The difference between a website and a blog

Many entrepreneurs and individuals want to create a website, and as soon as you take the first steps, you are confronted with a variety of terms. Hosting, PHP, databases, content management systems and so on. If you are at the very beginning, the basic question "What is the difference between a website and a blog?" may not be clear yet. In this blog post on our website, we'll explain the difference between the two. Let's get started!

What is a website?

Actually, website is a collective term for all the applications you access through an internet browser. Whether you're searching for something on Google, reading the news on nu.nl, or looking at a new laptop on Cool Blue or Bol.com. All of these parties use websites to provide their services. Whether it's news, information or products. The only confusion that can arise here is the different types of websites that exist. This is where the lines get a little fuzzy. For example, there are the following types of websites:

• Web store, a website where you can buy products directly
• Portfolio website
• Informative website
• Website of a non-profit institution or organization
• A web application, a tool on the Internet
• Job websites
• Forums
• Social media websites
• And many others

A website is actually a blank canvas that you, as a webmaster, can design yourself. To do this, you need to come up with a domain name for your website and purchase a hosting package . We at MijnHostingPartner.nl can serve you excellently with both.

The difference between a website and a blog for a business is generally the frequency of new content and how it is designed. For most businesses, a new website is created and new content is published every few years. Think of it as an introduction to your business, an explanation of the vision and services, and the next step, contacting you. The content of this website can be called static content. A set number of pages and text designed to get the customer to pick up the phone, send an email, or visit you at the office. Below is a more detailed explanation of what a blog can include. Read on quickly.

What is a blog?

A blog is often thought of as an educational, inspirational, motivational, or entertaining source of written content. It can cover anything your heart desires. And many people share information about their favorite hobbies, their passion for a particular topic, or just some practical tips about a particular product. A blog is therefore often the creative outlet of many people and is usually set up by private individuals. But this boundary is also disappearing, as blogs are also started for purely commercial purposes. And companies are also adding blogs to their own (static) websites.

So blogging is a way to share content in the form of small blog posts and hopefully have them read by as many people as possible. Blogs can be read only by your family or friends, for example, a blog about your summer vacation. Or it can be read by millions of people around the world. Many blogs started by a single person have grown and developed into very successful businesses over the years. They market their content to generate advertising revenue and often use affiliate systems. Direct customers are not involved, but your content and its popularity are used indirectly to sell third party products and services.

Blogs within a website

Blogs can also be set up within another website. Web stores, for example, often use a blog to share news and information about new and existing products. This way, you can create more content for a particular product you want to sell, and that content may also have a chance to rank separately in search engines like Google. What's often positive.

Your main website and blog can then be considered as one, and often installed with the same software, or with two different installations, or even a subdomain. However, this trend is going out of fashion.

Commonly used software

For websites and blogs, there is one content management system that is most widely used, WordPress. What once started as a solution for blogging has evolved into a complete system that can be used to create many different websites. This is not the only choice though, there are also solutions like Joomla, Drupal, Umbraco and many others still available to achieve the same. However, it often comes down to what is easiest for you to use or what best suits your needs. Does nothing fit your wish list? Then you can do the coding yourself or hire an agency like our partner MijnWebdesignPartner.nl to achieve your goal with a custom website.

What do you choose?

So you can choose from a variety of options to create your website, whether you have an idea for a blog, want to create a corporate website or have a brilliant portfolio. Check out our extensive knowledge base, or simply get started with WordPress in your new hosting package. It can be deployed for you at the touch of a button via our customer panel.

If you have any further questions about how to get started, feel free to chat with us anytime. We'll be happy to help you make your website dreams come true!