There exist many differences between blogs and traditional web pages that derive from their purposes, the ways in which they work, and the way they are hosted online. Traditional web pages are used as a medium for basically any type of information that can be posted on the internet. They can be created through web editing programs, flash, or any number of types of different software. They can incorporate an enormous amount of features that are basically endless as well. However, creating and updating them can be difficult, which makes them somewhat static in many respects. Blogs are very simple to both create (I made this blog in 5 minutes), and to update (as soon as I press enter, this post can be viewed by the entirety of the internet). Creating and hosting them is also free and is done through a hosting service, like blogger, that allows you to create many different blogs and organize them how you like. Blogs are very good for group collaboration as well, as the creator has options on who can author and comment on posts. People with similar interests can create a community online through blogging, reading each others blogs, and commenting on others blogs, which makes them highly dynamic and interactive. Blogs basically offer anyone, even those with limited technological understanding, the option to publish opinions and ideas on the internet in a very simple to use environment. Traditional web pages are more open and free to operate in, yet creating and editing them takes some knowledge on the subject.
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