what is a blog (introduction to blog)

surely you might have heard of 'blog' .and there will be no doubt in it because this word is very popular in this modern life.but you will be thinking what is a blog ? sure,if you are a newbie yo will.but after copleting reading this article you will never think what is a blog.instead you can say of your own about what it is.its that simple.here is a simple explanation about what is a blog ?

""A blog is an online way of expressing your ideas,thoughts,innovations,and anything you know and have it posted for the public to hear you. It is also a place where the world can hear all your passions,interets,etc.. in life and how you thought about certain subjects""

Confused yet? Don’t be – its really quite simple. To put it as simply as possible – a blog is a type of website that is usually arranged in chronological order from the most recent ‘post’ (or entry) at the top of the main page to the older entries towards the bottom. 

people all over the universe is now thinking to make a blog of their.and its damn simple too.people makes blog to share their ideas,tricks and tips and al what they know.but you know main purpose of which more than 70% of people trying to make a blog ? i will say,to earn money.do you know what ? blogging is one of the best way to make money online.

Blogs typically have one or more features that provide that familiar blog feel and functionality. These are included below=

Blog Features

Today's blogs have much features. Some of these are designed to help the reader to find information, other features assist the publisher in providing content easily

Homepage

The homepage is the main page of the blog.home of most blogs provide a list of the latest entries (or "posts") listed in reverse chronological order. There are typically around ten posts followed by a link to older entries.

Archives

most bloggers post hundreds or much more than that of posts each year. With such a high volume of posts being published, an archive feature provides an easy way for visitors to view older posts.

Archives are usually accessed via a link in the blog's navigation. The links are usually date-based (i.e. March 2008, April 2008, May 2008,...).

Categories

Categories allow visitors to browse the blog based on... categories! Each blog post is usually assigned one or more categories at the time it is published. This allows the visitor to view all posts on a particular category in an easy way.

As with archives, categories are usually accessed via a link in the blog's navigation. The links are usually the name of the category.

Tag Cloud/labels

Some blogs contain a tag cloud. This is a list of tags - or keywords - that the blogger has applied to each post. A tag cloud is simply another navigation mechanism to help visitors in finding the posts they're interested in.

Comments

Most blogs include a comments section. These are usually located at the bottom of each post and allow visitors to post their own thoughts on the posts ot to clear any doubts they have.

Comments may not appear immediately after you submit it. Oftentimes, the author will want to approve (or reject) comments before they're displayed to the world.

Recent Posts

Blog navigation sometimes includes links to the five or more recent posts.

Recent Comments

Blog navigation sometimes includes links to the five or more recent comments.

Search

Similar to traditional websites, most blogs have a search box that allows the visitor to search anything they want and the search box will search the blog.

Blogroll

A blogroll is a list of links to other blogs that the blogger likes. Usually they will be related to the current blog but not always.and also it works as a backlink too.

other parts of blogs are pages,rss feed,etc..

so my next article will be based on how to make a blog ! be back soon..also comment with your opinion about the post. 
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