According to Wikipedia, a blog, thecontraction of the term “web log”, is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art which are named as Art blog; others, however, focus on photographs (photoblog), videos (Video blogging), music (MP3 blog), and audio (podcasting). Microblogging is another type of blogging, featuring very short posts.
Appart from that, there are some multitopic spanish – blogs which are known as “Microsiervos”.
We could also notice that we have the opportunity to find a huge diversity of definitions of the word “blog”, such as “A weblog is kind of a continual tour, with a human guide who you get to know. There are many guides to choose from, each develops an audience, and there’s also comraderie and politics between the people who run weblogs, they point to each other, in all kinds of structures, graphs, loops, etc”. or “A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.” Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. Postings on a blog are almost always arranged in cronological order with the most recent additions featured most prominantly”. As we will be able to see in one of the references, there are lots of definitions of this word.
References:
- Wikipedia contributors. “Blog.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 3 Jan. 2010. Web. 28 Jan. 2010.
- Microsiervos (blog). (2010, 8) de enero. Wikipedia, La enciclopedia libre. Fecha de consulta: 23:51, enero 28, 2010 from http://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Microsiervos_(blog)&oldid=32833946.
- What is a blog? Problogger. (5th February, 2005). Retrieved 23:52, 28th, January 28, 2010, from http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/05/what-is-a-blog/
