Giant Blogging Terms Glossary
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Are you puzzled by strange blogging terms and unusual blog abbreviations and blogging acronyms? Then this post will get the Blargon Demystified. This article attempts to simplify some common blogging terms organized into a simple blogging glossary. Only common and popular blog tools and services have been included.
Note : The language used here is mostly non technical to make the newbie blogger understand the blogging basics. These have not been created by me, but collected over time. This is NOT a substitute for dictionary meaning or a strict definition of these terms, but a simple layman approach to understanding what they mean. Please feel free to propose a better meaning in the comments.
BLOGGING
- Weblog- An online dated diary listing your periodic thoughts on a specific topic, often in reverse chronological order.
- Blog – short form for weblog
- Blogging - the act of posting on blogs
- Blogger - a person who blogs
- Blogosphere - The internet blogging community
BLOGGING FORMS
- Photoblogging - a blog predominantly using and focusing on photographs and images. Photoblogs are created by photobloggers
- 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.
- Autocasting - is an automated form of podcasting
- Blogcasting - the blog and the podcast merged into a single website.
- Vlogging - Also called video blogging. Shortened to vlog. Posted by vlogger. A variant on the blogging using video instead of text.
- Audioblogging - Also called audioblog, MP3 blog or musicblogs. a variant on the blogging using audio instead of text. Created by audioblogger.
- Moblogging - Also called moblogs. A blog posted and maintained via mobile phone. Moblogs are created by mobloggers.
BLOG COMPONENTS AND FUNCTIONS
- Index page – the front page fo the blog
- Header - the topmost part of the blog usually listing the blog title.
- Footer - the most bottom part of the blog usually listing navigation and copyright statements
- Sidebar - One or more columns along one or both sides of most blogs main page
- Categories - A collection of topic specific posts
- Post, Entry- individual articles that make up a blog
- Comments - enabling readers to leave their remarks
- Captcha - short for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”. Those word and letter verification images you need to type in to show you are human and not a bot. Helful to block automated spam comments.
- Ping – Short for Packet Internet Grouper. Blog and ping helps to notify other blog tracking tools for updates, changes and trackbacks.
- Trackback - A system by which a ping is sent to another blog to notify that their article has been mentioned by you
- Pingback - See trackback.
- Permalink - A link to a specific article
- Tags - labelling / attaching keywords to collect similar posts
- Tag cloud – Displaying tags lists or keywords in a blog.
- Blogroll - list of links to other blogs in your sidebar. Also see blogrolling.com
- Sideblog - A smaller blog usually placed in the sidebar of a blog.
- Template - the blog presentation design
- BlogThis - a function allows a blogger to blog the entry they a reading
- Plugins - Small files that add improved functionality and new features. WordPress plugins can greatly improve your blog usage and interactivity
- Dashboard - When you login to your blogging account, it is the first screen with all controls, tools and functions.
- Archives – a collection of all your posts on one page. Can be categorized by month etc.
- Expandable post summaries – show a small teaser part of the post on the index page that link to the full post.
- Jump – the continuation of a the story on another page to preserve space on index page.
- FTP - short for file transfer protocol. Transferring file to and fro from your web host using FTP tools like Filezilla
WEB FEEDS
- Web Feed – allows online users to subscribe to websites that change or add content regularly.
- RSS - a family of web feed formats used for Web syndication. Short form for Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0), Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91, RSS 1.0), RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9 and 1.0). WordPress generates RSS 2.0
- XML - short for eXtensible Markup Language. a general-purpose markup language for syndication formats used on blogs.
- RDF - short for Resource Description Framework. A web content syndication format.
- Atom - another specific web feed format. Blogger feeds are usually of this type.
- OPML – short for Outline Processor Markup Language. It is an XML format for outlines. Easily import and export multiple blog subscriptions between different rss aggregators.
- Photofeed- a web feed with image enclosures.
BLOGGING SOFTWARE / CLIENTS
- Blogger - a free blogging platform by Google.
