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Basic BLOGGING
TERMSMARIA “RIA” A. JOSE
Professional Blogger
Parts
• Header
• Title
• Body
• Entry– Title– Footer
• Side Bar
• Footer
HEADER
TITLE
Entry title
BODY
ENTRY
SIDE BAR
FOOTER
Entry Footer
Basic Terms• Blogger - person who runs a blog
• Blog hopping - to follow links from one blog entry to another, with related side-trips to various articles, sites, discussion forums, and more
• Blogosphere - all blogs, or the blogging community
Wikipedia: List of Blogging Terms
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• Blogroll - a list of blogs
Wikipedia: List of Blogging Terms
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• Categories - a method of organizing blog entries by assigning each entry to a predetermined topic; each topic will link to a list of entries, all with related content.
Wikipedia: List of Blogging Terms
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• Comment - a remark or reaction written by a blog reader on a specific entry
• spam comment - comment made that is irrelevant to the topic; usually posted to drive traffic to another site
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• Dashboard / Control Panel - interface provided by the hosting company for the maintenance and monitoring of the hosted website.
Wikipedia: Control Panel (Web Hosting)
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• Link (or hyperlink)- a reference or navigation element in a document to another section of the same document, another document, or a specified section of another document, that automatically brings the referred information to the user when the navigation element is selected by the user
Wikipedia: Hyperlink
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• Page - (as opposed to a post) is an article or entry that usually contains vital information about the blog, the blogger, or other such information that have to be more accessible than the blog posts
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• Plugins - small files that add improved functionality and new features to a blog
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• Podcasting - contraction of “iPod” and “broadcasting” (but not for iPods only); posting audio and video material on a blog and its RSS feed, for digital players
Wikipedia: List of Blogging Terms
Cuying Podcast
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• RSS - Real Simple Syndication; family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines, or podcasts; . makes it possible for people to keep up with their favorite web sites in an automated manner that's easier than checking them manually.
Wikipedia: RSS
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• RSS aggregator - software or online service allowing a blogger to read an RSS feed, especially the latest posts on their favorite blogs; also called a reader, or feed reader
Wikipedia: List of Blogging Terms
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• Tags/Labels - keywords attached to an entry to help relate similar posts to the blogosphere
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• Theme / Template - blog design or layout
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Basic Terms• Vlog - a video blog; a vlogger is a video
blogger Wikipedia: List of Blogging Terms
Happy Slip
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• Widget - portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate HTML-based web page by an end user without requiring additional compilation
Wikipedia: Web Widget
Blog Statistics
traffic* - amount of data sent and received by visitors to a web site (blog); determined by the number of visitors and the number of pages they visit
users - number of unique visitors (as determined by their IP Address)
hits - number of times the site was visited
*Wikipedia: Web Traffic
Blog Statistics
referrer - last website visited by the user before he/she arrives on your page
top post - post with the most number of hits
Blog Statistics
search engine terms / keywords - terms users used in search engines, results of which led users to your blog
clicks - links in your blog that users clicked on
For more info…
Alleba.com
Wikipedia.com
Dictionary.com
Problogger.net
Performancing.com
Blogie Blog
YouGotTech.com
http://WorkwithRia.Wordpress.com
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