What are blogs for?

In all my enthusiasm of posting my first ad-related content, I have asked my friend to visit my blog. And he asked a very basic question. What are blogs meant for? Why should I read somebody's blog whom I don't even know.

I tried answering his question by saying that a blog provides you a different perspective, not necessarily an expert view, but somebody who wants to make his voice heard. It wasn't convincing enough for him. He was of the view that if he wants to know about something, he would as well go to a reliable source than something "frivolous" like a blog. In his opinion, blogs are like for people who have gone through everything avlbl on net -- a last resort.

Now, this got me thinking. Why am I writing this blog? Are my opinions important enough to be read? What would somebody actually get out of reading this blog? Is it only my selfish motive to provide an outlet to my thoughts or am I trying to do something more helpful. How reliable is the information I provide on my blog (assuming it is important enough to be read)? These and so many other questions are still popping around in my head.

Neways, in case you have a view on this, please go ahead and post your comments. As for me, this blog helps me to put forth my thoughts on a public forum at a zero cost. If somebody stumbles upon the blog and either agrees or disagrees with my views, he has all freedom to put his comments -- which might lead to a healthy discussion or otherwise a deletion of the comment :).

Chalooz then, better content later in the night.