Blog

The blog or weblog was invented in 1995 to provide a date ordered calendar style method of recording events. Typically web pages were static, with the advent of the blog more dynamic web sites started to exist. Early pioneers created platforms that allowed users to create “blogs” and share them with the community and their friends. Blogging became extremely popular at the start of the 21st century and has been one of the foundations of the social web. Owners of popular blogs are now invited to product launches and are provided much acclaim as their readership starts to outnumber regular newspaper companies.  Blog is a part of websites or individual entry made by the Internet user. Entries in blog are generally written in simple and standard format. Blog contains text, images or weblinks. Blog contains articles related to business world, social entity, information based, photography, critical blogging, political. Blogging has history of itself that started in 1995; in those days blogs were used by limited users to share information. Blog have gained tremendous popularity. We see that blogging is used on internet with its own concepts to reveal the personal information, there are many different types of blogs, differing not only in the type of content, but also in the way that content is delivered or written. The concept of blogging made the world to come closer, blog can be written in many local language, can be designed according to owns wish. Connecting to world of information has become easy and free on different portals like Google, yahoo, windows live, wordpress, FB, twitters. Initially users started blog technology to share their personal views, these types of blog has tremendous scope to share your thought with other people, who even do not know you personally. Blog writing has become a profession now. Users provides the contents that holds text information, images, photos, musical clips, links to other websites, articles, blogs.

Blog, by profession: Writing the blogs has become a profession. Business world and many websites are hiring the content writers to writes articles, reviews and promoting the products, corporate house. Information based website use the content writing professional to manage the website by writing the related articles to their websites. Classifieds or email marketing are also blogging profession.

Blog has developed the interpersonal relation with no limits, borders, culture, language, caste, racism and color. You can share your own views with, make friends, find love and life partner.

Common Types of Blogs-

Personal Blogs – Personal blogs are based on, sharing the information with others that can be used or useful to others. Contents in the blog or websites show the types of blogs. Personal blogs holds different types of contents or articles to share with family, friends, users, these types of blogs are used to make friends, share ideas, views and knowledge, gathering information, sharing music, art culture, other events and so on, has become more popular blog for common users. You can see some of the types of personal blogs:

• Instruction – Contents which has instructions based articles can be said as Instructional blogs.
• Informative Blogs – Sharing useful information with others, declaration, news based contents falls under these types of blog
• Review Blogs – Sharing the reviews of the articles used, movies, products, music concerts with others falls under these types of blog.
• Interviews Blogs – These types of articles shares an interview of celebrity, dignitaries, and these articles may hold video clips, Question/Answer.
• Case Studies – Importantly these types of articles holds the articles based on case study, especially articles related with business products, managements case study, MIS case study types of articles are shared under these types of blogs.
• Linking post – articles hold the links which are useful to others from the point of Content writers.
• Problem Sharing – Contents or articles seeking help tips from others fall under these types of blog.
• Debating, Opinion – Sharing the debates on certain issues, gather opinions from users.
• Inspirational – Contents sharing the inspiration information
• Research – Sharing research papers, articles
• Predictions and Reviews – Predicting or sharing review with others.

Corporate Blogs – This type of blog has certain limitation, basically used for business related communication. Announcement, declaration or comment on reports. This type of blog can be private, Blogs used internally to enhance the communication and culture in a corporation or externally for marketing, branding or public relations purposes are called corporate blogs. Announcing the events through blogs for clubs and societies is also possible and these types of blog are called club blogs, group blogs, or by similar names; typical use is to inform members and other interested parties of club and member activities. At the most these types of blog are more related to marketing purposes.

Articles on business related topics like, share markets, market trends, share your expertise, declaration of MOUs, advertising the products, MLM, affiliate marketing connect with corporate world has become more easier and faster tool.

• Photography Blogs, Media Blogs – These types of blogs are mostly animated blogs, sharing photography, media related tapes, video clips, music albums at free to friends and family. These types of blogs also may contain critics and concerns. Photography or Media Blog can also be used for marketing the products. These types of blog can also be said as Photoblog, Videoblog/Vblog.
• Educational Blog – Education related stakes are shared to their students or among students, basically these blogs are commonly used by teachers to share instructions, references related to educational topics.  These types of blogs are beneficial to educational institutions, teachers and tutors, which helps to share the information to students, keeping contacts with parents, society.
• Technology Blog – Articles based on technology like software, programs, electronics, aeronautics, science and IT. These types of blogs help to improve the technology by sharing the ideas and concerns with others.
• Press and Journalism – Sharing the events, information, current affairs, issues, hot happen around the planet.
• Social & community –  Sharing the discussion on community issues, running charity forums, social events and so on has become easier and faster
• Political Blogs – Blogs holds the information or thoughts and plans, with the country men by Political parties.

