Check Out the Web’s Hidden Treasures

WEBLOGS

Blogging, www.blogger.com/

Freedom of the press takes on new meaning with the arrival of “blogs,” an abbreviation for “Web log.” Blogs let writers publish online with little technological hassle. As you can imagine, blog content ranges from personal diaries to political commentaries.

Now blogs are going corporate. Some brands create external blogs to communicate with their customers (e.g., Google’s www.google.com/googleblog/). Businesses can blog to establish themselves as experts in an area. For example, at http://hipaablog.blogspot.com/, lawyer Jeff Drummond discusses medical privacy.