One of the main differences between a blog and a static website is the way people are able to interact with your content. With a static site it’s just people reading words on a page. When you have a blog they can explore and even comment back! You want to get that sort of interactive spirit going... 

TrackBacks offer a unique way for you to know that other bloggers are aware of your work and are responding to it on their own blogs. The TrackBack is also one of the trickiest concepts for new bloggers to understand. Heck, even veteran bloggers haven’t necessarily untangled what a TrackBack is, thanks... 

You might not realize it until you get deeper into your blogging lifestyle, but bloggers spend an amazing amount of time tracking the influence of their blogging. That means attempting to locate other blogs citing their work and figuring out who is talking about them. Blogging isn’t only about writing;... 

The Weblog medium is a personal medium. Nearly all bloggers — even professional bloggers and corporate bloggers — write with some kind of a personal voice. Of course, diary-style blogs are all personality; their purpose is not to deliver news or comment on it. But even newsy blogs are often written... 

To understand the fickle nature of blog readers, you must understand their information-soaked lifestyle. The most active blogosphere participants make a daily (or more frequent) circuit of their favored sources by one of three means: They visit and read blogs. They view blog feeds in newsreaders, looking... 

The quest for readership, like the quest for topical currency, differs from one type of blog to another. Here again, personal diaries often don’t have readership ambitions equal to topical blogs. If you are writing for close friends and family, you can rely on your audience to check your space from... 

Casual hobby, fun escape from the offline world, convenient method of connecting with friends and family — many types of blogging never threaten to disrupt the basic patterns of daily life. But something about blogging, like keeping a diary, becomes important and seems to become alive. Some people... 

Installing sophisticated blog software in your own server space (leased from a Web hosting company) is the most cost-effective way to get full-throated blogging power over a long period. This method is also the most challenging way to start blogging. I don’t mean scratch-your-head challenging, I mean... 

Want to get started quickly? Of course you do. You’ve got a lot to blog about. Just keep in mind that with blog services, the quickest start usually delivers the fewest features. I suggest reading through the following sections to decide how steep a learning curve you’re willing to climb. You can... 

Veteran blog readers notice that Weblogs have a characteristic appearance, beginning with the date headers, which indicate the blog’s chronology. Also, blog services provide a few templates used by thousands of sites, so many of those blogs resemble each other. These templates are page designs that make...