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 ==Blog==
-A ''weblog'', which is usually shortened to a blog, is a journal or diary that is available on the web, where anyone can write about any subject on an ongoing basis. The word blog can also be used as a verb, meaning adding an entry to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog blog]. The first blog has been ascribed to [http://davewiner.com/ Dave Winer]. He has been credited as the first regular, widely followed blogger. Blogs began to take off in 1999 with the launch of sites like Blogger, Weblogger and Love Journal, which made self publishing painless for the masses.  Tens of thousands of blogs have blossomed since their creation. The mainstream media has only recently shown a glimmer of interest in the form (Rodzilla 171).
+A blog is a conversational style text consisting of content displaying formal opinion. A blog is also known as a public journal" that allows the blogger
+to release and readers to post comments responding to the [ blogger] and each other,  forming a conversational chain. Each blog is usually easy to find and listed by chronological order. The term [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/blog blog] comes from the term weblog which are websites that consist of content in chronological order. Topics for blogs can come from anywhere and be influenced by anything. Topics of discussion may include, celebrity news, educational content,
+how-to topics, religious  topics,encouraging stories and so on. Not only is the language of blogs free-form, but the visual features are huge components.
+Though it is important to gain and keep the readers' attention through content, formatting and visual attraction are play huge parts in who
+  actually looks at your blog.
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