- Blogspot - free Blogger hosting blog at name.blogspot.com
- LiveJournal - free blogging tool by SixApart
- Movable Type – paid blogging tool by SixApart
- Typepad - paid blogging tool by SixApart
- WordPress.org- Free. Easy to Upload, customize and upgrade.
- WordPress.com – A WordPress blog hosted free for you.
- Radio Userland – another blog publishing software package
TYPES OF BLOGS
- Group blog- with multiple contributing bloggers.
- Event blog – focussed on an event
- Kittyblogger – writing about cats.
- Celeblog – focused on a celebrity.
- Celebriblog – maintained by a celebrity.
- Clog Blog – written in Dutch and/or in Holland.
- CEOBlog – run by a chief executive officer.
- Plog - a project blog. Also for Amazon.com personalised weblogs
- Movlogs - mobile video blogs.
- Splog- a spam blog
- Tech blog – focused on a technical subject.
- Anonoblog – by an anonymous blogger
- Linguablog - about linguistics, translation etc.
- Metablog – a blog about blogging.
- Milblog - a military blog.
- Blawg – blogged by lawyer / related to legal stuff
- Edu-blog – education oriented blog.
- Progblog - A progressive blog.
- Shocklog - provokes discussion by posting shocking content
- Klog - used by company knowledge workers. by Kloggers
- Blogsite - A web site that combines blog feeds from a number of different sources
- Dark Blog- A non-public blog
- Photocast- a photoblog that automatically updates when new photos are added.
BLOGGING HABITS
- Metablogging - writing articles about blogging
- Blogstipation - writer’s block for bloggers. Cant think of what to blog about?
- Blogathy - I do not want to post today and I do not care about it
- Blogopotamus - A long long blog post
- Blogorrhea - unusually high output of articles
- Bleg - To use one’s blog to beg for assistance etc.
- Hitnosis - Refreshing your browser repeatedly to see if your hit counter or comments have increased
- GAD - Google Adsense Disorder. Repeatedly checking your adsense earnings.
- Blego - Blog+Ego. Measuring blogger worth
- Blog hopping – jumping from one blog to another
- Blogroach - A commenter who rudely disagrees with posted content
- Blogoholic - addicted to blogging
- Blogorific = blogtastic – something which a blogger says is terrific
- Blogsit - maintaining a blog while the primary blogger is on leave
- Blogvertising - Also called blogvert. Advertising on a blog.
- Blurker - a blog reader not posting comments, just lurking around quietly.
- Blogathon - update your website every 30 minutes for 24 hours straight. Maybe collect sponsorships.
- Blogiversary - your blog birthday
- Blog Carnival – Links to other articles covering a specific topic.
- Multiblog - running multiple blogs
- Blog Tipping – Compliment 3 blogs on day 1 of every month.
- Blogger bash - a blogger party
- Commenter - someone who leaves remarks / comments
- Reciprocal Links - called link love. You link to my blog, I link to yours. To improve search engine rankings.
- Linkbaiting - a habit of writing good content with the sole purpose of getting it linked from multiple sites.
- Blogstorm – a large amount of blogosphere activity due to particular controversy. Also called Blog Swarm.
- Blogsnob – refusing to respond to blog comments from “not-friends”.
- Doppelblogger – plagiarize the content of another blogger. To Doppelblog.
- Blogophobia – Fear of blogs and blogging.
- Bloggerel – the same opinion posted repeatedly on a blog
BLOGGER TYPES
- Problogger - professional blogger
- Blognoscenti - especially knowledgable bloggers
- Blogebrity - a famous blogger.
- Blogerati - the blogosphere intelligentsia.
- Commentariat - The community of those leaving comments.
- Dooced - lost a job because of blog entries. To Dooce.
- Blogther - a fellow blogger.
- A-List- the top bloggers who influence the blogosphere.
- Blogstar- blogger running a popular blog
OTHER BLOGGING TERMS
- Bloggies- Annual blogging awards.
- MSM - Mainstream Media, or old media like newspapers etc.
- BSM - Blogstream media. from most heavily trafficked blogs.
