blog

Personal web journal

A blog is a website or section of a website featuring regular entries—called posts—typically displayed in reverse chronological order so the newest content appears first.

Blogs range from personal journals to professional publications covering news, hobbies, or specialized topics.

The word, shortened from weblog, can also function as a verb: She blogs about sustainable fashion.

Someone who maintains a blog is a blogger.

writing

post

Vertical structural beam

  • entryAccess or submission
  • articleWritten piece or grammatical word
  • contentWhat something contains

draft · headline · title · byline · excerpt · paragraph · formatting · editing · proofreading · storytelling

personal

diary

Personal daily record

anecdotes · confessions · introspection · journal · life · experiences · journey · growth · self-discovery · vulnerability

community

readers

Those who peruse text

engagement · discussion · trolls · lurkers · trackback · pingback · reblog · share · viral · audience

platform

WordPress

Website-building software platform

  • TumblrMicroblogging social platform
  • MediumArticle-sharing website
  • hostingReceiving guests socially

domain · template · theme · layout · sidebar · widget · plugin · CMS · RSS · feed

commentary

opinion

Subjective personal belief

perspective · viewpoint · insight · review · reaction · debate · discussion · punditry · think piece · hot take

updates

news

Reports of recent events

dispatches · releases · alerts · notifications · breaking · coverage · roundup · recap · digest · weekly

monetization

affiliate

Connected member organization

SEO · pageviews · clicks · revenue · advertising · partnership · paywall · Patreon · newsletter · conversion

Categories
Opposites
publication format

blognewspaper

Printed periodical of current events

academic journal · broadsheet · paperback · print journalism · book

communication direction

blogpersonal journal

Private written record

private correspondence · direct message · letter · email

content permanence and formality

blogtweet

Small bird's cry

social media post · text message · instant message · Snapchat · stories

Phrases
Family

blogs, blogging, blogged, blogger, bloggers, blogosphere, microblogging, photoblog, microblog

Familiarity
Top 20,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G