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2004

The #1 Word of the Year

Blog is the most looked-up word on Merriam-Webster’s website this year. More and more people noticed blog and tried to figure the four-letter-word out. The blogosphere is gonna explode. I’m looking forward to that.

Blog noun [short for Weblog] (1999) : a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer

Though I can’t quite agree with the definition. Journal, comments, links are the essential elements of a blog. But why is the reverse chronological order overlooked?

11 comments

    felix on December 1st, 2004 at 11:38 pm

  • why not give a pronunciation, /blog/ or /’bi:log/? hehe, I set up a Blog to write something to practise writing, it’s really a good way to tell others what I did or thought recently but hard to keep writing
    http://plusplus.blogchina.com/

    • Yin on December 2nd, 2004 at 11:40 am

  • I think I am not a good blogger or I might be when I am retired.

    • Dan Li on December 2nd, 2004 at 10:38 pm

  • Yin, do you know there is something called “blog burnout”?

    • Greg on December 3rd, 2004 at 12:13 am

  • I think the definition is succinct and accurate. I don’t think reverse chron order is a requisite or inherent part of a blog. I present mine in both directions.

    • sike on December 4th, 2004 at 3:25 am

  • li dan, hehe
    I have linked to you~

    • Dan Li on December 4th, 2004 at 2:07 pm

  • Hi Sike,
    Thank you for linking. I blogrolled yours too. It’s not about exchange but… I do find your blog interesting and reflective. Keep going!

    • Yin on December 7th, 2004 at 2:32 pm

  • Give me a definition of Blog burnout?

    • Dan Li on December 8th, 2004 at 3:05 pm

  • Burnout…it’s something like what I wrote in Sep, 2003.

    • Yin on December 8th, 2004 at 5:07 pm

  • There is no record in Sep 2003. Burn me out.

    • Dan Li on December 8th, 2004 at 5:19 pm

  • You got it. That’s burnout.

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