A Brief Look Through The History Of Blogging
Business blogging may be making major steps towards being one of the most prominent online resources, alongside the likes of several established social networks and for many, it appears to be a completely new resource.
The truth, however, is that blogging is one of the oldest online resources and has been utilized in one way or another for over 15 years.
Before the internet first started on its momentous incline in popularity on the approach to the last millennium, people were using the internet in various ways and one of those was to provide an electronic version of their offline journal or diary.
With some versions dating back to the early 1990s, to have an online journal / diary became increasingly popular and for several years, updating your public or private journal / diary became one of the most frequent activities online.
As with many resources, writing online on a journal or diary developed naturally over time - into blogging - and the very first use of blogging's initial term, 'weblog' was coined on 17th December 1997.
Jorn Barger, a popular online figure at the time, updated his website regularly, called 'Robot Wisdom Weblog', providing links to and information on the websites he'd discovered online - effectively 'logging the web'.
In the Spring of 1999, the very first use of the actual term 'blog' was used, accredited to Peter Merholz, who split the word 'weblog' into two words - 'we blog' - on his website, which he updated manually with regular musings, something that went on to be seen as the epitome of blogging.
And from then on, the rest is essentially history.
The term 'weblog' naturally became less and less popular, online journals and diaries fast lost favour to the setting up of a blog and when effective and dedicated blogging platforms started to be developed after the turn of the millennium - such as WordPress in 2003, of which the latest version had been downloaded over 65 million times in December 2011 - blogging developed exponentially.
With the development and popularity of social networks, however, after the first five years of the new millennium had passed, blogging started to lose favour to these quicker, more interactive and social resources.
While blogging started to see a considerable decline on a personal blogging level, the potential benefits for businesses started to become increasingly apparent - and with the growing importance of high quality content, the simple fact is business blogging is one of the most useful online resources that any organization can utilize today.
The truth, however, is that blogging is one of the oldest online resources and has been utilized in one way or another for over 15 years.
Before the internet first started on its momentous incline in popularity on the approach to the last millennium, people were using the internet in various ways and one of those was to provide an electronic version of their offline journal or diary.
With some versions dating back to the early 1990s, to have an online journal / diary became increasingly popular and for several years, updating your public or private journal / diary became one of the most frequent activities online.
As with many resources, writing online on a journal or diary developed naturally over time - into blogging - and the very first use of blogging's initial term, 'weblog' was coined on 17th December 1997.
Jorn Barger, a popular online figure at the time, updated his website regularly, called 'Robot Wisdom Weblog', providing links to and information on the websites he'd discovered online - effectively 'logging the web'.
In the Spring of 1999, the very first use of the actual term 'blog' was used, accredited to Peter Merholz, who split the word 'weblog' into two words - 'we blog' - on his website, which he updated manually with regular musings, something that went on to be seen as the epitome of blogging.
And from then on, the rest is essentially history.
The term 'weblog' naturally became less and less popular, online journals and diaries fast lost favour to the setting up of a blog and when effective and dedicated blogging platforms started to be developed after the turn of the millennium - such as WordPress in 2003, of which the latest version had been downloaded over 65 million times in December 2011 - blogging developed exponentially.
With the development and popularity of social networks, however, after the first five years of the new millennium had passed, blogging started to lose favour to these quicker, more interactive and social resources.
While blogging started to see a considerable decline on a personal blogging level, the potential benefits for businesses started to become increasingly apparent - and with the growing importance of high quality content, the simple fact is business blogging is one of the most useful online resources that any organization can utilize today.
