Because you can journal about anything the precise explanation of blogging and what it is, is something that can entirely depend upon who you are talking too. Each day as newborn web technologies are created, so are newborn blogs and each one with its own purpose.

Today blogs are utilised for hundreds of reasons so it is can be hard to explain to a computer illiterate person just what one is. In the world of blogs the illustrator is known as a blogger. For a lot of years blogs were only utilised as a web log, mostly with text based entries a website owner would use to keep a track of a websites progress. They can be utilised in a similar fashion to the captain's index on a board ordered sail for adventure. 

However as the internet grew and more and more people started using the internet the range of bloggers diversified. Some bloggers started using the journal to write about every day events like a diary while others wrote stories or poems as a modify of expression. New blogs started appearing using the stylish scripts and a whole newborn use for the simple web index was born.  Webmasters started adding journal plug-ins and a whole range of features and profession to see just how farther blogging could be pushed. First came photo blogs where users could post their pictures for friends and family to see, and then came video blogs. Video blogs seem to be the stylish craze for those who are not camera shy and most video blogs are very amusing or educational, you can find hundreds of them online.

The interconnectivity between mobile devices and the internet is also leading to a change in blogging as bloggers can journal at anytime. At some of the blogging websites you can even upload video from your phone to your journal for your friends to see.

Many large companies also use blogs as part of their business, blogs can be utilised to let customers know the stylish company news and aggregation or to promote the stylish product.

Thanks to the wide range of scripts and free blogging sites such as blogger.com and wordpress.com anyone can get a journal and they are very easy to use, some people also use blogs as a means of generating income. Blogging really is a phenomenon and with the constant changing shape of the future it is hard to say just what the next use for a journal will be.