Blogs

Introduction
Blogs are a place of informal discussion that is published on the online sphere. They're made up if many entries that are categorised on chronological order with the most recent post featuring first.

Usages and examples
Blogs are used by a wide range of people who may want to post their thoughts and feelings on a subject. People who want a more personal connection with their readers can utilise this technology. Politicians, think-tanks, educational facilities, large media, independent media and those who aren't tied up to anything can get their messages across to potential large crowds. Blog.com and WordPress.com are common services that allow people to make blogs and zero cost to the bloggers.

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Advantages
People can interact with the posts you make meaning there can be a good user to reader communication. Blogs are very cheap and quick to set up users don't need much technical knowledge to set up one, essentially the barriers to entry are so low when compared to getting a column in a newspaper. As well as being easy to set up it's simple to update and add new posts. This can mean that users can update from wherever there is an internet connection so home, work or out in the street, Finally it's a place where you can write down your thoughts on anything that interests you.

Disadvantages
Blogs are accessible for anyone to see. Publishers must be careful on what they can write as they could regret forever. Also since blogs are personal they can be source of inaccurate or biased information. Readers may want to fact check afterwards if they're using blogs as a source of facts. Since blogs are online based they can be a target of people who leave inappropriate comments that could upset the writer.