Blog
(n.) Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.
(v.)To author a Web log.
Other forms: Blogger (a person who blogs).
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- blog search engine
A search engine for the blogosphere. Blog search engines only index and provide search results from blogs (Web logs). Examples of blog search engines include Google Blog Search and Technorati. See “The History of Blogging” in the Quick Reference section of
- 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, […]
- blogola
A slang term used in online marketing circles to describe the act of bribing or paying influential bloggers to create a buzz in the blogosphere about a specific product or technology in their blog. See The History of Blogging in the Quick Reference section of
- blogosphere
Meaning all blogs, it is an expression used to describe the ‘world of blogs’. See “The History of Blogging” in the Quick Reference section of
- blogroach
Slang term used to describe a member of your blaudience who posts comments that disagree with the blog content in a rude way. See “The History of Blogging” in the Quick Reference section of