Blog vs. Website
It’s time to examine in more detail the differences between a website and a blog.
I already mentioned above the main difference – it’s that the owners of websites never show their face and indeed it is so.
Generally, a blog would have a separate page “About Author”, which contains detailed biography of the blogger.
Consider my blog “Life in Kaizen Style” as an example here.
Even though it is about a couple of months old, you will see the page titled as “My Journal” which shares my personal experiences and learning (see image below).This is where I include all the things that I’ve experienced, all the products that I’ve tried, and all the events that I find useful/interesting to share.
You will also see another page titled as "About Zarina", where I share information about my life.
And finally, I included my contact information/social pages so that my blog readers can stay in touch with me.
Before we move on to the next distinction, answer the question: “Why people create websites and blogs?”
NEXT: Why People Create Websites and Blogs?
Although one thing stands out for me... I have websites in different niches (4 in total) and I will be adding more in the future. So I will be a blogger with more than one blog :)
I love your article – it’s very well written and easy to read due to the well thought layout.
I used to think that blog and website is actually one but thanks for you article which bring clarity. Thanks for writing this article.
I wish you best of luck.
So and newcomers can see what can really happen I've simply used my own experiences using WA since Sept 2015 to see if WA works as I have commercial experience of shopping cart systems and sites.
I use both types of website (eStore AND Blog via WA training - 1 for selling and 1 for blogging - giving extra info, chatting with visitors and as a kind of diary as you say here.
With a little care different types of site can be easily linked and support each other. Online shops can sell products faster but need so much work it sometimes takes a couple of people to run shop type sites at least. And there's advertising fees involved.
With a blog I can give a great deal of info, advice etc and build audience trust. I found personally that adding 3-4 articles to a my new blog site each week for 3 months then started to generate and grow revenue from the blog site with no advertising fees. I have personally seen blog site sales start after 3 months this year.
It is important to understand the difference from the beginning if possible as this can save a lot of redesign work later.
Many thanks for showing us this - all the very best - Andre.