Blog, Weblog, atau Web Log?

Blog,Weblog,atau Web Log?
Meski sudah cukup lama punya blog,atau nge-blog atau sebagai blogger tetapi pertanyaan itu selalu menggelitik untuk ditanyakan.

Weblog,umumnya lebih dikenal dengan blog,pertama kali digunakan oleh Jorn Barger pada tahun 1997. Istilah Weblog untuk menyebut kelompok website pribadi yang selalu diupdate secara taratur dan berisi link-link ke website lain.

Perkembangan blog dalam mencari bentuk mengikuti sesuai kemauan para empunya blog atau biasa disebut Blogger. Meskipun blog mulanya merupakan “catatan perjalanan seseorang diinternet” yang membentuk link ke website lain yang dikunjungi dan dianggap menarik,lebih dari sekedar daftar link.

Sejarah blog ditulis dengan cukup detail oleh Rebecca Blood,bermanfaat bagi yang tertarik untuk melihat sejarah dan evolusi dari blogging. Harvard Law punya juga artikel yang cukup membantu yaitu What makes a Weblog a Weblog. Artikel dari Trudy Schuett berjudul What is a blog and why do we need one? Atau artikel dari WordPress yaitu Introduction to Blogging

Beberapa definisi adalah sebagai berikut ( maaf dlm bhs. inggris ):

‘A weblog is a hierarchy of text,images,media objects and data,arranged chronologically,that can be viewed in an HTML browser.’ Source

‘A frequent,chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links.’ Source

‘From “Web log.” A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.”‘ Source

‘A weblog is kind of a continual tour,with a human guide who you get to know. There are many guides to choose from,each develops an audience,and there’s also comraderie and politics between the people who run weblogs,they point to each other,in all kinds of structures,graphs,loops,etc.’ Source

‘A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.” Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. Postings on a blog are almost always arranged in cronological order with the most recent additions featured most prominantly.’ Source

‘A blog is a website in which items are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order. The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log. Authoring a blog,maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Individual articles on a blog are called “blog posts,” “posts” or “entries”. A person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”. A blog comprises text,hypertext,images,and links (to other web pages and to video,audio and other files). Blogs use a conversational style of documentation. Often blogs focus on a particular “area of interest”,such as Washington,D.C.’s political goings-on. Some blogs discuss personal experiences.

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