- Blog Day – 31 August. Find 5 new Blogs that you find interesting and tell them.
- Blaudience - your blog audience.
- Blargon - Also called Blogssary. Blogging slang and glossary. What I am telling you now.
- Blogiversary - your blog birthday
- Blogiverse – see blogosphere
- XFN – short for XHTML Friends Network. Is a simple way to represent human relationships using hyperlinks.
- Blogonomics - blogging conference on a Blog Cruise in 2006.
- EFF - short for Electronic Frontier Foundation. A nonprofit group working to protect blogger rights.
- Blog of Note – a recommended blog.
- Navbar - a navigation bar usually seen on top of Blogger blogspot hosted blogs.
- Blook - a book created from a blog.
- Hat Tip- acknowledgement of the source that tipped you the news.
- Spomments- Spam comments
- Blammer- Blog spammer
- SOB- acronym for Successful and Outstanding Blogger. From successful-blog.com
- Blogiday- you get fed up and take a holiday from blogging
BLOGGING TOOLS & SERVICES
- Bloglines, Rojo, Newsgator, Kinja, – are News Aggregators that display content from syndicated Web content from web feed. Can be configured online or downloaded on your desktop. Like . Also called RSS readers, feed readers, feed aggregators or news readers
- Pageflakes, Newsvine – Track multiple feeds on a single page by modules.
- Odeo, Podnova – are Podcatchers, a form of aggregator used to automatically download podcasts and can sometimes transfer a portable media player. Like
- Feedburner - a professional feed management system
- Pingomatic, Pingoat – ping multiple blog tracking services.
- Feedblitz, Zokooda – Email subscriptions and newletter tools.
- Technorati – a real-time search engine that keeps track of what is going on in the blogosphere
- b5media, 9rules – examples of popular blogging networks. Collection of blogs and bloggers providing great content, with revenue sharing sometimes.
- K2, Blix – names of some popular wordpress themes.
- Blogexplosion, Blogclicker- popular blog traffic generation / exchange services.
- Adsense, Adbrite, CJ, Chitka, Blogads – popular affiliate programs to generate money from your blogs.
- Sphere, Icerocket – blog search engines
- Live Bookmarks – a firefox web browser feature. Update themselves automatically with the latest content from the Web.
- Creative Commons – licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors to offer a voluntary “some rights reserved” approach.
- CoComment - Tracks your comments across different platforms and follow conversations
- WBloggar, Ecto, Qumanna – desktop blog publishing tools
- Mint, Mybloglog, Measuremap, Analytics – site traffic tracking tools.
- Haloscan- free trackback service
- YouTube, Rapidshare- puts video on your blog
- Flickr, Imageshack - photo sharing service. Host images on your blog
- Del.icio.us, furl, spurl – share social bookmarks.
- Blogburst - Syndicating your feed to top publishers.
- Bloggeropoly - professional blogger recruiting agency
- Blogger code – a way to describe different types of bloggers.
- Bloggoggle - Directory of Blogging Professionals
- BlogHer - where the women bloggers are. At Blogher.org
BLOG TRAFFIC SURGES
- Digged - link posted on digg.com driving huge traffic to your blog
- Slashdotted - link posted on slashdot.org driving huge traffic to your blog
- Instalanche - link posted on instapundit.com driving huge traffic to your blog
- Farked – link posted on fark.com driving huge traffic to your blog
- Boing Boinged – link posted on boingboing.net driving huge traffic to your blog
MISCELLANEOUS BLOGGING TERMS
- Ajax - acronym for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. creates interactive web applications.
- Greasemonkey - a firefox web browser extension that can alter the functionality of any website using specific scripts.
- Wiki - a collaborative on-line software that allows readers to add and edit content.
- SEO - search engine optimization. To improve your search engine rankings.
- Page Rank – Google measures of importance of a page which reflects in its rankings.
- CMS – short for Content management system. software used to publish and manage websites.
This post is constantly updated. Help me develop this blogging resource to include all popular blogging terms and create a useful blogging glossary. I repeat that this is NOT a substitute for dictionary meaning or a strict definition of these terms, but a simple layman approach to understanding what they mean. Please feel free to propose a better meaning in the comments.
