A blog is a website maintained by an individual (or group) comprising of a collection of posts. The posts within the blog may consist of personal commentary, opinions or articles about people, places, things or recent events. Many blogs act as public web journals that are updated daily by the writer.

Blogs may not only contain text but also pictures, video or music.

Types of Blogs:

1.       Informative Blogs – Consist of articles and information about a topic.

2.       Personal Blogs – Consists of stories about ongoing events in ones’ life.

3.       Political Blogs – Straight forward enough, covers and provides opinions about ongoing political events

4.       Art Blogs – Offers visitors a venue in to view artist renderings

5.       Music Blogs – Makes music files available for download

6.       Photo Blogs – Shares photos of people, places and things

7.       Corporate Blogs – In most cases used for business purposes to update members or communicate a message to the public.

Blogging is not only an excellent way to share information but also provides an easy means to express your opinion and establish yourself as a guru in a field.