Blogs are web pages on which are written or placed articles, news and other types of files in a strategic manner. They also are called weblogs, or blogs.

Visitors to blogs have the ability to publish their views on what they have read or recommend a link or a similar article. What you get is a interactivity.

History

Blogs appeared in the mid-90s as an evolution of online newspapers and websites were common with commentary and links to be updated frequently.

The term weblog appeared in 1997 at the hand of Jorn Barger. The name of the blog that are known at present these pages appeared in the year 1999.

The boom of blogs took place in 2002. Since then this phenomenon is growing rapidly every day and has more followers worldwide.

On August 31, 2005 was coined as the International Day of the Blog. Since then thousands of users blog, known as blogers, celebrating this holiday.

Types of blogs

According to the files that you want to display in the weblog and publish differ as the following types:

·  Fotolog: blog in which publishes photos instead of texts. Usually they usually show a single photograph.

·  Vlog: characterized by that run videos or tablets usually have a rather short duration.

·  Audioblog: log consisting of audio files in different formats that are published daily.

·  Moblog: the main feature is that the publication and updating the blog is carried out through the mobile phone.

Parts of a blog

The major parties have a blog are:

·  Headline: top blog listed in the name, logo and a brief description of the site. In some data appears from the author.

·  Post: news, and articles published in any other format appearing in blogs.

·  Archives: folder that keeps the post ranging disappearing from the main screen. They often appear organized by dates on the right side of the blog.

·  Comments: user responses to the blog post. Se insertan escribiendo y enviando un formulario. They insert typing and sending a form that usually appears below the post.

·  Permalink: URL permanently assigned article. It is also known as permanent link.

·  Search contents: a tool that allows you to search quickly post on the blog.

·  Categories: organization of the post as the theme. It allows a quick and easy reading more of your blog.

·  Links: Most blogs show web pages and other blogs that have been of interest to the creator or that they relate to the main weblog.

Features of the blog

The main differences between a blog and a website are:

·  In a blog content is dynamic and updates occur daily.

·  The blog admits reader comments on the post.

·  The information in a blog might rise by anyone.

How to Create a blog

Key steps to create a blog are:

·  Select the tool is a program that creates the blog. There are also pages that create blogs simply filling fields.There is the possibility of recruiting free services.

·  Sign on the platform of the tool or on the page where will include the blog. It consists of an account to register by filling out a series of personal data to the user.

·  Select the appearance of the blog. They are choosing, for example, funds and colors that will have the blog. This option does not offer all the pages of creating blogs.

·  Enter the name of the blog. This is the domain name to be the blog since its creation in the case of servers pay.

By contrast, the payment will create a subdomain formed by the name that has been given to the blog more of the page where being created.