Blogging (web logging) has rapidly become a phenomenon which is transforming the internet. Setting up your own blog is very easy and there are many sites offering to help you get started ...


MILLIONS of people around the world are using blogs to pass on their thoughts to others.

But many people remain confused about what blogs are.

A blog is basically an online journal. It is like opening up your diary to the world.

A blog can document its owner's life, while others focus on a particular subject.

Some writers simply use their blogs to pass comment on events they find interesting, while other bloggers use theirs to put their rambling thoughts in writing.

Blogs can be updated several times a day, while others are only updated when the owner feels they have something new to say.

Links to various websites are often contained within blogs and many provide feedback and comment tools which allow web users to foster links with like-minded people.

Weblogs have become a huge phenomenon on the internet and millions of them now exist in cyberspace.

The power of them is huge within seconds of something happening somewhere in the world, comment can be passed on it in someone's blog.

Setting up a blog is easy, and there are many sites which provide blogging services.

One of the leading blogging sites is the Google-owned Blogger, which has recently undergone a major revamp.

Other services which are well worth trying include Grey Matter and 20six.

Internet service providers are jumping on the bandwagon, with AOL including AOL Journals in its new version 9.0 software.

With so many people joining in the craze, weblogs are set to become as everyday a part of the internet as email and chatrooms.