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Newsgroup
In online community, newsgroup is the title given to a discussion group. A newsgroup focuses
on a particular topic. The topic is of general interest of all the participants to the newsgroup.
It is like Bulletin Board where all the participants put up their comments or views on the
topic as well as on the comments or views of other participants. In this way, a discussion
on a topic is done. 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. He decides
when to stop a discussion as well as approving the comments or articles before they are INTERNET SERVICES
posted on the newsgroup page.
Blogging
Blog is a short form of WEBLOG, which refers to a website where new information about
any topic is updated regularly. The latest posts appear first. The term Weblog was coined 111
by an American blogger named Jorn Barger in 1997. It is like a journal where you write
about your life and thoughts. 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 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, perspective, etc. Anyone can become a blogger. 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 Website
Website is a collection of static pages such as home page, contact page, profile page, etc.
On the other hand, 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 crowd.
Blogs are written in reverse chronological order, i.e., recent post 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 blog, fashion blog, food blog, music blog, fitness blog, sports
blog, movie blog, news blog and many more.

