When it comes to writing the content for websites, there are two ways of presenting it - blogs and articles. Before deciding whether it should be a blog or an article, one needs to understand the differences between the two forms of writing.
Writing blogs is relatively easy as it is informal in nature because the information provided is more in the nature of a conversation and gramatical orderliness is mostly absent. Once people read these informal personal blogs, they are terribly impressed because eveyone feels that this type of writing calls for no professionalism and anyone can write. Blog writing has now caught on like wildfire and it has today acquired an ubiquitous web presence.
Articles are usually considered to be more informative and accurate where details are concerned. Assuming a person is reading both blog and article, he will generally expect the article to be of a much higher standard of writing but will be more forgiving with faulty presentation in blogs. Whereas blog audiences expect a new post every day or two, article audiences are very comfortable waiting for longer periods between the appearance of two articles.
Articles are generally approximately 1500 words and contain explanations, analysis and/or visuals (screen captures, illustrations, etc.) Articles are evaluated on the value of the content to the community as well as on accuracy.
Blogs Blogs are usually (but not always) written by one person and are updated pretty regularly. Blogs are often (but not always) written on a particular topic – there are blogs on virtually any topic you can think of. From photography, to spirituality, to recipes, to personal diaries to hobbies. Blogs are generally between 100 and 500 words.