Blogs: Contemporary Phenomenon and Benefits.

Web Logs are one of the growing phenomenon in the maturity of the World Wide Web.
The abbreviated version of a "weblog" is "blog", which is a webpage that enables an individual to update on the chronicle information of their experiences or knowledge namely food, traveling, fashion, photography, technology, sports and much more.

According to Helmond (2008), there are approximately over a hundred million blogs in the blogosphere as of 2008. Over years, blogs have been increasingly growing throughout the nation. Blogs have become one of the most popular and favourable medium around the world in terms of obtaining information, as an interactive opinionative medium and feedbacks from readers. In support to my point, Educause Learning Initiative (2005) mentioned, "blogs engage people in knowledge sharing, reflection and debate, they often attract a large and dedicated readership".

There are few reasons why weblogs are beneficial to the community.

Here are the reasons why:-

• Easy to navigate
• Free
• Wide extended connection such as Wifi (that could be found in most of the places)
• Easy to obtain information.

Reference:

1. Helmond, A, 2008, How Many Blogs Are There?, retrieved on 14 November 2009,



2. Educause Learning Intiative, 2005, 7 Things You Should Know About Blogs, retrieved on 14th November 2009,