Each year Merriam Webster calculates the most requested word from the most researched words on its websites. This year, it is a word that is not even in the dictionary - "blog. "
According to MW, blog is defined as "a website that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments and often hyperlinks."
Blog will be a new entry in the 2005 version of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. The complete list of words of the year is available at www.merriam-webster.com
Microsoft's Blogs
Also this week, interestingly enough, Microsoft has launched their foray into the world of blogs. Their entry into the consumer weblog market is called MSN Spaces. The blogging service lets users create an online journal, post photos and digital music lists. Users can establish different levels of visitor access, customize the blog with a choice of different backgrounds and layout templates and update the blog remotely via e-mail or mobile phone.
MSN Spaces also features integration with the MSN Messenger instant messaging service and with the MSN Hotmail Web mail service.
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Posted by rsk at December 2, 2004 09:31 AM