Blogging
- what's it all about?
by: Inka-Maria Kunz
A blog usually is a web page that contains brief, discrete hunks of information
called posts. These posts are arranged in reverse-chronological order (the most
recent come first) and each is uniquely identified by an anchor tag which is
marked with a permanent link that can be referred to by others who wish to link
to it.
A blog is a means of communication and there are many different types of
messages carried by blogs. Some are nothing but pointers to other web sites,
while others run long essays, some are personal diaries, others feature
technology, and some are edited by one person, others by teams.
There are hundreds of thousands of blogs on the Internet, and new blogs are
created every day. Can anybody and more importantly can you blog? Yes, there are
bloggers of all types, equipped with all levels of technical skills. Bloggers
approach their sites with as much variety and passion as the general Net public
approaches the Web itself.
The most commonly used blogging tool is Blogger. It requires the least amount of
commitment in time or resources, allowing you to go from wanting a blog to
having one in about five minutes and at no cost. The Blogger software is the
property of Pyra Labs (http://www.pyra.com/). Blogger is often credited as the
reason for the explosion of blogging that’s occurred in the last couple of
years. It is a web-based tool, requiring no installation of software on your
personal computer or on your server if you happen to have a web site. You access
the tool through the Blogger web site (http://blogger.com/) and the blog pages
are posted to your web site or to Pyra’s BlogSpot (http://blogspot.com/)
community blog server. For more detailed information on this see O’Reilly’s
Essential Blogging.
Re-read anything before you publish. Electronic text can expose unintended
meaning easily and it will also make what you say a lot more focused. If nothing
else, it should help you catch spelling mistakes! Blogging is a way to share
your opinions and thoughts to the rest of the world. If you post interesting
things, share links with other bloggers and post comments on other blogs.
Linking is the way of the Web that is the key of successful blogging.
In order to keep your blogs really fresh, invite a group of your friends /
colleagues and give them blogging access. That way you will have several
reporters blogging information and you won’t end up killing yourself, trying to
keep your blog populated with good information. If you use Blogger, upgrade to
Blogger Pro. You can have your team post to the blog from email, create and
syndicate your blog as an RSS feed, and a whole lot more! Adding the ability to
post comments on your blog extends interactivity and usefulness to the blog
itself. Blogs are about community and information, and commenting is a real way
to gauge your viewer’s blogging efforts. Blogging is one of the quickest ways to
update your site. Syndicating others’ blogs into your own site is another. There
is a wealth of information out there – just tap into it!
About The Author
This article was written by Inka-Maria Kunz, CEO of a flourishing multilingual
translations agency with offices in Germany and New Zealand. This article may be
printed or used in its entirety with full author contacts and details. For more
information, translations or purchases of a new website/e-business, contact the
author thru the official website
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