
A Blog is simply a web log with various functionalities. This has made Blogs a favorite tool to post news and events for companies, publications, associations, the Media, etc. But a Blog also serves as a free PR mechanism to announce virtually anything not only to your customers, but to the world, including leading media sources.
Blogs are monitored, tracked and even promoted by large search engines such as Google, and other specific Blog engines. They can be searched by subject matter, industry, topic.just about any viable criteria. Blogs are also frequently updated, which is important in web and search marketing, as explained below.
Blogs also act as an excellent networking tool; letting prospects, vendors, customers, media, etc. read, link to, and even make comments on your Blog. These comments can be monitored, or even disallowed at your preference. Blogs also feature linking areas for relevant topics, as well as to products and services your business may offer. Keep in mind, the more relevant links to you Blog, and hence your site, the more you improve your websites' "value" to most search engines. It is the linking and interlinking of Blogs that serve as a critically important tool for web and search engine marketing.