The term web log was first used during the late 90s, which later became ‘weblog’, then ‘we blog’, and finally just ‘blog’.
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Blogs and websites are basically the same but have different uses. WordPress can create both platforms. A website provides information on an infrequent basis. A blog provides a conversation on a frequent basis.
What’s your purpose?
A website is considered static with organized content in posts, pages, and multimedia content. A website’s main purpose is providing information. Websites can be used for many purposes from personal, business, to government.
- Personal could reflect a portfolio of your work from writings, media, and photography
- Business and use could provide general information, educational sources, to providing e-commerce
A blog has regular updates or blog posts, like a journal, on a regular basis, and in chronological order. Newer posts appear first. There is no system of organization. It’s simply a display of posts to generate and maintain audience engagement.
- Expressing yourself or passions
- Sharing Knowledge
- Building an audience or customer engagement
Your platform can be both. Facebook and YouTube can be websites containing blogs. Twitter, Spapchat, and Instagram lean towards blogging. A website can contain blogs but blogs cannot contain a website.