The next big thing for the Net. Almost overnight, tens of thousands of them have popped up, with hundreds of new ones going online each day. Blogs are like online diaries or journals, regularly updated, often on a daily basis, and authored by everyday Internet users who have turned the Web into their own personal printing press, sharing their innermost thoughts, feelings and opinions with all the World Wide Web. Imagine combining the Internet with a talk radio host, a backyard fence, instant messaging and a soapbox and you've got a pretty good idea about blogging. The subject matter is all over the place, from love relationships to politics to pop culture to genealogy.
Some blogs are long and elaborate, even poetic.
Often, the initial readers are close friends of the author, called the blogger. Nary a day passes without an entry. All of this has sprung up in two years. Now there are so many we don't know how to count them all. Blood's blog is about current events and social injustice and includes links to news stories.