The Basics of Blogging
July 18th, 2009
Web publishing (web logging [blogging])continues to expand in popularity, especially since the advent of internet marketing (IM). These days, technologically-aware corporate businessmen and even business employees, use blogs to build up their relationships with their clients. They share their company’s expertise, culture and any other information, which can help develop the customer’s interest in their products and services.
On the other hand, not only businessmen make use of the world of blogging, ordinary computer users do as well. This is because they can not only express their opinions and thoughts to others, but they can also earn some money too in a couple of different ways. For example: by selling ad space to promoting expert services, which in its turn can help build their reputation as an expert in that field.
If you are thinking of venturing into the blogosphere, you must be ready for the problems you might encounter in several areas of blogging like: selecting, installing and configuring your blog software tools. Because the collection and assortment of configurations vary widely, a newbie blogger can still get confused. The tools are not the only hurdles you have to overcome, it is also the terminology used for blogging.
Tools for Blogging: Basically, the software tools for your blog greatly depend on your webspace provider. For instance, RSS functionality can be absent from one provider but present in another. Furthermore, some blogging software tool providers can cost as little as $4 each month depending on the extent of service you choose, while others can be used for free but perhaps with more limited services.
Choosing the right software depends on you of course. If you have enough money to pay for a blog or if you want to really get serious about blogging and hope to earn an income in the future, which is always a distinct possibility, you also have the option of paying for blogging software. However, if you are a newbie blogger, it could be more advisable to start with one of the free blogs on the Internet.
Fortunately, some webspace providers that charge for their services also offer free trial periods, which range from 10 to 30 days. This is a great opportunity to test the services they provide without paying any fee. When you find a provider with which you are comfortable and which offers the services you need, you can always use their free trial periods to the full extent before paying.
Blogging Terminology: a blogging community is a lot like a secret society and like most secret societies, it has its own secret language, which you must learn too. Although, Internet-savvy individuals might already know many of these terms, it might be a little bit harder for those with limited or no background in blogging whatsoever.
Firstly, the most important term in blogging is ‘post’. A post occurs every time you place or publish an update to your blog. Secondly, since blogs are a means of communication, people can also make comments. If your readers leave a message regarding your published content, this message is referred to as a ‘comment’. It is customary that, the comments are labeled and time-stamped to permit you and other readers to see who posted the comment and when it was posted.
‘Comment spam’ is the term that refers to when a reader keeps repeating the same comment over and over again or leaves comments that advertise his own services, although they are completely unrelated to the main post. This can be a headache for the blog owner as the blog can be used by the spammer to promote other blogs, products or Web sites.
These are just three of the new terms that you can encounter in blogging. Exploration and experience can help you understand the other terminology involved in blogging, it’s really not all that difficult..
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