09:24The #1 Word of the YearFound

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2004

Blog is the most looked-up word on Merriam-Webster's website this year. More and more people noticed blog and tried to figure the four-letter-word out. The blogosphere is gonna explode. I'm looking forward to that.

Blog noun [short for Weblog] (1999) : a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer

Though I can't quite agree with the definition. Journal, comments, links are the essential elements of a blog. But why is the reverse chronological order overlooked?

1felix on December 1, 2004 11:38 PM |

why not give a pronunciation, /blog/ or /'bi:log/? hehe, I set up a Blog to write something to practise writing, it's really a good way to tell others what I did or thought recently but hard to keep writing
http://plusplus.blogchina.com/

2Yin on December 2, 2004 11:40 AM |

I think I am not a good blogger or I might be when I am retired.

3Dan Li on December 2, 2004 10:38 PM |

Yin, do you know there is something called "blog burnout"?

4Greg on December 3, 2004 12:13 AM |

I think the definition is succinct and accurate. I don't think reverse chron order is a requisite or inherent part of a blog. I present mine in both directions.

5sike on December 4, 2004 3:25 AM |

li dan, hehe
I have linked to you~

6Dan Li on December 4, 2004 2:07 PM |

Hi Sike,

Thank you for linking. I blogrolled yours too. It's not about exchange but... I do find your blog interesting and reflective. Keep going!

7Yin on December 7, 2004 2:32 PM |

Give me a definition of Blog burnout?

8Dan Li on December 8, 2004 3:05 PM |

Burnout...it's something like what I wrote in Sep, 2003.

9Yin on December 8, 2004 5:07 PM |

There is no record in Sep 2003. Burn me out.

10Dan Li on December 8, 2004 5:19 PM |

You got it. That's burnout.

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