The+history+of+blogs

A Brief History of Blogging
So when did blogging start? Justin Hall produced what is believed to be the very first blog in January 1994. The site, known as Justin's Links which is at [] is still going strong today. Other's lay claim to having the first blog, notably Davey Winer's [|Scripting News] and Jorn Barger's [|Robot Wisdom] blog. (There is an interesting [|blog post about Jorn Barger] here)

But really it's hard to say who invented the blog. And blogging didnt really become popular until 1999 when software was released to make blogging easy. Until that point, blogs were really just web pages coded by hand.

Task
Research and write a short report about the history of blogging. You should think about some of the following questions...


 * Who coined the phrase weblog?
 * Who coined the phrase blog?
 * When did blogging start?
 * Who were the first bloggers?
 * How many blogs are there reckoned to be?
 * How many blogs are added each day?
 * What are the recognised blogging programs?

Save your work as a word processed document - you will need it later when you start your own blog!