Blogging Fundamentals
Web publishing or web logging (blogging) continues to grow in usage, especially since the introduction of internet marketing (IM). These days, modern, aware corporate businessmen and even business employees, use blogs to build up their relationships with their clients. They publish their company’s expertise, culture and any other information, which can help increase 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 too. Not only can they express their opinions and thoughts to others, but they can also earn money in more ways than one. For example: by selling ad space to offering expert services, which in turn can build their reputation as a a professional.
If you are thinking of venturing into the blogosphere, you must be ready for the problems you might encounter in a couple of areas of blogging like: choosing, setting up and configuring your blog software tools. Because the collection and assortment of configurations vary widely, a neophyte blogger can still get confused. The tools are not the only hurdles you must overcome, it is also the terminology used for blogging.
Tools for Blogging: Generally speaking, the software tools for your blog depend a lot on your webspace provider, since you will need to store your blog somewhere. For example, RSS functionality can be missing from one provider but present in another. Additionally, 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 maybe with more limited services.
Choosing the right software is a personal choice of course. If you have enough cash 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 beginner blogger, it could be more advisable to start with one of the free blogs on the Internet.
Fortunately, some providers that charge for their services also allow free trial periods, which range from 10 to 30 days. This is an excellent opportunity to try and test out the services they offer without paying any money. If you find a provider that you are comfortable with and that 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 like a secret society and like most secret societies, it has its own language that you must learn too. Although, Internet-savvy individuals might already know many of these terms, it might be a little bit more difficult for those with limited or no background in Web publishing whatsoever.
The most important term in blogging is ‘post’. A post occurs every time you (or someone else) place an update to your blog. Secondly, because blogs are a kind of communication, people might also like to make a remark about a previous post. 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 a term that refers to when a single reader continuously repeats the same comment over and over again or leaves comments that advertise his products although they are completely unrelated to the main post. This can be a headache for the blogger as the blog can be used or hijacked by the spammer to promote other blogs 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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