term definition
Blog
Blogosphere The world of blogs, bloggers and blog posts.
Bookmarking
Crowdsourcing Harnessing the skills, talents and ideas of a broader community, usually
Chiclets
A blog is a type of website that allows users (bloggers) to post entries on
different topics and often allows readers to comment on these posts.
Saving the web address of a web page or website so that it may be easily
referred to. Bookmarks can be managed with a browser, or with an online
tool.
through social media.
A small icon adjacent to a blog post, article or web page to indicate the
availability of an RSS feed, or to allow users to share the information via so-
cial media. Named after the gum of the same name because of its unique,
pillow-shaped icon.
Flog A fake blog is known as a flog.
Folksonomy Categorisation or taxonomy based on social media tags.
Permalink A unique URL which points to the permanent location of a single blog post
Ping Packet Internet Groper - a utility that verifies a link or a connection to the
Social Network In the online sense, this refers to a type of website model where individual
Tag In social media, tags indicate or label what content is about.
Taxonomy
Trackback
Vlog A video based blog, also called a video blog.
Wiki A simple website that can be edited in real-time by a number of users.
and its associated comments and TrackBacks.
Internet.
members become part of a broader virtual community.
Classification and division into ordered categories, usually hierarchical. In
social media, taxonomy can refer to the categorisation of content on the
Internet.
A mechanism used in a blog that shows a list of entries in other blogs that
refer to a post on the first blog.