Computer and Web Articles

For our tech terminology talk today let’s discuss the difference between a blog and a blog post; I hear these two terms used interchangeably on a regular basis. Problem is, they’re not interchangeable. They’re not the same thing. If you say one and mean the other, you’re going to cause confusion at some point. So let’s clear this up; it won’t take but a moment.

A blog is a website where people publish thoughts, commentary, stories, and/or articles on a (hopefully) regular basis. The term blog came about from the smooshing together of the words “web” and “log”. Examples of blogs include:

• http://sethgodin.typepad.com (for marketing and business development)
• http://www.trainingbible.com/joesblog/blog.html (training guidance for serious cyclists)
• http://www.themovieblog.com (for all you movie lovers)

A blog post, on the other hand, is nothing more than an individual entry IN someone’s blog.

So blogs contain blog posts. Blog posts are what make up blogs. Simple as that.

To wrap this lesson up, let’s look at a few examples of terminology usage. It’s correct to say “Hey, check out the new post in my blog.” It’s correct to say “I just added a new blog post (to my blog) yesterday; it’s sweet.” It’s not correct to say, “I wrote a new blog yesterday” because you don’t actually “write” entire websites.