Blogs

    Blogs have been a common place item on the internet for appropriately a decade. Since their first inception in the mid 90’s the number of blogs has grown to over 156 million public blogs as of February 16th 2011. [1] Blogs are a free, easy and a readily available resource to anyone who has an opinion. While these opinions may not always be popular, blogs are an excellent tool from which society benefits.

    Some argue that blogs have passed their prime, but with the staggering number illustrated above, it is easy to see this is far from the truth. 

“In the 10 years since the first site known as a "weblog" went online, the blog has matured from a geek niche to the internet's dominant publishing paradigm.” 

Blogs are not only popular, but one of their main benefits is just how many uses they have. This is to say blogs need not only differ on their subject matter. Blogs can also be used to discuss interests, deploy advertisements, act as chatrooms, etc… This makes them not only a good tool but a diverse tool as well.

    An example of a popular blog at work is the Huffington post. It is one of the world’s most popular news sites and is in fact partially a blog. Not only this, but it is also respected showing just how much stock people put into blogs. This just reinforces how versatile and beneficial blogs can be.

    For further discussion and information about blogs please visit reference links 3 or 7. The first link shows just how many benefits blogging has to offer an individual. The second shows the versatility of blogging.

^[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

^[2] http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/12/blog_anniversary

^[3] http://www.stayonsearch.com/21-key-benefits-of-blogging

^[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Huffington_Post

^[5] http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/

^[6] http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/blogs

^[7] http://www.blogopreneur.com/2007/01/10/10-practical-ways-to-use-a-blog/