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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.
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