Software that enables users to create and maintain a blog on their Web servers. Running on all major platforms, there are many blog publishing applications that provide a template for bloggers to type in their posts. They may offer options such as syndicating the blog and providing a reader feedback dialogue as well. There are also hosted services in which blog creation and maintenance is accomplished via a Web browser, and the blog is published on the Web servers of the blog service. See blog and syndication format.