Did you ever wonder about when "blogs" began or where they came from?  The creation of the weblog can be traced back to 1994 when a young student at Swarthmore College began the first ever diary (log) on the internet. Justin Hall's weblog is still available at Links.net.

Since 1994 the weblog has rapidly evolved and continues to evolve by the nanosecond.  In 1997 the online diarist named Jorn Barger created the word "weblog" from the idea of "logging the web". 

Then in 1999 two big events happened.  First, a programmer named Peter Merholz truncated the word weblog to simply "blog".  Next, Blogger began the first popular free blog creation service available on the web.

In 2000, at the beginning of the new millenium BoingBoing was born.  Later that year AndrewSullivan.com was launched. 

Of course, like anything else commercialization was bound to infiltrate this online democracy and 2002 blog advertising was begun when BlogAds was launched.

Ten years after its creation "blogging" really "arrived" in 2004 when it was not only added to the dictionary but listed as the "Word of the Year" by Merriam-Webster.

And finally, on January 2, 2006, yours truly launched this blog thanks to the support and great service from the terrific team at Internet Crusade with their user friendly RealTownBlogs geared to real estate professionals who are focused on technology.