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A blog is the shortened form of a weblog and is a website consisting of articles posted regularly , with the latest articles posted first. As online tools for publishing and updates of articles posted on websites became available, publishing blogs became easier and accessible to a larger portion of internet users. Usually blogs are published on standard websites using a blogging software like Wordpress or Typepad or on dedicated blog hosting services like Blogger or LiveJournal . Blogging is creating and maintaining a blog and the creator of a blog is a blogger.
Most blogs are just online diaries, where individuals post their views on a variety of subjects and their daily activities. Unlike mainstream media (TV, Newspapers, magazines) which are controlled by large media groups and dependon advertising revenue, bloggers can provide uncensored information to visitors. Most blog hosting services provide basic blogs for free. Most of the popular blogs are on particular subject like internet technology, computers or food. A blog will also contain links to other blogs and comments from readers of the weblog. Blogs hosted on a dedicated blog hosting service usually use javascript based tracking service like sitemeter or statcounter to track the number of visitors. The number of comments on a blog is an indicator of the popularity of the blog.
Some of the popular blog hosting services are:
1. Blogger is one of the largest blog hosting services and is owned by Google. It is free and allows Microsoft Word documents to be directly published . You can earn money from your blog through Google Adsense . This is one of the few legitimate ways you can earn online without any investment
2. LiveJournal - offers blogs with social networking features . There are 5 account level, free accounts are most popular. It has 10 millions users as of May 2006 , with a large percentage of female users. LiveJournal provides a "friends list" which can be used for customising accounts
3. Xanga - also offers blog and social networking features . It is largely used by teenagers and allows users to customise the website. If offers a free service (Classic ) and a paid service(Premium) with additional features like more hosting space. Xanga users who write interesting content, earn more eProps.
4. TypePad - is one of the largest paid blogging services. It has 3 different subscription levels . TypePad is used by large organisations and media companies to host their blogs
MSN Spaces, Yahoo!3600, Myspace are social networking platforms
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