Blog" is shortened from "WEB LOG

A frequent , chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web linksA blog is often a mixture of what is happening in a person's life and what is happening on the Web , a kind of hybrid diary/guide site , although there are as many unique types of blogs as there are people .People maintained blogs long before the term was coined , but the trend gained momentum with the introduction of automated published systems , most notably Blogger at blogger .com . Thousands of people use services such as Blogger to simplify and accelerate the publishing process . Blogs are alternatively called web logs or weblogs . However , "blog" seems less likely to cause confusion , as "web log" can also mean a server's log files.