The debate of what defines a blog will probably continue forever, the same way the debate about what constitutes good writing has been going on for a long time. One of the things that I am noticing on many sites, is that any kind of regularly posted and updated writing is being considered a blog, including advertisements hidden in the form of supposed unbiased advice.

If you post something on a regular schedule, whether it is 10 times a day or once every 10 days, it can be considered and shown off as a blog without much disagreement from many people. Even if I post less about personal life and more about blogs, many people will still call it a blog, regardless of what I think.

That makes me think if the very essence of a blog can be divided and based on a single element, or even a single sole element, like regularly posted content.

I wonder if many people consider new content, posted on a regular schedule, to be a blog, if that content has one or a combination of the following:

• Time stamp
• Different titles for different content
• A kind of a specific approach to the topics
• Claiming the content to be a blog - if you call it something, some people may call it the same thing instantly
• Allowing comments on the content
• Talking about specific type of content

These points, among many others, are typically found in “blogs.” If you take away all these elements and more from any site, the question moves from “Is this a blog?” to “What elements describe a blog, without which something can absolutely, under any circumstances, can never be a blog?”

Is it regularly updated and posted content? Maybe.