What is a blog?

A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world.

Your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are millions of them, in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules.

In simple terms, a blog is a web site, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis. New stuff shows up at the top, so your visitors can read what's new. Then they comment on it or link to it or email you. Or not.

Since Blogger was launched, almost five years ago, blogs have reshaped the web, impacted politics, shaken up journalism, and enabled millions of people to have a voice and connect with others.

And we're pretty sure the whole deal is just getting started.

China’s MySpace - Social networking site snags $48 million from VCs

REDHERRING.COM: How do you say MySpace in Mandarin or Cantonese? The U.S. venture capital and private equity firms that funneled $48 million into Oak Pacific Interactive in early March are hoping it sounds something like Mop.com. That’s the name of Oak Pacific Interactive’s social networking site that has emerged as a powerhouse among Chinese-language web sites.

Yahoo's Boulevard of Broken Dreams

On The Web, Media Giants Keep Grabbing––Not Building

AdWeek.com - If you can deliver the traffic, the time is coming to cash in. One look at NBC Universal's $600 million purchase of women's portal iVillage last week shows that it's a good time to be an independent Web publisher.

Should Yahoo buy a newspaper?