Blog is a website that can also be said as an online journal or online record that contains various information, such as articles, photos, or videos, which can be updated regularly.
and for people who write blogs are said to be Bloggers who create or own and maintain blogs, share views and points of view to the audience for individual or business purposes. Blogger as the name of the blogging service from Google, with the address Blogger.com or what we often encounter as Blogspot.
and the activity is mentioned Blogging, where the activity is taking care of the blog, such as writing, updating, or adding other components (eg videos) to the blog content. This activity is carried out by bloggers by utilizing digital tools on the Internet.
Blogging became popular in the early 2000s when several political blogs emerged. Shortly after, the topic of how-to's and guides began to emerge. Since then, this activity has also become really famous. However, the question is, why the activity of managing a blog can be as popular as this?
Current Types of Blogs
After knowing what blogs are and blog history, then we will review several types of blogs.
There are 7 types of blogs that are quite well known today, namely:
Individual blogs
Niche blogs
Multimedia blog
Information blog
Company or business blog
Affiliate blog
Reverse blog
Information and examples will be explained below.
Niche Blogs
The next type of blog is a niche blog. This type really covers a certain topic, generally related to the interests, abilities, and knowledge of the blogger. For example, if you love to read books, you can review everything about books.
Well, here's a blog niche that is quite famous in the blogging community:
Traveling.
Bloggers who concentrate on this niche often share stories about their journey. They blog about their hobby of traveling and provide many travel tutorials and guides. A fairly popular example is The Blonde Abroad.
Fashion.
This niche blog reviews the latest fashion trends, such as clothes, styling, and guides when buying some items about fashion. An example of a popular blogger for this niche is Jordan Bunker who reviews men's clothes.
K health and health.
Articles common to this niche blog include topics around exercise, nutritious recipes, and guidelines for maintaining mental health. One example of a well-known blogger for this niche is Bottomed Girls Fitness.
Food.
In this blog niche, the blogger or food blogger generally shares recipes, discussion of restaurants, and discussions of several kitchen tools. A well-known example is The Minimalist Baker, which focuses on recipes using only 10 ingredients, or even fewer.
Personal finance.
This niche blog focuses on financial management, from budget guides to side business ideas. An example of a successful blogger in this niche is The Penny Hoarder.
Lifestyle / lifestyle.
This niche brings together various topics as the blogger's interest, for example fashion with beauty, or food with traveling. An example is A Cup of Jo, with a niche blog about lifestyle that discusses style, design, and motherhood.
Difference Between Blog and Web
Some people view blogs and the web as the same thing, plus there are a lot of companies that use them when they coincide which can be confusing.
The difference between blogs and the web is in the frequency of updates, the dynamics of posting info, and postings. Blogs have content that is always up-to-date, with release dates, authors, groups, and tags, and the web doesn't display it at all.
Blogs, just as we explained in the section on what is a blog above, have content that needs to be constantly organized and updated. You should also use an eye-catching design to grab the attention of the audience and optimize strengths, such as activating a comment box so that visitors can participate in the discussion.
On the other hand, the web is a web page that tends to be 'static', not always up-to-date. When you enter a blog, you will see that its content is always new. Unlike when you visit the web, you can see that most of the content remains the same for quite some time.
So have you understood what a blog is and how is it different from the web?
