A personal diary on the Web that contains observations, secrets, frustrations and stories. It offers people a place to document their lives. There are more than a thousand Web journal services of which Diarist.net, established in 1998, (www.diarist.net) is one of the largest. About half of the journals are written under pseudonyms or with only partial disclosure.

Journals Vs. Blogs
Theoretically, a journal is a personal story or diary, whereas a blog is about a topic. However, the lines have blurred because some people tell their life story on a blog. In addition, the blog format and the journal/diary format provide the same chronological order. See blog.