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Barking
Moonbat is someone on the
edge -- in the extreme of their
'thing or message.
Blog is a contraction of
weblog.
Blog-site is a hybrid blog
and website.
Blogger is a person who
runs and/or writes for a
weblog.
Blogosphere is the whole
community of all blogs.
Blogroll is a ist of links
in the sidebar of a blog, often
linking to other blogs.(for
automated help, see
blogrolling.com)
Blurker is a person who
silently reads blogs and doesn't
post any comments.
Crisis Blog is a company
blog (or 'Biz Blog') designed to
handle a public relations crisis.
It is used to respond to internal
communications or to allow a
company to present its message or
spin in a fashion, especially
when a situation is developing
rapidly.
Dead-tree Media includes
newspapers and magazines, aka
'old media.'
DNQ/DNP Do Not Quote/Do
Not Print.
Dowdification is the willful
omission of one or more words of
a quotation for the purpose of
launching an attack on the person
that 'made' the alleged quote.
(Named after Maureen Dowd for a
manufactured quote of George W.
Bush.)
Event Blog is a blog that
covers an event.
Fact-check is to use
Internet search engines to check
on the truth of a quote or
claim.
K Log is an internal blog
(i.e. on an intranet password
protected from the general
public) and is used as a
knowledge management system,
communications systems log or
other storage or photos, user
manual pdfs, or other
documentation, etc. (See
groups.yahoo.com/group/klogs)
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Meme
is a discrete idea or phrase that
shows up everywhere on blogs and
in conversation (e.g., 'blood for
oil').
Moblog or Mobile Post is the
ability to send an email to your
blog and have it published or
posted privately to your
blog.
Permalink is a link to a
specific article of a blog --
good for finding after the
article is push off the front
page (archived).
Plog is a project
blog.
Podcast is a radio-like
broadcast using MP3 files. Audio
narratives or on-scene reports
are made available on-line so
that they can be downloaded and
heard on an MP3 player (can be
heard on computer, as well).
Podcasting derives its name from
the Apple iPod MP3 player.
Progblog is a 'progressive
weblog' of left wing political
views.
RSS is a web content
syndication format, which stands
for (variously) RDF Site Summary,
Rich Site Summary, or Really
Simple Syndication.
RTWT means Read The Whole
Thing.
Vog is a video blog.
Weblog is a series of
on-line writings characterized in
format by a single column of text
in reverse chronological order.
There exists the ability to link
to individual articles and search
text in articles. One or two
context-related columns are
usually posted on either side.
These sidebars display links,
news links, book links, etc.
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