WHAT IS A BLOG?

A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world.

Your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are millions of them, in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules.

In simple terms, a blog is a web site, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis. New stuff shows up at the top, so your visitors can read what's new. Then they comment on it or link to it or email you. Or not.

Blogs have reshaped the web, impacted politics, shaken up journalism, and enabled millions of people to have a voice and connect with others.

The whole deal is just getting started.

PUBLISH YOUR THOUGHTS

A blog gives you your own voice on the web. It is a place to collect and share things that you find interesting— whether it is your political commentary, a personal diary, or links to web sites you want to remember.

Many people use a blog just to organise their own thoughts, while others command influential, worldwide audiences of thousands. Professional and amateur journalists use blogs to publish breaking news, while personal journalers reveal inner thoughts.

Whatever you have to say, Spiderlines can help you say it.

GET FEEDBACK

The blogging experience is about not only putting your thoughts on the web, but hearing back from and connecting with other like-minded folks.

Comments let readers of your site from all over the world give feedback on what you share on your blog. You can choose whether or not you want to allow comments on a post-by-post basis (and you can delete anything you do not like).

Blogs can be excellent communication tools for small teams, families, or other groups. Give your group its own space on the web for sharing news, links, and ideas.

Blogs let you find people and other blogs that share your interests which you might enjoy.

POST PHOTOS

Sometimes you just want to share a photo. There is a facility for uploading photos in the interface. Just click the button to upload a photo from your computer. If the photo you would like to put on your blog is already on the web that is fine too.

You can also send camera phone photos straight to your blog while you're on-the-go.

GO MOBILE

Mail-to-Weblog lets you send photos and text straight to your blog while you are on-the-go. All you need to do is send a message from your phone or E-Mail application.

There is even a feature, called Podcasting, that can post items to your site as an MP3 audio file. (It's fun at parties.)

GET STARTED WITH SPIDERLINES

The fastest way to understand blogging is to try it out. It’s really easy. Just contact me, and you can be part of the phenomenon that is transforming web and media to a participatory activity in less than five minutes. Seriously.

What will happen then? Who knows. It might be fun, though.

And remember, if you have trouble, just contact me, and you can find the answer that you are looking for.