An abbreviation for weblog. A blog is (normally) regularly updated and allows it’s readers to interact with the blogger by leaving comments which will normally elicit a response from the writer. Readers can also elect to sign up to RSS feeds. Good blogs will attract links from their readers who find their content relevant / interesting, and / or readers may submit articles of interest to other social media sites such as Digg.

See Also: Weblog

A list of links to other weblogs or websites which are recommended by the author of the blog.

See Also: Blog, Weblog

Monitors blogs in real time and offers search functionality. Very useful for Reputation Management. See www.technorati.com

A notification that a site has been mentioned by another. These notifications are often included within blogging software.

A blogging service from Six Apart Ltd, launched in 2003.

A weblog is (normally) regularly updated and allows it’s readers to interact with the blogger by leaving comments which will normally elicit a response from the writer. Readers can also elect to sign up to RSS feeds. Good blogs will attract links from their readers who find their content relevant / interesting, and / or readers may submit articles of interest to other social media sites such as Digg.

See Also: Blog

Wordpress is a free open-source publishing system for content which is frequently updated e.g. blogs. See http://wordpress.org

See Also: Blog