1.+What+is+a+blog?

What is a blog?
A blog is an internet page that allows a group of people to communicate on a specific topic. Blogs typically contain journal-style entries with reader comments, but videos, pictures, lists, and links are also often components of blog pages.

Common Blog Vocabulary

 * //administrator:// someone who has authority to change blog settings
 * //archive:// a collection of all posts on one page; usually organized by date with most recent first
 * //blogosphere:// the internet blogging community
 * //comment:// a reader's response to a post
 * //contributor:// someone who can write posts to a blog; must be approved by administrator
 * //editor:// someone who can edit posts and comments, and has the ability to delete
 * //forum:// an online discussion group
 * //moderate:// to decide where or not posts are appropriate for the blog
 * //ping:// helps notify other blog-tracking tools of updates, changes, and trackbacks
 * //blog platform:// a computer program or service that hosts blogs
 * //post:// original messages placed on a blog, published entries
 * //reader:// a site containing a list of your favorite sites and new posts on those sites
 * //RSS feeds:// new posts on other blogs feed into your reader
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//subscriber:// somene who reads a blog; or someone who subscribes to a blog via RSS feeds
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//tag:// a label or keyword associated with individual posts in a blog that describes teh post in more detail
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//trackbacks:// when someone writes about a post on another blog and includes a link to that other blog; a ping is sent to the other blog to notify them that their article has been mentioned by you
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//traffic:// the measure of the number of visitors who visit a blog
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//user name:// the name a person uses fo rthe blog
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//widget:// a self-contained interactive informative graphic that can be placed on a web page, such as advertising, weather, or entertainment widgets