1. Audioblogging – The act of using audio to reach the audience instead of text used by traditional blogs.
2. Autocasting – Automated form of podcasting that uses software to convert text from RSS feeds into audio formats.
3. Bleg – To use a blog to beg for assistance. This can be for information or money. Someone who “blegs” is called a “blegger.”
4. Blog Carnival – A type of blog event. Similar to a magazine that is dedicated to a single event or topic. Readers are asked to submit articles for inclusion in the upcoming event.
5. Blog Fodder – Interesting ideas that can be used as material for your next blog posting.
6. Blog Hopping – Following links from one blog entry to the next and along the way reading and leaving comments.
7. Blogcasting – Combining podcasting and blogging into a single website..
8. Blogging - The act of writing and posting a blog.
9. Bloglet - A small blog entry, usually one or two sentences long. Also a discontinued service that allowed visitors to subscribe to email versions of your post.
10. Blogopotamus – A very long blog posting
11. Blogorrhea – An unusually high volume of blog postings. Frequently refers to meaningless ranting and raving on a blog
12. Blogstorm – When a large amount of blogging controversy, discussion, information and opinion erupts around a particular subject. Sometimes called a blogswarm.
13. BlogThis – Pioneered by Blogger.com. Allows the reader to generate a blog entry based on the blog entry he/she is reading, and post to their blog from their browser toolbar..
14. Boreblogging - Writing about personal matters that are barely interesting even to the writer
15. Digged – Digged means to have a link placed on digg.com and can drive traffic to your blog. Digg is a user driven social content website. All of the content on Digg is submitted by their community of users.
16. Down thread – Earlier blog postings or comments that are found below the post.
17. Fisking - To rebut a blog entry in a detailed point-by-point criticism that highlights perceived errors.
18. Flame - An intentionally crude or abusive remark, usually of a personal nature.
19. Link Love – Posting a link to sites that you enjoy, admire, or find useful. Frequently these are credible and reputable resource sites.
20. Linkbaiting – Content on a website or blog that is designed for the specific intention of gathering links from as many different sources as possible.
21. Podcasting – Originally short for “iPod broadcasting” but now means Posting audio and video material on a blog and its RSS feed, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers..
22. Vlogging – Short for Video Blogging. Posting blogs that primarily feature video instead of text.
23. Vorage – The act of foraging for video to use in Vlogging.

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