Who is a blogger?

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By Waiswa Brian

Do you remember the first time you heard the word “blog”? What was your original thought? How did you respond?

The term, “blogger,” is a noun derived from the term, “blog”. A blog is an online journal or website with frequently published content. The published content on a blog are arranged in reverse chronological order so that the most recent posts appear first and the older ones are further down.

If you want to learn the difference between a blog and a website, Well, as familiar as you might be to what a “blog” is, there are people who hear it for the first time every single day and have no idea what it really is. They are having that first encounter like you did right now!

Here are a few very simple definitions that can get you started. If you find these to be good enough for you then you’re done reading this post!

  • A blog is a type of website which has posts (or entries) appearing in reverse chronological order.
  • Blog posts typically appear with the most recent blog post (or entry, post) first, just like a diary or journal.
  • A blog is typically updated frequently and regularly, although there are some who are considered “slow bloggers”.
  • Blogs typically have an area for people to comment or respond to the blog post.
  • Blogs may also have other areas of content and links to other websites.
  • Blogs can have individual authors or be a collection of authors.
  • Blogs have a history or an archive of previous blog posts.
    • A blog is a collection of content that is organized repetitively. This content can take the form of basic words (copy) as well as rich media (audio, video, and embeddable objects).
    • A blog typically focuses on a particular subject matter for clarity, focus, and
    • A blog can be built by hand, manually through writing the post, uploading to a website via FTP, and then publishing.
    • A blog can also be managed by software, sometimes called a CMS (Content Management System), where a lot of the features are automatically created and populated.
    • A blog typically can be read in a number of different formats including the homepage, single post page, categories, tags, and also via RSS and other such syndication technologies.
    • Readers and visitors can subscribe to the blog so that they can consume the content in a variety of different means, tools, devices, and applications.