Blogging Glossary
These are popular terms you may come across during your foray into the blogging world.
A
Atom
Another popular feed format developed as an alternative to RSS.
Autocasting
Automated form of podcasting that allows bloggers and blog readers to generate audio
versions of text blogs from RSS feeds.
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)
B
Bleg
A blog article that begs for something, such as a donation or product sale.
Blog Carnival
A blog article that contains links to other articles covering a specific topic. Most blog
carnivals are hosted by a rotating list of frequent contributors to the carnival, and serve to
both generate new posts by contributors and highlight new bloggers posting matter in that
subject area.
Blog client
(Weblog client) is software to manage (post, edit) blogs from operating system with no
need to launch a web browser. A typical blog client has an editor, a spell‐checker and a few
more options that simplify content creation and editing.
Blogger
Person who runs a blog. Also blogger.com, a popular blog hosting web site. Rarely:
weblogger.
Bloggies
One of the most popular blog awards.
Blogroll
A list of blogs, usually placed in the sidebar of a blog, that reads as a list of
recommendations by the blogger of other blogs.
Blogosphere
All blogs, or the blogging community.
Blogware
A category of software which consists of a specialized form of a Content Management
System specifically designed for creating and maintaining weblogs.
C
Collaborative blog
A blog (usually focused on a single issue or political stripe) on which multiple users enjoy
posting permission. Also known as group blog.
Comment spam
Like e‐mail spam. Robot “spambots” flood a blog with advertising in the form of bogus
comments. A serious problem that requires bloggers and blog platforms to have tools to
exclude some users or ban some addresses in comments.
D
Desktop Blogging Client
An off‐line blog management (posting, editing and archiving) tool
F
Fisking
To rebut a blog entry in a line‐by‐line fashion.
Flog
A portmanteau of "fake" and "blog". A blog that's ghostwritten by someone, such as in the
marketing department.
Feeds
RSS Feeds
M
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.
Multiblog
A blog constructed as a conversation between more than two people.
P
Permalink
Permanent link. The unique URL of a single post. Use this when you want to link to a post
somewhere.
Phlog
Type of blog utilising the Gopher protocol instead of HTTP
A Photoblog. A portmanteau of "photo" and "blog".
Photoblog
A blog mostly containing photos, posted constantly and chronologically.
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
Contraction of “iPod” and “broadcasting” (but not for iPods only). Posting audio and video
material on a blog and its RSS feed, for digital players.
Post
An entry written and published to a blog.
Post Slug
For blogs with common language URLs, the post slug is the portion of the URL that
represents the post. Example: http://domain.com/2008/01/this‐is‐the‐post‐slug
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 aggregator
Software or online service allowing a blogger to read an RSS feed, especially the latest posts
on their favorite blogs. Also called a reader, or feedreader.
These are popular terms you may come across during your foray into the blogging world.
A
Atom
Another popular feed format developed as an alternative to RSS.
Autocasting
Automated form of podcasting that allows bloggers and blog readers to generate audio
versions of text blogs from RSS feeds.
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)
B
Bleg
A blog article that begs for something, such as a donation or product sale.
Blog Carnival
A blog article that contains links to other articles covering a specific topic. Most blog
carnivals are hosted by a rotating list of frequent contributors to the carnival, and serve to
both generate new posts by contributors and highlight new bloggers posting matter in that
subject area.
Blog client
(Weblog client) is software to manage (post, edit) blogs from operating system with no
need to launch a web browser. A typical blog client has an editor, a spell‐checker and a few
more options that simplify content creation and editing.
Blogger
Person who runs a blog. Also blogger.com, a popular blog hosting web site. Rarely:
weblogger.
Bloggies
One of the most popular blog awards.
Blogroll
A list of blogs, usually placed in the sidebar of a blog, that reads as a list of
recommendations by the blogger of other blogs.
Blogosphere
All blogs, or the blogging community.
Blogware
A category of software which consists of a specialized form of a Content Management
System specifically designed for creating and maintaining weblogs.
C
Collaborative blog
A blog (usually focused on a single issue or political stripe) on which multiple users enjoy
posting permission. Also known as group blog.
Comment spam
Like e‐mail spam. Robot “spambots” flood a blog with advertising in the form of bogus
comments. A serious problem that requires bloggers and blog platforms to have tools to
exclude some users or ban some addresses in comments.
D
Desktop Blogging Client
An off‐line blog management (posting, editing and archiving) tool
F
Fisking
To rebut a blog entry in a line‐by‐line fashion.
Flog
A portmanteau of "fake" and "blog". A blog that's ghostwritten by someone, such as in the
marketing department.
Feeds
RSS Feeds
M
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.
Multiblog
A blog constructed as a conversation between more than two people.
P
Permalink
Permanent link. The unique URL of a single post. Use this when you want to link to a post
somewhere.
Phlog
Type of blog utilising the Gopher protocol instead of HTTP
A Photoblog. A portmanteau of "photo" and "blog".
Photoblog
A blog mostly containing photos, posted constantly and chronologically.
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
Contraction of “iPod” and “broadcasting” (but not for iPods only). Posting audio and video
material on a blog and its RSS feed, for digital players.
Post
An entry written and published to a blog.
Post Slug
For blogs with common language URLs, the post slug is the portion of the URL that
represents the post. Example: http://domain.com/2008/01/this‐is‐the‐post‐slug
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 aggregator
Software or online service allowing a blogger to read an RSS feed, especially the latest posts
on their favorite blogs. Also called a reader, or feedreader.
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