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Blogs are many things today whether part of a business, part of a marketing plan, or just a personal reflection.

This article will go back to “blogging roots” so to speak and look at a blog and its basis: an online journal.

At its core, a blog is basically an online journal wherein you can digitally pen down your thoughts, ideas, opinions and practically anything that you want people to read. Blogs come in different styles, formats, and settings, depending on the preference of the user. Many blogging sites, offer built in features such as hyperlink, straight texts, pictures etc. Some blogging sites, even allow you to put video and mp3′s on your blogs.

What is a blog?

A blog contains many blog posts. From there, a blog post contains these features:

title: which allows you to label your post

body: this is the content of your blog entry, for example writing about the weather or writing about your day

comments: this section is for readers to post their comments about your blog entry

For internet marketing and SEO purposes, the other two parts of a blog post that are more “behind the scenes” are:

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