Bloggingly Yours…
“Blog” is short for “web log”–not “Web blog”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
Big thanks. I have linked this.
Some good effort.
When you say Blogoholic – addicted to blogging you mean addicted to reading blogs or writing blogs or both ?
A blogging acronym we invented for barcamp capetown: tyfyc, “Thank You For Your Comment”
blammer = blog spammer
doppleblogger = a content scraping blogger (goes with doppleblog)
And I always wanted to know what ‘stub’ refers to.
The passive form of Digg is Dugg, I think.
Umm… you should probably add post or entry as the individual units that make up a blog. Help educate the MySpace crowd that says: “I wrote a new blog today!” when they really mean to say that they wrote/posted/published a new entry.
spomments = spam comments
not to be pointy-headed, but it is a glossary, “photobloging” should be spelled “photoblogging” or better, “photo blogging,” with two g’s.
I’ve been trying to figure out what “the jump” is for quite a while now (as in “pictures after the jump”), but haven’t had any luck. Any insight on this term would be nice.
This is totally self serving, but a good addition to your Blogging Software / Clients list is BlogCheese, a free and complete video blogging system. No uploads, downlods or installation required. It’s really perfect for webcam-based video blogging. See examples on the site.
An online dated “dairy”?
I assume you meant “diary”.
:)
Great page!
I’ve written a blog glossary – or lexicon, if you will – that parallels this one on many levels. I took some time to make the definitions reasonably definitive, to match the rest of the content on WhatIs.com.
Always good to find another lexiblographer out here.
I found your list of blogging tools and services particularly excellent.
It would be nice if you list the terms in alphabetical order. I’d like to add another term to the blog lingo – deadblog, which means just that – a blog which has not been updated for ages. Here’s a few more blog terms I coined:
bloghead (from blockhead) – a meaningless blog raving and ranting about no specific topic/subject in particular
blogsome – an awesome blog that is highly addictive and makes you want to read it everyday
I would add the blogger type: BLOGSTAR: like, you know, Dooce or Matt, or dandyna and Gianluca Neri in Italy :)
Thanks for giving me the option to make my remarks. Your information was truly very helpful to me. Again, thanks.
You should also mention photocast and photofeed
This list would be better if you used semantic markup:
I thank all the readers for their kind comments and suggestions. I have fixed the errors you have pointed out and added the new terms suggested by you. Thanks for taking the time to proofread this article.
Help make this a comprehensive blogging resource. Keep the comments comming!
The term ‘mongrel ‘has been used to describe a comment which has not been published (rejected) because it is ill formed, ugly, not not relevant or plain stupid.
Blogstar? Blogloser? Blogni? Bluggle?
The list is so incomplete!!
Thanks, very interesting :))
tha’s post is very intersting, But what about the guy who read only blogs, What’s is this disease called?
typo: Helful to block
It would be nice to have this with some kind of interface for WordPress plugin (and other systems too), for automatic linking to.
Nice post about blogging terms, may be it will be useful for noob bloggers out there.
Just recently a reader asked me to publish a list of blogging terms. Well, by coincidence Quick Online Tips has published “The Giant Blogging Terms Glossary” of blogging abbreviations, acronyms and terms. So rather than reinvent the wheel, why not just click over there and check it out yourself.
Don’t forget ‘clog’ as slang for a Corporate Blog!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clog
Great Job! Alphabetizing would be fantastic.
Looked for CTR here but couldn’t find it. What is it?
Thanks
Very good site, greate content !!
Nice post about blogging terms. It will be very useful for noob bloggers out there.
I got one, I’m fairly new… what does h/t mean? Example h/t to so and so for a link?
Huge Thanks? Hat Tip?
just wondering…
Linking to this…
thank you for your valuable time by putting this on!!
it help me become more confident to blog~
So informative thank you so much
Interesting dictionary… some words are quite new to me. Keep up “blogging” :)
Thats really a hugh list, thanks.
