Adding a blog to our website has been a goal of mine for a long time. After dabbling with various blog platforms, I’ve decided to go with the very popular WordPress. And I have to say, I’m glad I waited!
You see, blogging (the word blog is short for “web log”) has been around since the late 1990s. It started out as a cool way to keep an online journal where visitors could comment, and the blog writer could engage in an online conversation with his or her visitors. Blogging was thought of as a hobby, not much more.
But as the years passed, the collective creativity of the internet drove blogging to new heights. First of all, it was quickly discovered that Google loves blogs (ranks them high for search words) because of their frequently changing content (new material). Soon, people were blogging for commercial purposes.
Next, BIG businesses (Fortune 500) caught on much later. Many corporate websites feature a blog, and use it as a way to announce news and relate to their customer base.
Now, in 2009, it looks like blogging is a great way to deliver news content, and it may be a contributing factor to the decline of traditional newspaper businesses.
The bottom line is that blogging is an efficient way to communicate information; whether you’re a sports enthusiast blogging about your favorite team, or a business blogging about new services and products. Blogging is appealing because it is understood to be semi-informal in nature (conversational) so writing posts is easier.
As for this blog, I’ll be talking mostly about chiropractic, spinal health, nutrition, and other miscellaneous health topics. I intend for each post to have practical benefit, because that is my style. On occasion, I may blog about an off topic I find interesting that I think my readership would be interested in.
Dan Perez, DC
