What is it?

The other day I pondered the question of whether a site that did not allow comments to be posted was, in fact, a blog. After some additional thought I have come to the personal conclusion that they are not true blogs without that crucial - and traditional - characteristic. While a blog is a shortened name for "web log" and generally a log is only written in by one person without any separate feedback, the online definition for a log has become one where feedback is intended. Thus, if an on-line log does not allow for feedback, it does not fit the traditional criteria accepted by those who maintain blogs that comments must be capable of being posted. The alternative definition could be argued strongly, but I think the majority who participate in blogs would disagree and since they are the ones that maintain these web logs (i.e. blogs) their definition and their methods of using their blogs should be the accepted one.