A superb list, thanks.
Blogolicious :)
Thanks a lot for taking some time and making a list about blog terminology. Very enlighting. Man, there are a lot of things about blog and people can even write books about blogging.
I love the list, thanks.
Great list. I have one for your list.
Flog- A portmanteau of “fake” and “blog”. A blog that’s ghostwritten by someone, such as in the marketing department.
“Captcha” – didn’t know. Funny. thanks.
I love the list, keep up the good job, thank you.
Blog niche – specialized target blog characterized by a particular interest, topic or subject.
Very nice post.I feel u have written less on Keywords.
Everything at one place.Nice reading for beginners like me.
Hey its a great list.Very nice work.
Nice piece. Sweeeettt. Good reference, you never know sth we might get lost in this ‘blogstorm’…
Thank you for such a gr8t info!
this is big work, thanks!
Really nice glossary, especially for beginners. Thanks.
This page must be bookmarked by novice bloggers. I particularly liked the “Blog Components” section. It gives the proper understanding of the blog and post structure.
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Nice glossary. You know that adding one of these to your site is great for optimization.
always looking for a great source of Blog information and this time I have found it, great list!
Looks good to me.
Nice effort! This is definitely a one stop reference to all things blogging.
Always good to find another lexiblographer out here.
I found your list of blogging tools and services particularly excellent.
This article is really interesting.
Thanks for all the comments, they are more valuable to me than all the traffic.
This post and the comments are blogilicious (did anyone say that already?)
Thanks to excellent glosary! In chasnosti finally realized that what Trackback
When someone has the guts to define more terms or even in more languages then this Free Online Terminology Management Software is a right place to start!
Nice little informative post bro.
friend has given the link has not regretted that has come
Thanks to excellent glosary!
amazing stuff thanx :)
Very nice post thanks for great info…
You just might want to add “rtl” what do you think? You think you can tell us what that means? It would really help everybody new to blogging…since Word Press is throwing around terms like everybody knows what the hell their talking about. WordPress needs to add a glossary of terms for new bloggers if their really interested in attracting new bloggers like me. I Googled rtl and got 100 different answers.
yeah i find this great too and also very useful. i think the meaning blog is not really claryfied…
Really nice glossary. Thanks for the works.
Thanks for the info – I wonder how many sites/companys use this in their practice?
It boggles the mind that such language has developed all by itself in such a short time. The internet and other technology has changed our whole language not just with abbreviations and jargon but even by creating new verbs that we use in everyday life!
Newbie Question: What is the difference in a scripted and an unscripted blog? What are those terms referring to in reference to a blog?
Good dictionary for bloggers. I particularly liked ‘types of blog’ section very much.
Good glossary. New era – new language :)
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Amazing list. Thank you! :)
Wow, so much terminology, most of them I just see it here. It’s nice to be educated.
Nice site. Make more post like this.
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Wonderful collection which i haven’t heard of it ever before. It will be more helpful to everyone to know completely about the blogging. It makes us more clear with the blogging terms.
Thx for this useful sharing. Keep on sharing good things like this always.
!’wOw’! Thank you very too much…
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great post. I am sure it has taken lot of your time to compile something like this. Must read for every blogger.
Very nice post.I feel u have written less on Keywords.
Nice and good idea.
Interesting dictionary… some words are quite new to me. Keep up “blogging
Blog niche – specialized target blog characterized by a particular interest, topic or subject.
Great List, You can add more , seperate them via genre
easy to find out
“A-List- the top bloggers who influence the blogosphere.”
Sorry, I can’t see how this specifically refers to bloggers, not just Celebrities. Maybe it refers to Celebrity Bloggers?
thank you very much :) sterling (Y)
remind me to back to the roots
Thanks for the definitions, it is great information. Yhanks
Thx! Helped me a lot. Now I feel a bit less intimidated.
Hey Thanks for sharing this nice list of blogging lingo’s. I had never heard the worlds like “Blook”, “GAD” etc. I have bookmarked the page for future reference.
A good collection of blogging terms – well presented