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Blogging All-in-One For Dummies, 3rd Edition
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Blogging All-in-One For Dummies, 3rd Edition

by Amy Lupold Bair
April 2023
Beginner content levelBeginner
768 pages
19h 53m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 1

Joining the Blogosphere

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Discovering what makes a blog a blog

Bullet Following the history of blogging

Bullet Uncovering the reasons why people blog

Bullet Finding blogs to read

Bullet Deciding to start a blog

The term blog has become part of common vernacular. What was once thought a fad has become an integral part of the social, media, and business worlds. It seems like everyone knows someone who writes or reads a blog. In fact, many people read blogs and don’t even realize it! Today, blogs can look just like traditional websites. Some of the most popular online destinations are blogs, which shows just how far the fad has actually come.

According to Earthweb.com, an online tech news site, there are currently over 600 million blogs on the Internet. That number continues to grow each day as new bloggers and existing writers launch new content.

Why? It’s simple. There are virtually no barriers to entry. Just about anyone can create a blog, for free and with very limited technical abilities, ...

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