weblogs

Personal internet journals

Weblogs is the plural of weblog, the original term for what is now usually called a blog—a website featuring regular entries displayed in reverse chronological order.

The full form weblog appeared in the late 1990s before being clipped.

Today weblogs sounds dated or formal; most people just say blogs.

publishing

posts

Published online content

permalinks · trackbacks · RSS · feeds · syndication · subscribers · readers · comments · moderation · drafts

platforms

WordPress

Website-building software platform

Ghost · hosted · templates · themes · plugins · widgets · sidebar · dashboard · CMS

culture

personal

Relating to one's self

commentary · musings · rants · updates · confessional · authenticity · voice · niche · influencer · monetization

Opposites
publication medium

weblogsprint newspapers

Periodicals on paper

physical media · printed matter · broadsheets · tabloids · print journalism

accessibility/visibility

weblogspersonal journals

Private written records

authorship/editorial structure

weblogsmainstream media

Dominant news establishment

legacy media · wire services · academic journals

Family

weblog, weblogger, webloggers, weblogging

Familiarity
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Used worldwide · Everyday, not technical · Rated G