can ayone tell me what exactly blogs are?
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Its where people post what happens to them every day.\n\nWelcome to my Blog: \nApril 1st 2006- Today I had a terrible diarrhea\nApril 2ND 2006- I ate my cat \nApril 3rd- Hi, I'm so freaking bored I'm starting to see the chupacabras\nApril 4th- The Chupacabras and I are in love, we're getting married in Puerto Rico Next moth. Whoever said that Online romances dont work, was wrong. SIGH!!!\nApril 5th- The wedding was canceled. I found out that The Chupacabras had been sucking Goats Blood behind my back. How do i get over him????\nApril 6th-Why the Fuck are you still reading  this
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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.
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A blog is an online journal. There are a few different ways to get one. They are free most of the time. Try www.livejournal.com or www.blogger.com. You can choose to make it either public or private. You can also use them to post pictures or images as well.
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http://www.blogger.com is a good blog system.
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www.blogspot.com\n\nIts really good for beginners
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Blogs are like an online journal where people with too much time on their hand type about their days. I normally blog when I want to rant. Common blogging sites would be Xanga or LiveJournal.
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Blogging, from the original term "weblog," is typing and submitting text to an online journal or similar web service. It is static and editable, and although other individuals may comment on its entries there is generally little direct exchange between users.\n\nChatting involves a chat "client," like a chat room, instant messenger, or similar application. It involves two or more individuals having a direct conversation and interacting in "real time." Chatting is closer to a phone conversation, and is sometimes enhanced by audio, video and even gaming features.
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A blog, or "web log" is where the Internet-using public can go to post their thoughts, comments, links, etc. for the whole world to see. Some people use blogs as a sounding board while others provide useful information or a means to communicate with members of their family or with friends. \n\nTwo of the more popular blogging companies are MySpace and Blogger.
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There is a hundred different definitions to a "blog."  Some are kept as political or social commentaries.  Some are kept for one particular interest, such as a scrapbooking or knitting.  Some are kept as just mundane journals that everyone can see.  Many have photos or audio includes and there are lots of free services to help new bloggers begin.
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Blog is short for weblog. A weblog is a journal (or newsletter) that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the Web site.
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blog\n(WeBLOG) A Web site that contains dated entries in reverse chronological order (most recent first) about a particular topic. Functioning as an online journal, blogs can be written by one person or a group of contributors. Entries contain commentary and links to other Web sites, and images as well as a search facility may also be included. A blog with video clip entries instead of text is a "video Weblog" (see vlog).\n\nAlthough some blogs invite feedback and comments from visitors, Internet newsgroup discussions, which started long before the Web, tend to be more question-and-answer oriented (see newsgroup).\n\n\nSoftware and Services\n\nBlogs took off in 1999 after blog development applications such as Pitas, Blogger and GrokSoup were released. The template-based software made it easy to create an online blog and continuously add entries without having to write the pages in HTML. Blog hosting services make it even easier to create a blog. All the development is done through the browser, and no software downloads are required.\n\n\nSites that Index Blogs\n\nBy the end of 2005, there were more than 18 million blogs, and there are sites that track and index them (visit www.technorati.com and http://blogsearch.google.com).\n\n\nThe News Feed\n\nMany blog sites offer an RSS or Atom syndication feed that provides headlines of their latest entries along with URLs to the content (see syndication feed).\n\n\nA Global Forum\n\nAfter the 9/11 attacks in New York, blogs were used to convey information, thoughts and feelings faster than any previous method. On controversial issues as well as mainstream subjects, blogs have become a forum for public expression that can quickly reach people around the world. See blogosphere, blogrolling, blognosing, blogorrhea, blogger, War blog and dooced.
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A weblog, which is usually shortened to blog, is a website where regular entries are made (such as in a journal or diary) and presented in reverse chronological order. Blogs often offer commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news; some 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. Most blogs are primarily textual although many focus on photographs, videos or audio. Blog can also be used as a verb, meaning adding something to a blog.
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Yep, that's exactly it.  It's just an online journal of rantings, thoughts, daily diary....\n\nHere is one of mine http://bythonic.blogspot.com just to look over.\n\nThere really isn't anything to them.  It's just a way to post whatever you want online for anyone to read.
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he term blog is a blend of the terms web and log, leading to web log, weblog, and finally blog. Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called blogging. Individual articles on a blog are called "blog posts," "posts" or "entries". A person who posts these entries is called a blogger.\n\nA blog entry typically consists of the following:\n\n    * Title - main title, or headline, of the post.\n    * Body - main content of the post.\n    * Comments - comments added by readers\n    * Permalink - the URL of the full, individual article.\n    * Post Date - date and time the post was published.\n\nA blog entry optionally includes the following:\n\n    * Categories (or tags) - subjects that the entry discusses\n    * Trackback - links to other sites that refer to the entry\n\nA blog site typically contains a list of links, or blogroll, of other blogs that the blog author reads or affiliates with.\n[edit]\n\nHow blogs differ from traditional sites\n\nA blog has certain attributes that distinguish it from a standard web page. It allows for easy creation of new pages: new data are entered into a simple form (usually with the title, the category, and the body of the article) and then submitted. Automated templates take care of adding the article to the home page, creating the new full article page (Permalink), and adding the article to the appropriate date- or category-based archive. It allows for easy filtering of content for various presentations: by date, category, author, or other attributes. It allows the administrator to invite and add other authors, whose permission and access are easily managed.\n[edit]\n\nDifference from forums or newsgroups\n\nBlogs are different from forums or newsgroups. Only the author or authoring group can create new subjects for discussion on a blog. A network of blogs can function like a forum in that every entity in the blog network can create subjects of their class. Such networks require interlinking to function, so a group blog with multiple people holding posting rights is now becoming more common. Even where others post to a blog, the blog owners or editors will initiate and frame discussion, manipulating the situation to their specification.\n[edit]\n\nDigital media\n\nWhile straight text and hyperlinks dominate, some blogs emphasize images (such as webcomics and photoblogs) and videos (see videoblogging).\n\nSome textual blogs link to audio files (see podcasting). A notable niche is the MP3 blog, which specializes in posting music from specific genres. New words have been coined for many of these content-oriented blogs, such as "moblog" (for "mobile blog").
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try globeofblogs.com and bloguniverse.com to start with, there are many different websites which will list your blog for you.\n\n\nHTH
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Blog is short for weblog. A weblog is a journal (or newsletter) that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the Web site.\n\nA blog is often a mixture of what is happening in a person's life and what is happening on the Web, a kind of hybrid diary/guide site, although there are as many unique types of blogs as there are people.\n\nPeople maintained blogs long before the term was coined, but the trend gained momentum with the introduction of automated published systems. \n\nTo see a few specific types of blogs look here:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
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a blog is somewhat like a online diary where you can share thoughts and things with friends and the public if you choose to do so. Some ppl write jokes, stories or just whatever happens in their life day to day..... have fun and happy blogging :)