Jargon Buster

Blog:  comes from the original word "weblog"…more. Members of the public enter an online journal and post in some chronological order. A blog can be written by anyone and you can comment on literally anyone.

Moblog: As mobile phones become more popular for internet access this is a blog  stored in a database, on a server, using some kind of mobile devise.

Megablog: used to describe a really, very big and busy blog.

Meme: similar in nature to a 'chain letter' circulated online

Ping: short for packet internet gopher. It lets content aggregators know when a blog has been updated.

Twitter: a blogging service restricted to 140 character updates.

Tweet: to publish something on Twitter

Podcast: audio file made available online

Social bookmarking: Tagging, storing and sharing internet content

Vlog: a blog where the content is provided in the form of video Web

Web 2.0: The second generation of web where online content is created, collaborated on and shared by the community

Wiki: A website that allows users to edit and control content

Citizen journalism:  As more people join social networks, the more informed and opinionated they are the higher chance they have of influencing the general public. Many have become, in effect, journalists – now referred to as citizen journalist

PPC: Pay per click more A paid for search system such as Google's AdWords/AdSense, where advertisers pay publishers each time a reader clicks on their ads, and only when the ads are clicked on.

Troll: A blogger that provokes hostile response….more can be a regular blogger with a big ego who posts to an online forum or blog to provoke a hostile response from other readers more. Not all bloggers are trolls only those who are want attention and to build online fame! Sometimes a troll can have a commercially driven agenda i.e. to attack a competitor or spread rumours.

Snark: This is a blog, posting, or blogger who is simply obnoxious. Period.

Unique visitors: How many unique users does your site have? This is the number of unique individuals who visit your site – not to be confused with page impressions.Due to the use of proxy servers, an accurate count of unique visitors can be made by setting cookies to each site visitor and recording how many unique cookie identities visit your site over a period.