Friday, January 28, 2011

Blogs: Free and easy


What’s new (relatively), fun and easy and doesn’t cost you a cent? A blog!
What’s a blog? Well a blog is the short form for a Weblog. So a blog is basically a web site in which entries are made and displayed in a reverse chronological order. A blog usually contains comments and sharing of information and views on any subject. Though mostly focused on text, others may focus on photograph (photoblog), videos (vlog), or audio (podcasting). Creating and running a blog is as easy as child’s play. (Children, please don’t get offended.) Weblogs can be created in just a few minutes. There are plenty of sites which allow you to register and start your own blog for free. All you need is an email and a topic.

Whats so great about blogging is that it gives you the ability to publish your thoughts. For those who enjoy writing, like sharing ideas and like to be heard, blogging is the thing to do. With plenty of blog sites in the World Wide Web, one can easily find a blog that matches ones interests.

You can setup and run a blog for free. With Googles Adsense, you can generate Ad revenues, which you can also put in with much ease. Many blog hosts provide it as an option while building your blog.
  
Weblogs are a great way to share information with others who share similar interests. It's also a great opportunity for you to learn. However blogging has its own area of concerns. Bloggers write under a pseudonym and thus feel protected enough to write things which can have undesirable consequences. Sometimes bloggers are guilty of releasing proprietary or confidential information. Another area of concern of blogging is defamation of character. A third area of concern is employees who write about aspects of their place of employment or their personal lives, and then face loss of employment or other adverse consequences.

Weblogs are a great way to share your ideas and thoughts but must be used keeping in mind the possibility of defamation and infringement of company and state laws regarding information sharing.

Some websites that offer free blogs: https://www.blogger.com/start
http://clearblogs.com
http://www.livejournal.com
http://www.blog.com

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