A weblog (or simply blog) is a website that ‘publishes’ or features articles (which are called ‘blog posts’, ‘posts’, or ‘entries’), written by an individual or a group that make use of any or a combination of the following:

Straight texts Photographs or images (photoblog) Video (videoblog) Audio files (audioblog) Hyperlinks

Usually presented and arranged in reverse chronological order, blogs are essentially used for the following purposes:

Online journal or a web diary Content managament system Online publishing platform

A typical blog has the following components:

Post date -the date and time of the blog entry

Category – the category that the blog belongs to

Title – the title of the blog

Main body – the main content of the blog

RSS and trackback – links the blog back from other sites

Comments – commentaries that are added by readers

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