Blog, the four-letter word that has come to symbolise the difference between old and new media, has made Internet hot like never before. The Internet is today brimming with thousands of diaries written with a gusto, not to be hidden in their closets, but to be shared with millions on the Internet. Blogging has brought in the publishing revolution that the Internet had promised, but had not delivered until now.

Until a few years ago, Internet used to be the domain of the people who knew how to code a Web page. The rest had to content themselves with email or chatting. But with blogs swamping the Internet, that is no longer the case. Blogs have brought with them easy-to-use blog hosting sites that provide people with no knowledge of HTML the ability to publish on the Web. Here is a sample of the few for those who are still to join the fastest-growing community on the Net.