Adding a Blog to Your Web Site

Blogs

The term "blog"; is a blend of the words web and log (Web log). "Blog"; can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. The blog search engine, Technorati tracks more than 112.8 million blogs.

—From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

Blogs are a fairly new trend in web creation and have been tremendously popular. The main draw is that anyone can have their own space to comment, gripe, discuss and document while having no web editing skills at all. You simply log into an area that houses your blog with a user name and password and then go to town! Many blog systems enable an administrator to have multiple "bloggers" that are restricted to their own areas. Or allow the public to create user names and passwords for their own contributions

Most blogs are set up within a web site, as their own section, others are web sites comprised of only blogs. They can have the same style as the web site as a seamless integration or designed to stand out.

There are many blog companies out there, and you can find anything from personal free blog space to paid company space with storage, pod cast capabilities and video sharing.

http://www.squarespace.com
http://www.blogger.com

Consider starting a personal blog if you:

•  are sharing your travels with those back home
•  have a personal opinion or topic you feel passionately about
•  are documenting an event or series of events
•  write personal reviews

Consider a blog for your company if you are:

•  keeping consumers up to date on new products or services<
•  would like a "diary style" account of company events
•  have multiple contributors to your web site
•  write product articles<
•  frequent trade shows or out-of-office events that you want to share with
the professional community

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