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The word ‘Blog’ originated from the phrase ‘web log’, as when blogs originated sometime around 1994, people were just using them as an online diary, able to be shared with other people in the online community.
The actual term of "weblog" was apparently coined by Jorn Barger on 17 December 1997 according to Wikipedia.
It wasn’t until April or May of 1999 that the short form, "blog," was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into 2 pieces – essentially in a similar style to the Da Vinci Code with their Sangreal/ San Greal/ Sang Real compositions, he turned the word ‘weblog’ into ‘we blog’ on the sidebar of his blog.
So there we have it ‘web log’/’weblog’/’we blog’.
The end result? Blog!
This was quickly adopted as both a noun and verb ("to blog," meaning "to edit one's weblog or to post to one's weblog").
Most of the time the blogs dealt with their personal lives, but eventually expanded to include news articles and other items seen and heard either on the web or around town.
Recognised as one of the earliest bloggers was a student named Justin Hall, who started up blogging in 1994 and ran for at least 11 years of personal blogging.
After a slow start, blogging rapidly gained in popularity: the site One blogging site Xanga, launched in 1996 gained momentum quite rapidly as time passed. Having only 100 diaries by 1997, it quickly picked up the pace and by the end of 2005 had well over 20 million bloggers.
Now of course blogging is very mainstream talking about anything and everything. Some blogs specify still and some don’t. Links are given out to a variety of other sites,obscure or otherswiseand, and video links embedded. Some bloggers post their blogs regularly, and others only occasionally. Some do it for the short term, others do it for the long term.
Each has their own little walks and ways but in the end, a sense of our own little online community is created, joining up with others that we initially know only by their sometimes bizarre online names, and by what they post.
For an example of a blog that is part of a larger blogging community, try checking out www.funfacts.com.au on Orble.
The actual term of "weblog" was apparently coined by Jorn Barger on 17 December 1997 according to Wikipedia.
It wasn’t until April or May of 1999 that the short form, "blog," was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into 2 pieces – essentially in a similar style to the Da Vinci Code with their Sangreal/ San Greal/ Sang Real compositions, he turned the word ‘weblog’ into ‘we blog’ on the sidebar of his blog.
So there we have it ‘web log’/’weblog’/’we blog’.
The end result? Blog!
This was quickly adopted as both a noun and verb ("to blog," meaning "to edit one's weblog or to post to one's weblog").
Most of the time the blogs dealt with their personal lives, but eventually expanded to include news articles and other items seen and heard either on the web or around town.
Recognised as one of the earliest bloggers was a student named Justin Hall, who started up blogging in 1994 and ran for at least 11 years of personal blogging.
After a slow start, blogging rapidly gained in popularity: the site One blogging site Xanga, launched in 1996 gained momentum quite rapidly as time passed. Having only 100 diaries by 1997, it quickly picked up the pace and by the end of 2005 had well over 20 million bloggers.
Now of course blogging is very mainstream talking about anything and everything. Some blogs specify still and some don’t. Links are given out to a variety of other sites,obscure or otherswiseand, and video links embedded. Some bloggers post their blogs regularly, and others only occasionally. Some do it for the short term, others do it for the long term.
Each has their own little walks and ways but in the end, a sense of our own little online community is created, joining up with others that we initially know only by their sometimes bizarre online names, and by what they post.
For an example of a blog that is part of a larger blogging community, try checking out www.funfacts.com.au on Orble.
