What's a blog?

A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world.

Your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are millions of them, in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules.

In simple terms, a blog is a web site, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis. New stuff shows up at the top, so your visitors can read what's new. Then they comment on it or link to it or email you. Or not.

Since Blogger was launched, almost five years ago, blogs have reshaped the web, impacted politics, shaken up journalism, and enabled millions of people to have a voice and connect with others.

And we're pretty sure the whole deal is just getting started.

So that's what a blog is. This question has been bugging me till today, when I saw the Take a quick tour button infront of the blogspot page. Only then I found the answer. Many of us here blog pratically everyday, but do you really know what blogging or rather, having a blogspot is all about? I doubt so. Now, blogspot has invaded the cyberspace, taking up almost 30% of the www. The rest goes to research facilities and entertainment webs.(found it on the web somewhere). A blog, as stated in the tour, is a PERSONAL diary. Emphasis on the PERSONAL. Personal is your daily life, your personal information, the one that is kept secret and only known to you and maybe your parents. Beware of the word diary too. Diary. What is usually kept in YOUR own diary? Those information like who you have your crush on, what you are thinking nowadays, your daily events, quarrels that you started and so on. But seriously, do you express all this in your own blog? Those stuff only appear in your handwritten diary, kept with a lock i suppose. Why don't you post all those mushy , emo stuff over here, in your supposedly PERSONAL BLOG? Is it because its on the world wide web, thats why? that people can see what you do, what you think, who you have a crush and so on? Now if thats why, then I think you'd rather stop blogging and stay in your lonely corner writing on your damn book with no knowing that people care for you.

Now take a look at the second paragraph.

" Your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are millions of them, in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules."

Whatever you want it to be?!?! Its your style! Nobody should, infact, make insults of your blog because they don't respect it. Hey, its your blog dude! Unless its the whole world making comments about it then I think you should do something about it. People visit your blog and by having a lousy blog only chases them away. Thats reality. No one wants to stick to a dustbin that stinks. You could, on the other hand, take note of those petty insults, treat it as feedbacks to improve on your soon-to-be wonderful blog for readers. Its all about you. *cue in the song all about you by McFly*

If you continue to the next few pages. It says that a blog is when you post your own thoughts. YOUR own thoughts. Something to ponder on. Thoughts. Do you post your own thoughts? Just that question alone gives your brain cells something to work on. Its rather contradicting and I prefer to say nothing. ITS YOURS!

Like what it has said, a blog is your own and you have your own style. Do whatever you want with it and there's on rules! No guidelines on whatsoever to attract readers. Just do it and you'll reap results. So long!