blog storm
A slang term that describes the use of blogging to push an event or subject to mainstream news. A blog storm is when the blogosphere collectively writes thousands or more posts about a particular subject, topic or event, and as a result, the story is picked up by mainstream media and carried over to newspapers, television and radio.
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Found on blogs it is a list of links to other blogs and Web sites that the blog author commonly references or is affiliated with. Blogrolls help blog authors to establish and build upon a their blogger community. In Web 1.0 terminology, a blogroll would be the equivalent of a list of hyperlinks on a […]
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(1) A slang term used to describe a blogger who doesn’t respond to blog comments left by people outside his or her own circle of blogger friends. (2) Written as BlogSnob, a free advertising exchange for blogs and personal sites.