Definition of a Blog

Blog is short for Weblog, which stands for "logging the Web" with his origins into the web and write the 'conclusions which are links of interest' and give an opinion on those links in the online journal. Blog is also a website with content or articles that are updated periodically and sorted chronologically reversed. This means that each new item in front of and content for longer in the back, this content can be commented on by every person who reads it.

The term was first used by Jorn Barger in December 1997 using the term to describe a group Weblog personal website is always updated continuously and contains links to other websites that they find interesting along with the comments of their own. Blog then developed to find the form in accordance with the wishes of the author or the blogger. Blog which was originally a "track record" someone on the Internet, which links to websites visited and considered attractive, then became much more interesting than a list of links. This is because the Blogger usually also do not forget to fasten the comments "smart" their personal opinions and even express their sarcasm on the link that was made.

In 1998 the number of blog has not been much, this is because the time required expertise and specialized knowledge of website creation, HTML, and web hosting to create a blog, so that only those who are involved in the Internet, System Administrator or Web Designer who later in time spare create their own blog-blog. However, in August 1999 a Silicon Valley company called Pyra Labs launched its Blogger.com service that allows anyone with basic knowledge about HTML to create his own blog online and free. Although before that (July 1999) making blog online service that Pitas and the games have been there and have created Blogger to grow to hundreds, but the number of blog never multiply so much that Blogger.com appears in the world of the blog's. Blogger.com itself now has up to 100,000 Bloggers who use their services with growth of around 20% per month.