advantages and disadvantages blog

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Advantages of Blogs

1. Blog sites can be developed with the help of simple procedures.
2. A blog post goes public, in other words, it can be accessed and read by almost everyone who have an access to internet.
3. The usage of blogs are very convenient, hence people tend to use them more frequently.
4. Students tend to improve their writing skills as blog articles should be reasonably good enough and free grammatical mistakes.
5. Students get into the habit of writing, which helps them in all their future endeavors.
6. Blog sites used as online class forums enables students with various personalities to participate in a discussion far more effectively than they can otherwise.
7. It is place for students and individuals to share their articles and opinions with people outside their community.

Disadvantages of Blogs

1. It involves a lot of time to update and post an entry on the blog site
2. Regular writing may give rise to slangs and sloppy way of writing spoiling the quality of proper usage of language.
3. One major drawback is that not all information can be shared on blog sites. Hence may not be useful for everyone.
4. The need to have a computer may not be feasible for everyone.
5. Individuals and students may have reluctance is getting used to the technological advancements.
6. Blogging cannot be thrusted upon students who are hardly interested in reading and replying to the post.
7. Blogging on day to day issues is different from writing on the subject. Hence it may not be a practical idea to force them to do it.
8. There is no confidentiality as it is a public forum.
9. It can no way be related to conversation, as there is always a time gap in the replies received.
10. It is not suited for issues requiring immediate solution.