What is blog?

Everyone might have heard of the word blog. You might have seen a friend run upto you and say that i have posted a new article on my blog, or you might see many people giving you a link while on the net to check out their blog. It's time ot know what a blog is if you don't.

A blog can be termed as the abbreviation of weblog. It is much similar to a webpage, but it can only be used to publish any articles,news or information of some kind. In a webpage you can add any element you want. The same can be done in a blog, but only depending on other services. For example, if you want to add a video to a blog, you can only add it through youtube.

A blog is usually free and some of the great blogging websites are blogger and wordpress .They give you an account and you can start publishing any information that you want to convey to your friends.

Microblog - This term started gaining popularity in the recent past. Many of you might have heard of twitter and it is the best example of microblogging. Twitter allows you to add text within 160 characters limit and when you publish them, they are visible to your friends and the people who are follwoing you. People usually use them to post any status reports and it has also helped buisness raise their profits by conveying messages to followers about the product.