The MLM Blogging Glossary!

What Do All These Crazy Blogging Words Mean? 

Blog - Short for 'Web log' simply an online journal of ones thoughts or views on a particular topic.

Blawg - A web log written by lawyers and/or concerned primarily with legal affairs.

Blogger - A person who blogs {a person who post
comments or questions on blogs} 

Blogging - The act of posting on or participating in a Blog.

Blogosphere - The world of Blogs.  If you Blog... You are in the Blogosphere.

BlogRoach - A reader who infests the comment section of a weblog, disagreeing with everything posted in the most obnoxious manner possible. (Usually found in forums)

BlogRoll - A list of links in the sidebar of a Blog, often linking to other Blogs.  Also a Blog link management system.

BlogStipation - To be unable to think of anything to Blog about, i.e. writer's block for Bloggers.

Clog Blog - A Dutch Language Blog.

Froglogs - A French Language Blog.

PermaLink - A link to a specific article in the archives of a blog, which will remain valid after the article is no longer listed on the blog's front page.

Ping - To ping another site is to send a small automated packet of data to actuate some expected function, such as a Trackback

RSS - RSS is a web content syndication format. Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary.  RSS allows content to be shared in real-time.  Making it an extremely valuable communication tool.

RSS Reader - A simple desktop tool that will pick up RSS feeds and deliver them direct to your desktop.  Just like MSN News or Yahoo News.  Only with RSS YOU can go out and Choose the content your RSS Reader displays by adding a websites RSS feed to your reader.  Get it?

TrackBack - A system by which a ping is sent to another trackback-capable website (most likely another blog) to notify the site that a link to them has been made (usually within an article being posted). The objective is to notify the subject of an article that they have been mentioned in another article elsewhere.

XML - XML is a web language used for syndication formats used on blogs and websites.