In a blog, both reader and writer come together, and interact. How? A blog has the option to let readers make comments to the blog article posted. Sometimes readers have to loginto the blog platform to do this, or sometimes they simple leave their name, or email, and make their comment. There are options for this, depending on the blog. The writer can then respond back to the reader's comment, and this can go on and on, with a chain of dialog. Other readers can join the dialog, and leave their comments. A blog in this way becomes a conversational medium.
For a blog to be a blog, not only is there the option to allow readers to comment, but also, each blog post appears in chronological order, with the most recent appearing first to the reader. A blog will offer a list of months or a cloud of keywords. The visitor can click on the month to find all the blog articles written, or a particular keyword to find all related articles. Also, underneath the title of a blog article, or at the bottom of the post, is a grouping of keywords that can be clicked on to view other article posts in the same subject. Sometimes bloggers leave off keywords, so they are not always available.
For a blogger to get regular visitors to the blog, the blog posts needs to be updated regularly, with new blog articles posted at least once a week, or twice a week. Some bloggers post daily. A blog content kept in new status, is attractive search engions like Google. Search engions llike the new. Readers also like new reads.
A blog platform should be free, and allow for the blogger to customize, and choose a template from many selections. A blog platform should offer the ability to upload video, pictures, and audio.
The three free, and popular blog platforms, which are very user friendly, and easy for making blogs is Typepad, Wordpress, and Blogger.
