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 What is a Blog?

A blog is a type of website where the content is presented in reverse chronological order (newer content appears first). Blog content is usually in the form of entries or “blog posts.” Typical websites are static in nature where content is organized in pages and is not updated frequently. Whereas a blog is dynamic and is usually updated pretty often. Some bloggers publish multiple new articles a day.

Aptly named, Blogger launched in 1999 and was later acquired by Google. Blogger was the first real blogging platform, which made it the de-facto option in the early days of blogging.

However, when WordPress launched in 2003, it totally changed the blogging game. That’s because it is open-source software — the first blogging software that allowed users and developers to manipulate the code, making a website completely bespoke. Unbelievably, today, over 30% of the internet runs on WordPress. 

Some of the most popular sites in the world are blogs — albeit very large ones now:

Huffington Post: 110 million monthly visitors

TMZ: 30 million monthly visitors

Business Insider: 25 million monthly visitors

Mashable: 24 million monthly visitors

The Daily Beast: 15.5 million monthly visitors

I’d even argue that even large web properties like ESPN.com, CNN.com and CNBC.com are basically glorified blogs.

If you’re considering starting a blog, we suggest reading How to Start a WordPress Blog.

What is a Website?

A website is a collection of landing pages and multimedia content that are all collated under one domain. Websites are also usually hosted over web hosting services – which allow these pages and content to be accessed over the World Wide Web. To add, websites can also be internal sites accessed through a secure local area network – which is the case for most corporate ‘intranets.’

Websites can be used for different purposes: business, personal, and even for governments and agencies. While there’s a broad range of applications, one objective always stays the same: websites are meant to provide information to visitors or audiences – a sort of an online brochure for a company or organization. 

How is a Blog Different from a Website?

Blogs are a type of website. The only difference is that blogs have frequently updated content and websites tend to be much more static and is organized into pages. 

A blog can be a website on its own or a part of a bigger site. An early iteration of blogs was once used mostly for online personal journals. But once its audience-drawing power was realized, businesses began tapping into blogging’s potential too. Companies have now begun to use blogs to keep their customers up-to-date with events and product updates, as part of search engine optimization strategies and to keep users engaged with fun stories. 

Growth Marketing Pro is a website and a blog. The content is written and updated regularly in blog format, but we also have static pages like our “about us” page. We built this blog on WordPress.

What’s the Difference in Terms of Content?

In terms of content, a website has “pages” – think of these as pages or sections in a brochure. Webpages can be sorted into different categories based on their content. For example, one page can contain the homepage – general information about the organization. Another page can contain the list and descriptions of products and services. And another webpage can list down contact information or have an email contact form.

“Posts” on the other hand are updates or unique perspectives, meant to be bite-size reads, can be composed of one or a combination of the following media: a text article, images (like photo journals or infographics), videos, podcasts, and even social media feeds.

Conveniently, WordPress organizes the two types of content you can publish into “posts” and “pages.” “Posts” are dated, authored, and published to your blogging feed. Whereas “pages” just kind of hang out in the background unless you reference them in a prominent place on your site like the navigation bar.