Sorry folks for the long delay! Yes, I know its Feb 22 and I am too late for the Feb 1 Blogger's day post. My computer was corrupt and I had to send it across the state to get it repaired. Anyway, Let's begin the journey today. Let me begin with a quick preview of the post that was supposed to be posted on Feb 1.

 

So, What is Blogger's day? It's our day. A day for the bloggers. and what's so special? You. On the Blogger's day, readers can expect all kinds of new surprises and free goodies from the blogs. So be sure to visit every blog you know on the Blogger's day.

 

That was the quick preview. I have a whole package of surprises waiting for you. Starting from my next post, you are bound to enjoy!

For those who haven't noticed yet, blogs are always arranged from newest to oldest. This ensures that the newest content is always on the top and attracts the immediate attention of the reader. This also avoids missing latest content.

 

That's all today, Folks [I know it's short]. More great content waiting for you from Feb 1, the Blogger's Day.

 

Yours Truly.

As I earlier said, I'll post some essential terms related to blogging. I've made efforts to make this post really simple to understand, so that even those who are completely new to the blogging world can get a good idea about blogs.

 

Blogosphere - The collective community of all blogs is known as the blogosphere.

 

Bloghood - A collection of local blogs is sometimes referred to as a bloghood. eg., My blog is part of the Windows Live bloghood.

 

Technorati - Technorati is the most popular blog search engine.

 

Ad Sense - A free service from Google, through which the blog owner can earn for every click on the ads placed on his blog.

 

Blogroll - A blog owner can provide links to other blogs which he likes. This is called the Blogroll.

 

Trackback - If you provide a link in your blog that belongs to someone else's blog, then the link is called a Trackback.

 

Guestbook - A special section in most blogs where people can leave their comments on the blog.

 

That's all you need to know. Its simple, right? If you think I missed something, please comment.

 

Yours Truly.

Hey! Glad you made it! In this post, I am going to make you perfectly understand what a blog is. So, where do I begin?

 

Simply put, a Blog is whatever you want it to be. It is your personal space. You can share anything and everything you want to with people all over the world. In just 15 years, blogs have grown from a puny minority to 112 million and growing [yea, seriously]. So how did this begin?

 

If my sources are correct, in 1994, a student named Justin Hall made use of the then popular USENET online discussion groups to record the events of the day, just like a diary. He called it a weB LOG. Many people then started adopting this and soon the 'web log hosted on usenet groups' became just 'Blogs'. As time passed, people wanted to share photos, videos and music. So, the basic definition of a blog evolved to what I already said: A blog is whatever you want it to be.

 

In my next post, I'll post important tips and terms for you to better understand blogs. Until then,

 

Yours Truly.

 

 

Howdy! Welcome to my first post!

 

I'll start posting great stuff starting from Feb 1, 2009, which is now officially the 'Blogger's Day'. Until then, all my posts will be about basics of blogging and Blogger's day. Be sure to check out every few hours for new stuff.

 

Thank you!

 

Yours truly.