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A

- Audioblog
1Pronoun;
blogging method by which the author does not create posts in text but (generally) in the audio MPEG-3 format and makes them available for download from the blogsite.
See Podcast.

*Audioblogging started gaining popularity recently in 2003. Most bloggers use this as a platform to spread their self-created music or more obscure (‘indie’, non-mainstream) music in addition to their posts which are read out loud, like radio broadcasts.

- Autocasting
1Pronoun;
automated method of podcasting that allows both bloggers and blog readers to generate audio versions

B
- Blam
1Adjective;
used to describe blogs that are nothing but advertising or marketing, often generated mechanically.

- Bleg
1Pronoun;
blog post consisting of a request or appeal to readers.
*Colloquial term derived from the words ‘blog’ and ‘beg’.

- Blog |bläg|
1Pronoun;
see Weblog.
2Verb;
to edit (or update) or add new material to a weblog.
*A shorter version of the word ‘weblog’, which was popularized by Peter Merholz when he split the original term into the phrase ‘we blog’ on his own weblog.        

- Blog Client
1Pronoun;
software to manage blog(s) from operating system without need to launch web browser software.
*A typical blog client has more features than an online editor, such as spell-checkers and more options for advanced content creation and editing. A few examples of these are WordPress and Movable Type.

- BlogDay
1Pronoun;
August 31st special event.
*On BlogDay every year, bloggers from all over the world post a recommendation of 5 new blogs, preferably, blogs different from their own culture, point of view and attitude. Most bloggers use BlogDay to explore other bloggers’ blogrolls.

- Blog Feed
1Pronoun;
XML-based file for a blog which allows it to be read in another format.
*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
1Verb;
to follow the links from one blogroll or blog entry to another.

- Blog Site
1Pronoun;
blog URL, which can be either
1. Dedicated domain
(e.g. “yourdomainname.com”)
2. Sub-domain
(e.g. “blogname.blogspot.com” or “blogname.livejournal.com” or “xanga.com/blogname”)
3. Embedded within a website

- Blogger
1Pronoun;
person who authors and updates a weblog.
 2Pronoun;
Blogger, created by Pyra Labs, is a service that provides Web-based tools used by individuals to publish weblogs on the World Wide Web. As of 2004, Pyra Labs is owned by Google.

- Blogorrhea

- Blogosphere |ˈblägəˌsfi(ə)r|
1Pronoun;
the collective term encompassing all weblogs or blogs, referring to them as a community or a social network.
*Weblogs are interconnected; bloggers read others' blogs, link to them, reference them in their own writing, and post comments on each others' blogs. Because of this, the interconnected blogs have grown their own culture.

- Blogroll
1Pronoun;
collection of links to other weblogs.
*Blogrolls are often found on the front page sidebar of most weblogs.

 - Blogsnob
1Pronoun; vulgar
someone who refuses to respond to comments on their blog from those outside their circle of friends.

- Blogspot
1Prounoun;
See Blogger.

- Blogstorm
1Pronoun;
to describe a large amount of activity, information and opinion erupting around a particular subject in the blogosphere.

- Blogstream
1Pronoun;
the alternative news and information network growing up around weblogs and user-driven content mechanisms.
*In a nutshell, it is a play on the term “mainstream”, and describes the alternative network of blogs delivering news and information instead of other more established channels.

- Body |ˈbädē|
1Noun;
main body containing weblog post contents.

C

- Citation
1Noun;
recognition or quotation from another blog or blogger.

- Comment
1Noun;
text note left on a post to indicate readers’ feelings and thoughts on the post.

- Comment Spam
1Pronoun;
flooding a blog with advertising comments.
*A serious problem that requires banning tools or password protection for blogs.

D
- Dark Blog
1Pronoun;
non-public blog, generally password-protected or behind a firewall.

F
- Flog
1Pronoun
a fake blog.
*A combination of “fake” and “blog”.

I
- Internet
1Pronoun;
the network of all networks; the medium through which blogs derive their existence.

L
- Links
1Pronoun;
see Blogroll.

 M
- Merholz, Peter
1Pronoun;
person who is credited with starting up the first blog in history.

- Milblog
1Pronoun;
blogs authored by members of the armed forces.
*Derived from the combination of “military” and “blog”.

- Moblog
1Pronoun;
blogs authored on the move, generally through mobile phones by sending SMS or MMS messages.

- Movable Type
1Pronoun;
popular blog editing program. See also WordPress.

- Multi-blog
1Verb;
to create and maintain two or more blogs simultaneously.

- Multi-blogger
1Pronoun;
individual or organization that creates and maintains two or more blogs simultaneously.

P
- Permalink
1Pronoun;
permanent link to the URL of a single post.

- Photoblog
1Pronoun;
blog whose content is mainly of photos.

- Ping
1Pronoun;
alert in the TrackBack system that notfifies original author when someone else writes an entry concerning the original post.

- Podcast
1Pronoun;
posting audio and video material on a blog’s RSS feed for readers to download and listen to.
*This is a break from traditional text methods of supplying information – podcasts are gaining popularity as an alternative to the text-and-jpg method of blogging.

- Post |pōst|
1Pronoun;
the unit of measurement for blog content.

Q

- Quatrain
1Pronoun;
style of writing.
*Derived from the poetic device “quatrain”, and hence denotes an extremely irritating style of writing by which every other word rhymes and each line contains a set number of syllables.

R

- RSS
1Pronoun;
Really Simple Syndication.
*Alternative means of accessing the vast amount of information available on the internet. Instead of browsing the websites directly, information is sent to the user instead.

- RSS Aggregator
1Pronoun;
software or online service allowing a blogger to access and read an RSS feed.

- RSS Feed
1Pronoun;
file containing a blog’s latest posts and updates. Read by an RSS aggregator and shows when a blog has been updated.

S

- Shocklog
1Pronoun;
blogs designed to engineer rumours and discussion by posting various shocking content – i.e porn, violence, etc.

- Splog
1Pronoun;
blog composed entirely of spam, or which has no “written value”.

T
- Title: Main title of web log post

- Trackback
1Pronoun;
means whereby different weblogs/websites can notify each other to inform each other of citations and/or related resources.
*Trackback is a system implemented by Movable Type and later adopted by other blogging tools, that allows a blogger to see who has seen the original material and created a separate article concerning it.

 - Troll
1Pronoun;
blog commenter whose sole purpose is to attack the views expressed on the blog. Verbosity ranges from eloquent to outright vulgar.

V

- Vorage
1Pronoun;
the act of foraging for video on the internet and sharing it with others.
*Derived from the words “forage” and “video”.

W
- Weblog
1Pronoun;
online publication with regular posts and updates.

- WordPress
1Pronoun;
popular blog editing tool. See also Movable Type.

X
- Xanga
1Pronoun;
blogging service. See also Blogger.

- XML
1Pronoun;
Extensible Markup Language. Used for information exchange.