A Blog is basically an online journal.  It can be used for many things: 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 or just about anything.

You can read a blog a couple different ways.  The easiest is to just go the the blog website and just read it.  But wouldn't it be nice if the website would just let you know when a new article has been added?  It can!  This is through a technology called RSS (Really Simple Syndication)  Most modern internet browsers have this built in (except Internet Explorer - in that case you would need to get an RSS reader program)  All you have to do is click on the “Subscribe” button and it will open it up in your reader or browser.  You can then add it to your list of sites that you want it to keep track of for you.

How it works...

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