The term "weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger on December 17, 1997. The short form "blog" was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word "weblog" into the phrase "we blog".

“博客”(weblog)一词最早是由Jorn Barger于1997年12月17日创造的。其简写形式“blog”的出现则归功于Peter Merholz的玩笑之举。他将“weblog”一词分解成了“we blog”。

Before blogging became popular, digital communication took many other forms , including e-mail, Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) and so on. The modem blog evolved from the online diary, where people keep a running account of their personal lives. Based on click ratio , blogs can be ranked. Nowadays, blog has been accepted and sought after by general public.

在博客广为流行之前，数字化的交流方式有许多其他形式，例如电子邮件，电子论坛等等。现代博客形式最初是由网络日志演化而来。在日志里，人们记录其生活中发生的点点滴滴。依据点击量，可以对博客进行排名。如今，博客已经逐渐走向大众并成为人们追逐的对象。