Advantages/Disadvantages of Blogs

Positive advantages to using blogs include;

·         Blogging is easy! If you can type a document, chances are you can type up a blog.

·         Blogs are typically free. With sites like blogger, blogs typically have no cost for the basic models.

·         Blogs can reach many people. With the potential to reach millions of people, a blog is a good resource to reach a large audience of people.

·         Blogs allow comments, which is great feedback to your posts! If you are running a business and want feedback on anything, like a new product, simply post it in a blog that your customers are following and allow comments to take place.

 

Negative disadvantages to using blogs include;

·         There’s no guarantee you have an audience. If you use a newspaper to publish your information, there are people who read the newspaper daily so there is definitely some one that will read your article.

·         There are many people who haven’t used blogs. Some people have no idea what a blog is. You would have to advertise your blog with a specific URL in order for people to reach you.