As part of my ongoing series to help new WordPress users (and in fact those who are new to the web) here’s a quickie answer to the most dreaded question on the web today: 

What is a blog?

• A blog is short for a weblog (web-log) and it’s designed to let even the least technology competent individual add content to a website quickly. No special training, no experience needed.
• A blog is informal, it’s not as structured as traditional journalism.
• A blog is not a website. Web sites are written to market a product, concept or service with no ability for the general public to add their input.
• A blog is not a forum. Forums are similar to blogs but they allow any users to start a conversation and others to respond. A blog subject can only be started by the blog owner.
• The word blog can be used as both a noun and a verb. You can blog about your blog or just about anything else.
• A blog can be used to write about anything from web technology (like I do) to your products, family or tourism. If it’s a subject people would like to read about, it can be blogged about.