Proper usage rules about weblog and blogging terms:
A weblog is the online, regularly updated presence of a person or group. Do not use ‘blog’.
A blogger is a person who authors the weblog. Do not use ‘webblogger’.
Blogging is what a blogger does when actively authoring for their weblog. Do not use ‘webblogging’.
The totality of weblogs and weblogs as a community is known as the Blogosphere.
Ignore this information at your own peril.
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“Do not use ‘blog’… The totality of blogs and blogs…” Huh? do we use ‘blog’ or not? Youz makea no sense.
I disagree about the usage of ‘blog. On the other accounts I would have to agree.
Now you tell me!
After I sent out more than 150 End of the Year letters talking about my “blog”.
*@#$%^&*!!!
Do I understand this?
Am I suppose to say my “weblog” instead of my “blog”?
Or should I just say “website”? I’m very confused.
Oops, Mr. P is right!
Must fix ASAP!
I’m confused. Is it a Blog? A Weblog? Or simply a Website?
Now he tells me! Mike posted this today. After I’d sent out more than 150 End of The Year letters calling it my Blog! No wonder people were shaking their heads. Well, whatever you call it, this is a great…
Will the changes make what I just posted obsolete? Stop confusing your Mom!
I think this mess just goes to show that maybe Michael isn’t quite the authority we thought… I’m going over to crookdimwit.com. Now there’s a real BLOG.
This insistence on rigidity of form and terminology seems somehow counter to the particular medium being used to deliver it.
A line must be drawn.
Here! And no further!