Articles and Blogs that are published on the websites and online directories like Best of the Web Blog Search, Bloggeries, GoArticles, or ArticleAlley look very similar in appearance but in the entirety it’s not so. There is an array of features that are distinctive in Articles as well as the Blogs. Although, many people don’t find much difference in these written pieces but there are many dissimilarities that can be pointed out. Just scan through the various Blogs and Articles that are published on the web and you’ll realize the difference.

No set Length for a Blog!

A blog usually takes up lot of space of a web page and can be of any length starting from a few lines to a complete film script. Secondly you can also find Video Blogs wherein you can view in a video format whatever is current on the web. The most popular blog in the popular online video blogs category is ‘All About YouTube’ that comprises of different types of unique video content such as Funny Videos, Video Clips, News and the like.

The YouTube viewership for the year 2009 has touched one billion views a day & is a testimony of the blogs popularity on the web.

On the other hand when we flip through the Article directories and read the content we realize that the articles have a strict guideline as far as the length is concerned. Articles usually have a word limit of 250 to maximum 400 words.

Article is more of an educational stuff!

Another striking feature of the Articles is that they are more inclined towards distributing information. Articles are more of a description given about a product and divulge various features pertaining to a product. Articles can be likened to educational content that speak about the qualities of a product; sometimes a comparative analysis of a two contemporary products is also given in the Articles.

Blogs have a wider reach!

In terms of entertainment Blogs stand a better chance in comparison to Articles. Blogs are a community of millions of Net Surfers or Net Enthusiasts who assemble on a single window and discuss on mutually common topics or issues. The scope as far as reach is concerned is far bigger for Blogs when compared with Articles. Articles are limited to surfers who are more of a readers or information gatherers and are less of social types.

Although, both Blogs and Articles are distinct platforms still both are equally important for the Web.