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BLOGGING
A blog, or weblog, is a website that provides information on a specific topic. It presents a series
of posts in reverse chronological order, so the most recent post appears at the top. Often
referred to as an online diary, blogs were once mostly text-based. However, with technological
advancements, new types of blogs have emerged that include images, audio, and video alongside
text. Some of the popular types of blogs are Lifestyle Blog (focused on daily living tips), Food
Blog (focused on recipes and reviews), Tech Blog (focused on gadgets and software), Parenting
Blog (focused on child-rearing advice), Finance Blog (focused on money management), Books
Blog (focused on reviews and recommendations), Entertainment Blog (focused on movies and
TV shows), Fitness Blog (focused on exercise and health), Personal Development Blog (focused
on self-improvement tips).
Tech Tweak
The term Blog was given by Peter Merholz in 1999 when he rearranged the words “Web
log” to read as “We Blog”. Dave Winer’s Scripting News is one of the oldest and the largest
running blog in present days.
A blogger is a person who writes blogs, and the act of writing them is known as blogging. When
creating a post, it’s important to ensure it doesn’t harm the feelings or reputation of others.
Popular platforms for creating blogs include Blogger, WordPress, Wix and Tumblr. Let us learn
how to create a blog on the the Blogger website.
To create a blog of the Blogger website, follow the given steps:
1 Visit the www.blogger.com website.
2 Click on the CREATE YOUR BLOG button.
To register yourself with the Blogger website, you must have a Gmail account or you need to
create a new account.
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