blogging
n.n. the activity of writing and publishing short articles or personal stories on a website. People usually do this to share their opinions, hobbies, or daily lives with others online.
n. the practice of maintaining or adding content to a blog, typically consisting of informal, diary-style text entries. Often involves a chronological display of posts and allows for reader interaction through comments.
She started blogging about her travel experiences last year.
Many professionals use blogging as a way to build their personal brand and share industry insights with a wider audience.
While blogging began as a medium for personal digital diaries, it has evolved into a sophisticated tool for content marketing and independent journalism within the digital economy.
A contraction of the term weblog, which was itself formed from the words web and log. The shortened form was coined by Peter Merholz in 1999.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Functions as a gerund noun; often paired with the verb 'to start' or 'to go'.
Last updated July 22, 2026