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The document discusses blogs, what they are, their purpose, and how they differ from websites. A blog is a regularly updated website or web page, typically written in an informal style by an individual or small group. Blogs allow sharing of views on a subject and maintaining a chronicle of information. Common blog features include headers, content areas, sidebars, and footers. The main purposes of blogs are to connect with relevant audiences and boost website circulation and leads.

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The document discusses blogs, what they are, their purpose, and how they differ from websites. A blog is a regularly updated website or web page, typically written in an informal style by an individual or small group. Blogs allow sharing of views on a subject and maintaining a chronicle of information. Common blog features include headers, content areas, sidebars, and footers. The main purposes of blogs are to connect with relevant audiences and boost website circulation and leads.

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What is a Blog?

A blog (a shortened version of "weblog") is a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an
individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style. It is a platform where a writer or
a group of writers share their views on an individual subject. Similarly, it is a term used to describe websites
that maintain an ongoing chronicle of information. A blog features diary-type commentary and links to articles
on other websites, usually presented as a list of entries in reverse chronological order. Blogs range from the
personal to the political and can focus on one narrow subject or a whole range of subjects.
Here are common features that a typical blog will include:
• Header with the menu or navigation bar.
• Main content area with highlighted or latest blog posts.
• Sidebar with social profiles, favorite content, or call-to-action.
• Footer with relevant links like a disclaimer, privacy policy, contact page, etc.

What is the purpose of a blog?


There are many reasons to start a blog for personal use and only a handful of strong ones for business blogging.
Without blogging, your website would remain invisible, whereas running a blog makes you searchable and
competitive. So, the main purpose of a blog is to connect you to the relevant audience. Another one is to boost
your circulation and send quality leads to your website.
The more frequent and better your blog posts are, the higher the chances for your website to get discovered and
visited by your target audience. This means that a blog is an effective lead generation tool.

What is a website?
A site or website is a central location of web pages that are related and accessed by visiting the home page of
the website using a browser. For example, the Computer Hope website address URL (Uniform Resource
Locator) is https://www.computerhope.com. From this home page, you could get access to any of the web pages
contained on its website.

What differentiates blogs from websites?


Blogs need frequent updates. Good examples of this include a food blog sharing meal recipes or a company
writing about their industry news. Blogs also promote reader engagement. Readers have a chance to comment
and voice their different concerns and thoughts to the community. On the other hand, websites consist of the
content presented on static pages. Static website owners rarely update their pages. Blog owners update their site
with new blog posts on a regular basis.

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