Blog is word of the year

Now here's an indicator that "blogs" and "blogging" took the world by storm last year - the American Merriam-Webster dictionary publishers dubbed "blog" as word of the year for 2004. They chose blog to mark the rise in influence of bloggers, who are simultaneously courted, ridiculed and feared. Blog is cyberspeak for Web Log - an online diary of commentary about anything from attacking company reputations, to your personal reflections. Ignore the rise of blogging at your peril.