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Easy-to-use blogging platforms such as Blogger and LiveJournal (which uses Movable Type technology) have been attracting people to take up blogging over the years. Users can create an account and set up their blogs within minutes, and the whole process is automated. As opposed to setting up your own blog with blogging software, a blogger need not have knowledge of computers or HTML in order to create his blog in the desired format.
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Potential bloggers who have access to their own web servers can install blogging software to set up their own blogs without having an account with blog hosts. These blogging platforms aid users in creating their desired blog, with many actions, such as indexing and archiving being automated. Those who are not aesthetically-inclined can install various themes or skins, freely available on the Internet. 2 well-known and widespread blogging platforms are WordPress and Movable Type.
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Many, if not all, bloging platforms provide a built-in commenting system for visitors to leave comments for each individual post. In a way, this turns blogs into a dialog between the blogger and the visitors, with the visitors having a means to publish their views on a particular post. Commenting systems have greatly divided the gap between bloggers and visitors, making blogs friendlier and more interactive.
Developments in commenting systems include the allowance of moderation, where the blogger can choose which comments to display. This has more or less eliminated the problem of comments spam. A popular commenting system provider is Haloscan, which implements many advanced features not commonly seen in built-in systems.
Another form of commenting is through tagboards, a small digital noticeboard that refreshes itself at intervals, keeping the content live. Anyone can ‘tag’ in tagboards. Many visitors or personal friends or relatives of bloggers tag with their names and a short message to let the blogger know that they dropped by. Tagboards are now a common feature present in many blogs, with it being more prevalent in blogs of youths.
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There are numerous other smaller technological implementations that had propelled blogging to what it is today. Most of these deal with the automation of repetitive tasks, such as permalink generation, archiving, and easy theme selection and editing.
These technologies help streamline the process of blogging, putting users off tedious and mechanical tasks. Now, they are taken for granted in most blogging platforms, and are often overlooked as factors contributing to blogging’s popularity.
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