blogs

Personal web posts

Blogs are websites or sections of websites featuring regular posts, typically displayed in reverse chronological order.

The word blends "web" and "log"—originally online diaries, blogs now cover news, opinion, tutorials, and niche interests.

To blog is to write such posts: She blogs about sustainable fashion.

A blogger is someone who maintains a blog.

format

photoblog

Image-focused web journal

RSS · permalink · trackback · pingback · sidebar · header · footer · widgets · categories · tags

writing

posts

Published online content

authors · writers · publications · drafts · updates · archives · subscribers · readers · contributors · guest posts

platform

WordPress

Website-building software platform

  • TumblrMicroblogging social platform
  • MediumArticle-sharing website
  • GhostSpirit of the dead

LiveJournal · Squarespace · Wix · hosting · themes · templates · plugins · dashboard · CMS · domain

personal

diary

Personal daily record

travelogue · documentation · scrapbook · autobiography · confessional · storytelling · anecdotes · experiences · milestones · reflections

opinion

commentary

Explanatory remarks on events

critique · analysis · insights · reflections · reviews · reactions · discourse · arguments · takes · rants

Categories
Opposites
media format/publication type

blogsprint journalism

News published on paper

newspapers · academic journals · print media · broadsheets · mainstream media

communication formality

blogspress releases

Formal announcements for journalists

white papers · government reports · corporate communications · academic papers · legal briefs

publication era/technology

blogsprinted books

Published physical reading material

bound volumes · manuscripts · scrolls · codices · stone tablets

Phrases
Family

blog, blogging, blogged, blogger, bloggers, weblog, blogosphere, microblogging, microblog

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