Glossary of blogging
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Blogging, like any hobby, has developed something of a specialised vocabulary. The following is an attempt to explain a few of the more common phrases and words, including etymologies when not obvious.
- Audioblog
- A blog where the posts consist mainly of voice recordings sent by mobile phone, sometimes with some short text message added for metadata purposes. (cf. podcasting)
- Bleg
- A blog entry consisting of a request to the readers, such as for information or contributions. A portmanteau of "blog" and "beg".
- Blog feed
- The XML-based file in which the blog hosting software places a machine-readable version of the blog so that it may be "syndicated" for further distribution on the web. Formats such as RSS and Atom are used to structure the XML file.
- Blog hopping
- to follow links from one blog entry to another, with related side-trips to various articles, sites, discussion forums, and more.
- Blogorrhea
- A portmanteau of "blog" and "logorrhea", meaning excessive and/or incoherent talkativeness in a weblog.
- Blogroll
- A list of blogs. Usually a blogger features a list of his favorite blogs in the sidebar of his blog. These lists can be made dynamic using services like BlogRolling.
- Blog site
- The web location (URL) of a blog, which may be either a dedicated domain, a sub-domain, or embedded within a web site.
- Blogsite
- Sometimes confused with a simple blog or blog site, but a blogsite is a web site which combines blog feeds from a variety of sources, as well as non-blog sources, and adds significant value over the raw blog feeds.
- Blogsnob
- A person who refuses to respond to comments on their blog from people outside their circle of friends.
- Dark Blog
- A non-public blog (e.g. behind a firewall)
- Flog
- A portmanteau of "fake" and "blog". A blog that's ghostwritten by someone, such as in the marketing department.
- Moblog
- A portmanteau of "mobile" and "blog". A blog featuring posts sent mainly by mobile phone, using SMS or MMS messages. They are often photoblogs.
- Multi-blog
- Creating, maintaining, and running multiple blogs (2 or more) simultaneously.
- Multi-blogger
- An individual, business, or institution that runs multiple blogs.
- Permalink
- Permanent link. The unique URL of a single post. Use this when you want to link to a post somewhere.
- Ping
- 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.
- Shocklog
- Weblogs to produce shocking discussions by posting various shocking content.
- Splog
- A blog which is composed of spam. A Spam blog or "any blog whose creator doesn't add any written value."
- 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.
- Troll
- A commenter whose sole purpose is to attack the views expressed on a blog, for example, a liberal going to a conservative blog, or vice versa. Many trolls will leave their remarks on multiple posts and continue to visit the blog, sparking spirited debate amongst the blog's regular readers. Trolls' verbosity can range from eloquent to crass, although most trolls probably fall into the latter category.
- Vorage
- A marriage between the words forage and video defined as "The act of foraging for video on the internet and sharing it with others." Bloggers or vloggers who share streaming or downloaded video content on the web often engage in voraging, scouring search engines and obscure websites to present a curated collection of videos that usually fall within a set theme or editorial perspective.