Ablog(ablendofthetermweblog)isatypeofwebsiteorpartofawebsitesupposedtobeupdatedwithnewcontentfromtimetotime.Blogsareusuallymaintainedbyanindividualwithregularentriesofcommentary,descriptionsofevents,orothermaterialsuchasgraphicsorvideo.Entriesarecommonlydisplayedinreverse-chronologicalorder.Blogcanalsobeusedasaverb,meaningtomaintainoraddcontenttoablog. 　　Althoughnotamust,mostgoodqualityblogsareinteractive,allowingvisitorstoleavecommentsandevenmessageeachotherviawidgetsontheblogsanditisthisinteractivitythatdistinguishesthemfromotherstaticwebsites. 　　Manyblogsprovidecommentaryonaparticularsubject;othersfunctionasmorepersonalonlinediaries;yetstillothersfunctionmoreasonlinebrandadvertisingofaparticularindividualorcompany.Atypicalblogcombinestext,images,andlinkstootherblogs,Webpages,andothermediarelatedtoitstopic.Theabilityofreaderstoleavecommentsinaninteractiveformatisanimportantpartofmanyblogs.Mostblogsareprimarilytextual,althoughsomefocusonart(artblog),photographs(photoblog),videos(videobloggingorvlogging),music(MP3blog),andaudio(podcasting).Microbloggingisanothertypeofblogging,featuringveryshortposts. 　　Bloggingcanresultinarangeoflegalliabilitiesandotherunforeseenconsequences. 　　Defamationorliability:InJanuary2007,twoprominentMalaysianpoliticalbloggers,JeffOoiandAhiruddinAttan,weresuedbypro-governmentnewspaper,TheNewStraitsTimesPress(Malaysia)Berhad,KalimullahbinMasheerulHassan,HishamuddinbinAunandBrendenJohna/lJohnPereiraoveranallegeddefamation.TheplaintiffwassupportedbytheMalaysiangovernment.Followingthesuit,theMalaysiangovernmentproposedto"register"allbloggersinMalaysiainordertobettercontrolpartiesagainsttheirinterest.[50]Thisisthefirstsuchlegalcaseagainstbloggersinthecountry. 　　Employment:CatherineSanderson,a.k.a.PetiteAnglaise,lostherjobinParisataBritishaccountancyfirmbecauseofblogging.Althoughgiveninthebloginafairlyanonymousmanner,someofthedescriptionsofthefirmandsomeofitspeoplewerelessthanflattering.SandersonlaterwonacompensationclaimcaseagainsttheBritishfirm,however.Ontheotherhand,PenelopeTrunkwroteanupbeatarticleintheBostonGlobebackin2006,entitled"Blogs'essential'toagoodcareer".Shewasoneofthefirstjournaliststopointoutthatalargeportionofbloggersareprofessionalsandthatawell-writtenblogcanhelpattractemployers. 　　Politicaldangers:Bloggingcansometimeshaveunforeseenconsequencesinpoliticallysensitiveareas.Blogsaremuchhardertocontrolthanbroadcastorevenprintmedia.Asaresult,totalitarianandauthoritarianregimesoftenseektosuppressblogsand/ortopunishthosewhomaintainthem.InSingapore,twoethnicChinesewereimprisonedunderthecountry’santi-seditionlawforpostinganti-Muslimremarksintheirblogs. 　　Personalsafety:Oneconsequenceofbloggingisthepossibilityofattacksorthreatsagainsttheblogger,sometimeswithoutapparentreason.KathySierra,authoroftheinnocuousblog"CreatingPassionateUsers",wasthetargetofsuchviciousthreatsandmisogynisticinsultsthatshecanceledherkeynotespeechatatechnologyconferenceinSanDiego,fearingforhersa