A blog is a website where entries are written in journal-format.

That is, entries are submitted and displayed in chronological order. Essentially, a blog is an online diary. It is used to record personal accounts, just as a written diary is used. owe!er, a blog can also be used for the reporting of news and fact-based stories, much li"e a journal. The term blog is a combination of two words# $eb % &og ' $eblog. The term $eblog was then condensed to the term blog, which is widely used today. The term blog can be used as a !erb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog, or as a noun, as in the website containing the written content itself. (logging has become more and more popular and more widely used, but is, howe!er, just now seeing its potential. (etween news, media, personal logs, current e!ents, popular culture, etc., blogging brings about openness and a new free forum for people to !oice their opinions.