What Is a Website and What Is a Blog

Before we move on to the difference between a blog and a website, it would be nice to define these terms.

Of course, you could find the definitions on the vast internet but it is likely to run into a strange set of words that may not make sense to you.

So what is a website?

Any resource located on the internet can be defined as website. News portal, forums, online store, and even the blog – people are used to call all of the aforementioned examples as a website.

And you know, there is some truth in it, as the word “site” in English language is translated as “place”. In other words, the website is a place in the World Wide Web, belonging to any owner (webmaster), and all the examples listed above are just a kind of website.

Thus, a short definition of the blog is that it is just one type of website.

But let’s get to the more precise definition of a blog.

As a rule, websites and blogs are created with a single purpose – to share information with the audience.

However, website owners never talk about themselves, do not ever share their life events and do not stay in touch with their audience. On the other hand, bloggers not only share their knowledge on a particular topic, but also are completely open to their audience.

And to be even more precise, a blog is a kind of online diary that absolutely everyone can read.

I hope I was able to deliver the basic idea of what those two terms are.

So now let’s move to the next question and try to understand what the difference between a blog and a website is.

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