Blog Terms Definitions

Here is a list of some common blog terms. If you have any further suggestions please leave them in the comments and I will include them.

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B

Blogger-Person who contributes to or runs a blog.

Bloggies-One of the most popular blog awards.

Blogging-the act of posting on blogs

Blogiday-blogger get fed up and takes a holiday from blogging

Blogroll-A list of blogs usually listed in the sidebar of the blog that the blog owner is associated with and recommends like a roll of honour.

Blogosphere-the blogging community. Often use in the sense that one needs to get out of the blogosphere when one doesn’t have a life outside of their blog world.

Blogstipation-writer’s block for bloggers.

Blogoholic-addicted to blogging

Blogorific/ blogtastic-something which a blogger says is terrific

Blogsit-maintaining a blog while the primary blogger is on leave

C

Categories-A collection of topic specific posts

Collaborative blog-A blog where multiple users enjoy posting permission. Also known as group blog.

Comment- A message left in direct response to a post.

Comment spam-Like e-mail spam where junk orbogus comments are left either manually or by “robot” with either advertising or links.

D

E

Entry/post-An entry published to a blog.

F

Fisking-To rebut a blog entry.

Flog-A fake blog that’s ghostwritten by someone, such as in the marketing department.

M

Moblog-A blog featuring posts sent mainly by mobile phone, using SMS or MMS messages.

P

Permalink-Permanent link. The unique URL of a single post. This is what you use when you want to link to a post on a another blog or website.

Pingback-The alert in the TrackBack system that notifies the original poster of a blog post when someone else writes an entry concerning the original post.

Podcasting-a method of distributing multimedia files (audio / videos) online using feeds for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. Podcasts are created by podcasters.

Post/entry-An entry published to a blog.

Plugins-Small files that add functionality and features. WordPress plugins can greatly improve blog usage and interactivity.

R

RSS-Really Simple Syndication is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts.

RSS feed-The file containing a blog’s latest posts which can be read by an RSS aggregator/reader and shows automatically when a blog has been updated. It may contain only the title of the post, the title plus the first few lines of a post, or the entire post.

S

Subscribe-The term used when a blogs feed is added to a feed reader which allows readers to receive notification when there are new posts in a blog.

T

Tags-labelling / attaching keywords to collect similar posts

Theme-Images and CSS files which can be uploaded to a blog to control the visual display of a blog. Often referred to as the blog design.

TrackBack-A system that allows a blogger to see who has seen the original post and has written another entry concerning it. The system works by sending a ‘ping’ between the blogs, and therefore providing the alert.

V

Vlog-A video blog

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