Blog Software and Platform

Many pioneering portal provide the free blog software, tools, and platform. Just become a member and start sharing your thoughts, reviews, information, make friends.   Google, WordPress, Typepad, Technorati, FB, Twitter allows its users to free blogging software and tools.

Blogger.com

Blogger.com is a software or platform managed and powered by Google. Sign with your Google email account and start posting the articles. Its so simple that to share the information with others. Blogger software allows the user to develop own webpage post the articles, blogger.com is powered by Google. The user bank is number one and the users are world-wide. Blogger.com strictly follows the terms and conditions. You can post articles as well as make money by using Google Adsense, affiliating to Amazon.com (world-famous online shopping store), Google affiliations. You can track your blog performance; Google has given free tools like Google Adsense, Adwords, Webmaster, Affiliation, Google Analytics to the user. Blogger.com has large number of users. Usage of this free software make is a greatest platform for the new user.

WordPress

WordPress – WordPress is the most popular blog platform on the internet, with both an online hosted version and a download self installation version available. WordPress offers many features including RSS syndication and easy to use administration features.

World famous and pioneers in free blogging platform, shares with users. WordPress has millions of users. WP is free blogging software. You need to create and account, select your enchanting theme and connect with your friends and family. WP is most popular blogging software world-wide, you can share images, photos, video clips, MMS, media, articles, events, make money by creating ads, create fan book. WP allows you to create your own website with 100 millions of plugins, WP has 100’s millions of free and premier theme bank, to help the website owners, bloggers. The Blog Software is user-friendly, anyone can develop website.  Post the articles for users. Making friends, gossiping and sharing events and knowledge based information has been most popular platform for common user’s world-wide. WP also provides the advantage of translation of language according to you. Make use of WP and be the trusted user and do not fake. WordPress allows users to connect or get affiliated to any of suitable AdSense, Marketing, and Affiliation websites. Using Plug-In on your website is most wonderful tool provided by WP. Thanks! WP allows the new users to develop their own website. Designing and building the webpage is easy. Common users having no knowledge of website develops software like HTML, java can also design the webpage at their own wish.

WP Users graph has reached to one numbers it has total more than 590thousands websites using WP platform according to analysis dated 2010, July.

Facebook

FaceBook – World famous among young generation to share the ideas, concern, thoughts, making friends. Popularity of FB has given the users more opportunities to connect with other part of world. FB allows you to share images, photos, video clips, MMS, media, articles, events, make money by creating ads, create fan book. FB looks forward for fare and trusted bloggers. FB is simple to use and created your own webpage, wall and post the articles for users. Making friends, gossiping and sharing events and knowledge based information has been most popular platform for common user’s world-wide. FB also provides the advantage of translation of language according to you. FaceBook has large amount of user common and uncommon dignitaries, celebrities, actors, actress and sports person are the users of FB and share the information, gossip with common man. This is great platform used world-wide to share.

Twitter

Twitter – I like twitter very much. Twitter is wonderful free blogging software having large number of user bank. Large amount of user common and uncommon dignitaries, celebrities, actors, actress, and sports person are the users of FB and share the information, gossip with common man. You have to just register on twitter and start sharing with others, make friends and family, create groups, join or follow others. Twitter has large amount of knowledgeable information shared by the prominent users.  Twitter has more than 10 millions of users associated. Twitter is social blog portal with loads of sharing, all you need is to register and start sharing

Check out for some of most popular Blog software and platform below:

Advantage -

• Free blog software provide the technical support, help at ease.
• Instantly start to share articles with friends, get connected with other part of world in just few minutes.
• Provides free monetizing help and assistance.
• 1000′s of free template to develop a webpage are easily available.
• Using the techniques and assistance, you can learn and earn money from home.
• Free Hosting, domain is provided.
• Using top platform helps to optimize top SE easily.
• Provides free analytical reports regularly.
• Provides thousands of plug-in to optimize your blog.
• Millions of users to add and make friends.
• Trusted blog software helps you.
• Blog Software available in your language.

Disadvantage-

• Registration required.
• Some of blog software provide limited free facilities.

The above article is based on my experience, this for sure that free blog software helps beginners to learn blogging and helpful to make money online.

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