Blogging has become an increasingly popular method of generating traffic towards websites over the last few years. The word blogging was derived from the term web log, and originated and evolved form peoples personal online diaries.
They are personalized web pages containing links to other sites, but more than that they are a place for users to leave their comments, opinions and witty statements concerning many issues, including sports, politics, current news, TV and internet. The reason they have become so popular and well used is that they offer people the opportunity to express themselves and get their points of view across freely, without restrictions of age, gender, sexuality or social class.
To post to a blog site you must have a (often free) login membership, but these sites can be viewed by anyone anywhere in the world, which goes to show its worldwide appeal and reach. Blogging sites are not particularly technically difficult to create, and contain images, audio and video content, which can be updated and made instantaneously available to a global audience.
As blogging has become an increasingly well used form of media, many people, including...