Blogging as a Publishing Business: Personal Blogs (Diaries)

The personal blog or web diary is a staple of the blogging community. These blogs contain the thoughts, opinions and experiences of the blog author. The person writing the blog wants to share their life with the world and perhaps get a little recognition from their readers. They may also have motives such as finding romance or publishing their stories and poetry. This is by far the most popular (from the standpoint of number of people running their own blog) form of blogging today.

The concept of blogging grew from these personal diaries. While these blogs are at the heart of what was originally considered blogging, they are rarely the type of blog that will make a profit. That isn1t usually a problem because most of the people who create these types of blogs aren1t in it for the money. If you want to make a profit blogging about your life, you1d better have a very interesting life.

A good place to get a look at a lot of personal blogs is at myspace.com.