the.com/blog
a diary that decided strangers should read it, and somehow they did
means a regularly updated website or section of one where someone posts entries, opinions, or articles in a personal, informal style.
from A shortening of "weblog" — literally a log kept on the web. The term "weblog" was coined in the late 1990s; soon after, a writer playfully split it as "we blog," and the snipped-off "blog" stuck as both noun and verb. The "log" half traces back to the ship's log, where sailors recorded their daily progress.
- origin
- shortened from weblog in 1999
- first ones
- manually updated lists of links
- scale
- over 600 million exist worldwide
- fate
- most are abandoned after a single post
huffington post — founded by arianna huffington in 2005, became major news aggregator with millions of daily readers
techcrunch — silicon valley tech blog founded by michael arrington in 2005, acquired by aol for $25 million in 2010
engadget — consumer electronics blog launched by peter rojas in 2004, owned by aol