A blog (a truncation of the expression weblog) is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first). Until 2009 blogs were usually the work of a single individual [citation needed], occasionally of a small group, and often covered a single subject. More recently "multi-author blogs" (MABs) have developed, wi…
Monday, November 3, 2014
The modern blog evolved from the online diary
A blog (a truncation of the expression weblog) is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first). Until 2009 blogs were usually the work of a single individual [citation needed], occasionally of a small group, and often covered a single subject. More recently "multi-author blogs" (MABs) have developed, wi…
The rise of Twitter and other "microblogging" systems helps
A blog (a truncation of the expression weblog) is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first). Until 2009 blogs were usually the work of a single individual [citation needed], occasionally of a small group, and often covered a single subject. More recently "multi-author blogs" (MABs) have developed, wi…
Evan Williams at Pyra Labs used "blog" as both a noun and verb
A blog (a truncation of the expression weblog) is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first). Until 2009 blogs were usually the work of a single individual [citation needed], occasionally of a small group, and often covered a single subject. More recently "multi-author blogs" (MABs) have developed, wi…