If you are an active blogger, or new to blogging, there are some terms that you’ll come across and may not know what are. Below is a short list of terms to help you out.
ATOM: See Feed
Blog: See Blog Definition
Blogroll: A collection of links on your site that link to other blogs.
Categories: A way of organizing you posts with the same theme.
Feed: Commonly referred to as RSS or ATOM or XML. This is a file that is created by the blogging software that websites and news readers can pick up on and display easily. It is the easiest way of getting new information across the web in seconds.
News Reader: In order for people to subscribe to and read the feeds that your blog sends out they will need a news reader. News readers can be a stand alone program or built into a web browser.
Permalink: This is the permanent link (URL) that will be associated with the post. Different platforms may represent it in different ways.
Ping: Pinging is sending out an alert to other blogs, search engines or news readers that announces that your blog has been updated.
Podcasting: Instead of posts, you would post audio files for people to download and listen to when they want.
RSS: See Feed
Syndicate: See Ping
Trackback: Trackbacks are links from one blog post to another. They are used to keep similar post together. Each post you write should have a Trackback URL. This is a unique URL that is directly connected to an entry. If someone else were to post on their blog about an entry you made, they would enter your Trackback URL in their post to link each post. You should do the same. If you decide to post about a post you saw on someone else’s blog, you should enter their Trackback URL to connect the posts.
URI: The is the same as a URL
Webblog: Same as a Blog, just different name.
If you have any terms to add or have any that you want explained, post them below.
