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According to Merriam Webster Online, the number
one word its readers sought to define in 2004 was one we've likely all heard but are just
beginning to understand: "blog."
A blog as a Web site that contains a personal journal with reflections, comments, and often,
hyperlinks provided by the writer. Short for Web log, a blog lets you keep information that you want
to share with others—words, pictures, and even music—in one easy-to-locate online space, thus
eliminating the need to send multiple e-mails to share your world.
Blog, according to Dictionary.com
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: an online diary; a personal chronological log of thoughts published on a Web page; also called Weblog, Web log
Example: Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.
Etymology: shortened form of Weblog
Usage: blog, blogged, blogging v, blogger n
More...
1. Very strictly, a weblog (blog) is simply a log of the web. The editor(s) of a weblog
merely chronicle what they consider interesting events on the web, typically adding some personal
comments.
The common mode for finding new links is by surfing, the links don't necessarily have to be
recently changed or created. Often people just list links to pages they have encountered, and the
only chronology is the order in which they decided to write about them.
2. The editors typically provide some subjective commentary. Some weblogs are more dominantly subjective
commentary than links. Some weblogs are entirely subjective commentary and these are really Online Diaries.
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and furthermore...
Due to the progressive mutation of the term weblog, it's pretty much a meaningless term.
Some could even argue a wiki is a weblog, but that would be wrong--wikis aren't time-oriented.
Instead, here are some less confusing terms:
Chronicle
An objective, time-ordered history of events that happened in the world at large. Think news.
"What's new" lists and Recent Changes are chronicles.
Journal
A subjective, time-ordered history of events that happened to the author. Browse, link, and
discuss sites are journals. They are journals of the author's surfing.
Diary
A subjective, time-ordered introspective analysis of oneself. People talking about their
boyfriends, pets, parents, and co-workers are dead giveaways for diaries.
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