Weblog: An Investigative Explanation
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
What
is a Weblog?
A blog, also called a Weblog, is typically
defined as a web-based publication that consists of textual forms of
related articles, commentaries, thoughts, opinions, and recommendations. Also know as an online diary or journal, blogs
are authored publications where the information is presented in a
sequential manner (usually reverse chronological order).The term "weblog", was first coined in 1997, by Jorn Barger, to describe his process of "surfing" the web and "logging" the information that he encountered. Barger’s called his site:
The birth birth of the weblog, yet ever slow to grow to current maturity, Jorn Barger is the father of the term "Weblog".
- 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)- Bleg
- A blog entry consisting of a request to the readers,
such as for information or contributions. A portmanteau of "blog" and
"beg".- Blog feed
- 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.- Blogfoo
- Statements written with an air of generality while
obviously pointed at a specific person or group of people.- Blog hopping
- to follow links from one blog entry to another, with
related side-trips to various articles, sites, discussion forums, and
more.- Blogorrhea
- A portmanteau of "blog" and "logorrhea", meaning
excessive and/or incoherent talkativeness in a weblog.- Blogroll
- A list of blogs. Usually a blogger features a list of
his favorite
blogs in the sidebar of his blog. These lists can be made dynamic using
services like BlogRolling.- Blog site
- The web location (URL) of a blog, which may be either a
dedicated domain, a sub-domain, or embedded within a web site.- Blogsite
- Sometimes confused with a simple blog
or blog site, but a blogsite
is a web site which combines blog feeds from a variety of sources, as
well as non-blog sources, and adds significant value over the raw blog
feeds.- Blogsnob
- A person who refuses to respond to comments on their
blog from people outside their circle of friends.- Dark Blog
- A non-public blog (e.g. behind a firewall)
- Flog
- A portmanteau of "fake" and "blog". A blog that’s
ghostwritten by someone, such as in the marketing department.- 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.- Multi-blog
- Creating, maintaining, and running multiple blogs (2 or
more) simultaneously.- Multi-blogger
- An individual, business, or institution that runs
multiple blogs.- Permalink
- Permanent link. The unique URL of a single post. Use
this when you want to link to a post somewhere.
- Ping
- 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.- Shocklog
- Weblogs to produce shocking discussions by posting
various shocking content.- Splog
- A blog which is composed of spam. A Spam blog or "any
blog whose creator doesn’t add any written value." The term was coined
by Marc Cuban in a posting on his blog.- TrackBack
- A system that allows a blogger to see who has seen the
original
post and has written another entry concerning it. The system works by
sending a ‘ping’ between the blogs, and therefore providing the alert.
- Troll
- A commenter whose sole purpose is to attack the views
expressed on
a blog, for example, a liberal going to a conservative blog, or vice
versa. Many trolls will leave their remarks on multiple posts and
continue to visit the blog, sparking spirited debate amongst the blog’s
regular readers. Trolls’ verbosity can range from eloquent to crass,
although most trolls probably fall into the latter category.
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- Vorage
- A marriage between the words forage and video defined
as "The act of foraging for video on the internet and sharing it with
others." Bloggers or vloggers who share streaming or downloaded video
content on the web often engage in voraging, scouring search engines
and obscure websites to present a curated collection of videos that
usually fall within a set theme or editorial perspective.
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