Do you remember when I said I wanted to start a weekly or monthly poll? Well, here is the first one. It starts with the most basic question that I am trying to understand and get a grasp of the percentage with regards to blog ownership among my readers and subscribers.
Blogs And Blogging
The question is, “Do you have a blog?”. I’m sure that most of you already know what a blog is since you are actually reading one right now. Here’s an excerpt and a little history about blogs in general from Wikipedia.
The term “weblog” was coined by Jorn Barger on 17 December 1997. The short form, “blog,” was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com in April or May 1999. Shortly thereafter, Evan Williams at Pyra Labs used “blog” as both a noun and verb (“to blog,” meaning “to edit one’s weblog or to post to one’s weblog”) and devised the term “blogger” in connection with Pyra Labs’ Blogger product, leading to the popularization of the terms.
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (Art blog), photographs (photoblog), videos (Video blogging), music (MP3 blog), and audio (podcasting). Microblogging is another type of blogging, featuring very short posts.
Your Answers And Comments
Besides getting you to participate in the poll I would also like some comments for your answer. If you do not have a blog, tell me what’s stopping you from getting one and if you do have a blog, share with us what inspired you to start one.
Your comments here will be important to determine the next poll question. By the way, I need a lot of participation in this and it helps if you could share this blog post with your friends via any means possible (eg. Facebook or Twitter).
http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2789747/
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