Glossary of blogging


This is a list of blogging terms.
Blogging, like any hobby, has developed something of a specialised vocabulary. The following is an attempt to explain a few of the more common phrases and words, including etymologies when not obvious.

Blog-related terms

A

Atom
Autocasting
Audioblog

B

Blawg
Bleg
Blog Carnival
Blog client
Blog publishing service
Blogger
Blogover
Bloggernacle
Bloggies
Blogroll
Blogosphere
Blogware
The BOBs

C

Catblogging
Collaborative blog
Comment spam

D

Desktop Blogging Client

E

Event blogging

F

Fisking
Flog
Feeds

H

Health blog

J

J-blog

L

Legal blog
Lifelog
List blog
Listicle
Litblog

M

Milblog
Moblog
Mommy blog
Multiblog

P

Permalink
Phlog
Photoblog
Pingback
Podcasting
Post
Post Slug

R

RSS
RSS aggregator
RSS feed

S

Search engine friendly URLs
Spam blog
Slashdot effect
Subscribe

T

Templates
Theme
TrackBack

V

Vlog

W

Warblog
Weblog