something you think, write what you feel, penning
stray/random thoughts and well thought out posts and calibrated
articles where you
are engaged with
a wider audience.
This
audience is largely unknown and that it cuts across cast, color and
geography and wield ‘influence’. The content of a personal blog
can comprise of texts, pictures, videos or a mix of everything,
depending upon what you have to share.
Why
Blogging?
Creating
and maintaining blogs is as easy as logging into your laptop or PC
(personal computer). Influential people and laymen alike maintain a
blog, which - are either written by themselves or by ghostwriters.
Tej Kohli
is a Costa Rica based international entrepreneur with commercial
interest in (IT, digital property creation and real estate). Kohli is
also a globe trotting traveller, a music/film lover plus an avid
blogger. Kohli says, “Blogging is a passion and one needs to catch
up with one’s passion once in a while. The objective primarily is
to engage with people known to you and also to reach out to a wide
audience.”
Blogging Trivia
Heard
about Han? Han Who? This 30 year old Chinese blogger is the most
popular blogger in the world and his personal blog has attracted 300
million plus hits till date. Han is a rally driver, singer and an
online book publisher. He
has also being named as the most influential
person by TIME magazine, Newsweek and Brit magazine New Statesman in
2010.
Types
of Blogs
- Textual
Art blogs- Photoblogs
- Video blogs or "vlogs"
- MP3 blogs audio (podcasts)
- Edublogs
TOP
Blogs
- The Huffington Post
- TMZ
- Business Insider
- Engadget
- Perez Hilton
- TechCrunch
- Mashable
Top
Blogging platforms
- Blogger (FREE)
- Tumblr (FREE)
- WordPress (FREE)
- Posterous (FREE)
Pic
source – businessweek, Whitehouse.gov, Wikipedia
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