What is a blog? A year or two ago, most people had no idea what a blog was or why they would ever want to read one. Now, blogging is part of everyday life and most of us are familiar with the concept and even follow a blog or two. As we near our 100th blog post (today we hit 86), I thought it would be fitting to take some time to explain blogs and the programs available for readers and would-be bloggers.
A blog (web log) is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Many blogs provide commentary on a particular subject while others function as more personal online diaries. (definition taken from wikipedia.com) Although the term “weblog” was coined in 1997, it has only been over the past few years that the majority of us have become familiar with the concept.


For part 4 of our week-long look at the concept of a Social Media Credit Score, we are going to focus on the tools and tricks of researching yourself or someone else on the internet. We have already defined what a 






