Wiki vs. Blog
Wiki vs. Blog
What is a Wiki?
A wiki is a website that allows multiple users to create, modify and organize web page content in a collaborative manner.
What is a Blog?
Blog is an abbreviated version of Weblog, which is a term used to describe Web sites that maintain an ongoing chronicle of information. A blog is a frequently updated, personal Web site featuring diary-type commentary and links to articles or other Web sites.
Differences:
| Wiki |
Blog |
| Multiple Authors |
Usually a single author. Sometimes can have multiple contributors |
| Pages
|
Chronological Content
- Posts/Entries
- Comments on Posts
- Responses to Comments
|
| Edited by a group or team |
Author posts, user comments |
| Knowledge Sharing |
Opinion Sharing |
| Links to other Wiki pages |
Links to outside |
| Grows rapidly, at all hours of the day |
Grows slowly, one post at a time |
| Articles constantly change and are continuously updated |
Each post becomes stale over time |
| Discussions can take place on pages or in the discussion forum |
Discussions take place in the comments of a post, typically approved by blogger. |
| Many-to-many communication |
One-to-many content |