Atom
A alternate feed format developed as an alternative to RSS.
Blog Carnival
A blog carnival is hosted by a rotating list of frequent contributors to the carnival, and function to both generate fresh content by contributors and to highlight new bloggers in a particular niche.
Blog client
Is a software used to manage (post, edit) blogs from operating system with no need to launch a web browser. Blog clients typically have an editor, a spell-checker and other options to simplify content creation.
Blogger
The author of a blog also blogger.com a popular free blog hosting service.
Blogroll
A list of links to other blogs that a blogger reads, or recommends.
Blogosphere
All blogs in the world, or the blogging community at large.
Collaborative blog
A blog generally focused on one topic such as marketing. Multiple users collaborate on the directions of the blog and are all allowed to contribute posts. Masters of SEO is a collaborative blog.
Comment spam
Much like email spam comment spammers comment on posts with advertising or with thinks to a site they are using for advertising to obtain backlinks.
Permalink
Short for Permanent link this is the permanent unique URL of a single post.
Photoblog
A blog mostly containing photos, posted constantly and chronologically. A good example of this is The Sartorialist
Podcasting
A mixing of the words “iPod” and “broadcasting” but available for more than iPods. Posting audio or video material on a blog and its RSS feed, for digital download by digital music players. Here is an Example of a Podcast: Victorious Life Podcast
Post
An entry, usually dated, written and published to a blog. Posts are similar to a webpage and are generally displayed in reverse chronological order.
Post Slug
For blogs with search engine friendly URLs, the post slug is the portion of the URL that represents the post. Example:
http://yourdomain.com/2010/01/sample-the-post-slug
RSS
Really Simple Syndication is an XML based Web feed format used to publish to a wider audience frequently updated content such as blog posts, news headlines or podcasts. Here is an example of an RSS feed:
RSS Aggregator
Often called a reader, or feedreader an aggregator is a software or online service allowing a visitor to read an RSS feed. Usually used to track the latest posts on their favorite blogs.
RSS feed
An XML file containing a blog’s latest posts. It is read by an RSS aggregator or reader and shows whenever a blog has been updated. A feed usually shows the title of the post, the title plus an excerpt of the post, or the entire post. Here is an example of an RSS feed.
Digg Effect
The Digg effect is when a major social media site like dig features a site or blog sending huge amounts of temporary traffic that has often slowed or crashed webservers.
Subscribe
The term used describe a visitor adding a blogs feed to a feed reader like Bloglines or Google. Often a visitor can be notified by email when a new post is available. Subscribe to Masters of SEO feed here.
Search engine friendly URLs
SEF URLs takes long URLs like http://www.yourdomain.com/index.php&option=2345 and changes them to something search engine friendly like http://www.yourdomain.com/widgets
Themes or Templates
CSS and HTML based code that produces the look, or “design” of the blog.
TrackBack
An alert that notifies the original author of a blog post when someone else writes an entry concerning the original post.
Vlog
A video blog consists of personal videos or interviews on a particular topic. Here is an example of a vlog http://www.mmascraps.com/
Weblog
The original unshortened name for a ‘blog’.