Difference Between Blog and Website

What's A Blog ?

Based on the meaning of wikipedia a Blog (a contraction of the term weblog) is a website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketches (sketchblog), videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting), which are part of a wider network of social media. Micro-blogging is another type of blogging, one which consists of blogs with very short posts. As of December 2007, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 112 million blogs. With the advent of video blogging, the word blog has taken on an even looser meaning — that of any bit of media wherein the subject expresses his opinion or simply talks about something.

While that from blogger.com a Blog is a personal diary. Platform you every day. Political soap box. News outlets. Collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Note to the world.

Your blog to be anything you want. There are millions of blogs, in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules.

In simple terms, a blog is a web site, where you write things based on events that are underway. It is a new show on the top, so that your visitors can read what's new. Then they can add or mengomentarinya link or email you. Or not.

Since Blogger was launched in 1999, the blog has changed the form of a web, political influence, enhance journalism, and enabled millions of people to have a voice and connect with others.

What's Website ?

From Wikipedia
A website is a collection of web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are hosted on one web server, usually accessible via the Internet.

A web page is a document, typically written in (X)HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a protocol that transfers information from the web server to display in the user's web browser.

All publicly accessible websites are seen collectively as constituting the "World Wide Web".

The pages of a website can usually be accessed from a common root URL called the homepage, and usually reside on the same physical server. The URLs of the pages organize them into a hierarchy, although the hyperlinks between them control how the reader perceives the overall structure and how the traffic flows between the different parts of the site.

Some websites require a subscription to access some or all of their content. Examples of subscription sites include many business sites, parts of many news sites, academic journal sites, gaming sites, message boards, Web-based e-mail, services, social networking websites, and sites providing real-time stock market data. Because they require authentication to view the content they are technically an Intranet site.

The World Wide Web was "created" in 1990 by CERN engineer, Tim Berners-Lee.On 30 April 1993, CERN announced that the World Wide Web would be free to anyone.

Before the introduction of HTML and HTTP other protocols such as file transfer protocol and the gopher protocol were used to retrieve individual files from a server. These protocols offer a simple directory structure which the user navigates and chooses files to download. Documents were most often presented as plain text files without formatting or were encoded in word processor formats.

In an article Steve Crisp said " A web site is a stand-alone entity offering goods and services apart from any office, shop, warehouse, or manufacturing facility that has a physical presence in the material world. A web site is not merely a forum for the discussion of a product or service that will lead a qualified buyer to call, write, or email for more information; a web site is perhaps your only contact with the prospective purchaser or client.

A web site is not a lead-in to a pitch. It is the pitch AND the close. When a client physically enters your "real" world, you are on the phone or face-to-face. You have ample opportunity to judge the situation, tailor a presentation to the specific client, and overcome anticipated objections as they arise. A web site does not afford you those same conditional opportunities. Once you grab 'em, you'd better hook them right then and there or else they are gone and you won't even know they showed up".