I've read a few interesting pieces lately discussing how platforms traditionally associated with blogging are morphing into content management systems. It's a natural extension, really, with many organizations that run simple sites wanting to provide both blog-like newsfeeds as well as static content pages.Squarespace, which we discussed recently, is a good example of this, and I'd spoken some time ago about modules intended to turn WordPress into a full-fledged content management system.

It seems, however, that many of the most popular blogging platforms are pushing themselves closer to full-fledged content management system territory with each new release.

Irina Guseva wrote about the blurring lines between Web content management systems and blogging platforms on CMS Wire earlier this week, and she uses the term micro CMS.

We couldn't help but notice the recent trend among blogging software products. Many of them are starting to look and act like web content management tools. Is it the seemingly inevitable merger with the Web CMS market, or the progression into the seemingly inevitable micro CMS arena?

CMS Watch's Adriaan Bloem also noted in a recent piece that WordPress is moving in the content management system direction with this latest release.

Regardless of whether or not this is a full-fledged trend, I think it's a real benefit for users to combine the simplicity of blogging with the structure and flexibility of content management systems. This approach is a win for lots of organizations that don't have the time or inclination to dive into something like Alfresco, Drupal, or another traditional content management system.