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A blog is a personal expression of many thoughts and ideas. Similar to a journal, a blog is a session of information posted on the World Wide Web in a fashion aimed as an outlet for discussion, opinion, and/or a following. Most of the journalists, known as bloggers update their blog in reverse chronological order with new information and focus material on a regular basis. Internet Journalist known as bloggers first gained notoriety within the new age of social media sites as Myspace, Facebook, and YouTube making their work more accessible to the media and people of the cyber world. To start a blog one would have to choose which software to use to manage the blog, find a host that supports the chosen managing software, and choose a theme of the blog. The software chosen to manage the blog is basically a digital program that is used to create a blog, like Microsoft is used to create word documents. There are many software programs available to use depending on the terms, eligibility, and rights desired by blogger. Some blog programs like WordPress are free and some required monetary payments in order to reserve certain rights to the blog site. A blog host that is used to support the managing blog software is like an address for your blog to reside. A blog host is needed so that followers and readers alike of the blogger can access updated information. In addition to an address it’s an address builder; some 2014 recommended blog host are wix and web. A blog theme is a template used to design the look of a blog site making it visually appealing and compatible for the blogger and readers of the bloggers; it’s like having an interior decorator of the cyber world. After selecting blog software to manage the blog, a blog host that supports the chosen software program, and a blog theme, a blogger may want to establish additional items to further perfect the running of a blog making it more successful. Bloggers can open up a Feedburner so that readers have the ability to follow the blog site and subscribe via email and RSS. Another option is to track activity in blog account by setting up a free Google Analytics account. Establishing and utilizing plug-ins such as Google Analytics, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook share buttons and following pages is a plus for establishing a bigger following and assisting in the growth and frequency of visitors to the blog site.