Here at Blog Flux we get a lot of blog submissions. Quite a few are rejected, and the most common complaint is - "how is this not a blog?". The point of this page is to help define what we think is a blog, and to just even provide a general blog definition.
The biggest defining factor that we believe makes a site is a blog is that information is presented based on date - the newest material is available at the top of the blog. Categories may or may not be present - the index page of that section must be presented based on date.We also believe that blogs are not the same as a community forum - whereas in a forum anyone may be able to start a new post/entry, on a blog, only a select few can.By our definition, sites that are thinly veined as 'blogs' whilst in fact only attempting to sell products/services do not count as blogs.
Many people (incorrectly) believe that weblogs are just online diaries or journals - while this may be true in many cases, blogs are a powerful tool that one can utilise to get his or her opinion heard by others.
Blogs are also referred to as weblogs and web logs.
Here at Blog Flux we get a lot of blog submissions. Quite a few are rejected, and the most common complain is - "how is this not a blog?". The point of this page is to help define what we think is a blog, and to just even provide a general blog definition.The biggest defining factor that we believe makes a site is a blog is that information is presented based on date - the newest material is available at the top of the blog. Categories may or may not be present - the index page of that section must be presented based on date.We also believe that blogs are not the same as a community forum - whereas in a forum anyone may be able to start a new post/entry, on a blog, only a select few can.
By our definition, sites that are thinly veined as 'blogs' whilst in fact only attempting to sell products/services do not count as blogs.
Many people (incorrectly) believe that weblogs are just online diaries or journals - while this may be true in many cases, blogs are a powerful tool that one can utilise to get his or her opinion heard by others. Blogs are also referred to as weblogs and web logs.