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NEWSGROUP
In an online community, a newsgroup is the title given to a discussion group. A newsgroup focusses on
a particular topic. The topic is of general interest to all the participants in the newsgroup. All participants
share their comments and views on the topic, while also responding to the comments and views of
others. This approach facilitates the discussion of a topic. Generally, there is one person, known as
News Admin, who manages the newsgroup. The News Admin keeps a check on the comments of the
participants. Before posting comments or articles on the newsgroup page, he decides when to stop a
discussion and approves them.
BLOGGING
A blog, short for weblog, is a website that regularly
updates new information about any topic. The latest Factbot
posts appear first. An American blogger named Jorn Page describes the document and the
Barger coined the term weblog in 1997. It is like a location. The content on the pages of many
journal where you write about your life and thoughts. websites rarely changes.
It is more like a personal diary which is shared online
publicly. The text is conversational in style.
Blogging is the act of writing and maintaining a blog, which includes photography and other media that
are self-published online. Readers of the blog can also comment. When more readers comment, the
blog becomes more popular. This made blogging a new type of online business venture. It can also be
used for marketing a business or product. Blogs are popular because they are free, easy to access, and
you can also contribute by commenting on the content.
A Blogger is a person who owns a blog and keeps it updated by posting new posts, experiences, opinions,
stories, news, perspectives, etc. Anyone can become a blogger who has an interest in content writing. You
just need to create a blog and update it regularly, either part time or full time or simply as a hobby.
Difference between a Blog and a Website
A website is a collection of static pages such as the home page, contact page, and profile page. On the
other hand, a blog contains both pages and posts, but mostly posts. Websites usually don’t change
regularly as blogs do. Blogs are based on the idea of orderly release of new content to attract a crowd.
Blogs are written in reverse chronological order, i.e., recent posts on the top of the page followed by
older posts up to the oldest post. You must have already heard about different kinds of blogs, such as
travel blogs, fashion blogs, food blogs, music blogs, fitness blogs, sports blogs, movie blogs, news blogs,
and many more. To create a blog on the Blogger website, follow these steps:
Open www.blogger.com website. The home 1
page of Blogger website appears.
Click on the CREATE 2
YOUR BLOG button.
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