What is a weblog?

Weblogs are personal Internet journals. A blog is a diary or journal where the writer or “blogger” will write his or her observations on the world or provide links to useful websites. Different bloggers write about different themes, sort of like a newspaper columnist but with no specialized training necessary, which has made blogging the new way to communicate using the web. Everyone is blogging from students to grandparents.

A book to help you get started:

"The Weblog Handbook: Practical Advice on Creating and Maintaining Your Blog" (Rebecca Blood)

Blog Ping Servers:

A ping server automatically notifies subscribers when content to a weblog has been updated. Weblog users must configure their software to notify ping servers when they publish new material. An example of such a service is: weblogs

Free Weblogs:

• blogtastic

• manicfish

• typepad

• blogger

Weblogs have become so common that even criminal investigators use them to solve cases: Below is a list of the most notorious crimes where a large part of the investigation was reviewing blogs posted by the victim and or suspect:

• Halliburton

• Taylor Behl

• New Orleans

-- JenniferHairfield - 14 Dec 2005 -- SueMcGinnis - 18 Dec 2005