You’ve probably seen many variations of Blogging 101 but this particular version is about blogging vocabulary. To understand blogs, you need to know the terms blog, platform, domain, and web host.

Once you have mastered these key elements of blogging, you can engage in any conversation about blogging with a bit of confidence. After you know exactly what a blog is, you will be on your way.

Blog is short for weblog, which simply means a series of online posts presented in reverse chronological order. That’s all! Most blogs are text, however, there are also photo blogs and video blogs. The rest of Blogging 101 has to do with the technical side of blogging. If you are setting up a blog, you will need a platform, a web host, and a domain.

A blogging platform is a computer software program that allows you to write posts and to update your blog. Your platform is also what you use to design the look of your blog, from color scheme to font size. The web host is sort of like the virtual file cabinet where your blog is stored. Your computer communicates with the host when you upload or edit a post. The domain is the online address of your blog, and usually ends in ‘dot com’. Now that you know what a blog is, what a platform is, and what domains and hosts are, you are prepared to embark on your own adventure in the wonderful world of blogging.

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Originally posted 2009-10-29 02:54:19.

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