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'''Blogs''' are a form of regularly-updated website that shows articles in a reverse-chronological order.  A blog can be part of how you communicate with a community, or the blog can be a community in its own right.

== Common features and patterns ==

* [[Group blog]]s are blogs with multiple authors
* Most blogs support [[Blog comment]]s.  Some blogs institute a [[Comment policy]]
** [[Spam]] handling is important for blogs
** Handling [[Troll]]s and [[Flamewar]]s is also important
* Blog [[Aggregation]] can help bring blogs together, or expose a blog to a wider audience.  [[Planet]]s are a popular way to do this.
* There are a variety of [[Blog software]] platforms available
* [[Blog metrics]] help you understand your blog's reach etc.

== Best practices ==

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* It's generally best to update blogs regularly, to maintain reader interest.  At least once a week should be a minimum, and daily (or more) is best if you want to build a strong following and community.
* Make sure you provide an [[RSS]] feed so that people can subscribe to your blog via a feed reader, [[Aggregation]] facility, etc.
** RSS feeds for comments are also very useful
* Allow comments.  Blogs which do not allow comments do not build community.

== Further reading ==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog Blog] on Wikipedia

== See also ==

* [[Microblogging]]
* [[Social media]]
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 ** RSS feeds for comments are also very useful
 * Allow comments.  Blogs which do not allow comments do not build community.
-* Provide an organized, carefully-edited list of recommended blogs in your sidebar, and frequently link to related websites and blogs in your posts. This is both a service to your readers (who may want to explore related material) and a service to other bloggers in your community. If your links are helpful to people, it will often inspire them to keep coming back to you.
-* Be a human being. Readers are more likely to connect with a blog if it comes tied with some personality and identity. Faceless corporate brands are hard to form relationships with.
-* Be consistently trustworthy and interesting.&nbsp; If your readers sense that you're being dishonest or superficial, they will lose interest quickly.&nbsp;
 == Further reading ==