Blogging Terms Flashcards
Alternative text/tag or attribute
Alt-text is a word or phrase that describes an image on the web
Anchor text
Used to anchor a URL to some text on a web page. When users view the web page in a browser, they can click the text to activate the link and visit the page whose URL is in the link
Article
Article and blog “post” are frequently used synonymously.An article is one single post on a blog
Author
The name of the person who wrote a blog post
Avatar
an avatar is a photo, graphic or image that represents you across blogs and other social networking sites
Blog
This is short for web log or weblog. Frequently it’s a type of website or part of a website.
Blogs are usually maintained by an individual or group of people. A personal blog or business blog will traditionally include regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as photos or video.
Blogger
The person who writes for a blog is referred to as a blogger
Blogging
the act of writing for the blog is known as blogging
Blogosphere
This refers to the collective community of all blogs and bloggers on the Internet
Blogroll
Sometimes spelled blog-roll or blog roll, this is a blogger’s list of links to other blogs they read or support. Ideally these only include blogs that you really like and recommend
Category
Category and tags are frequently used synonymously. Though often times a category (in terms of hierarchy) is the top level definition and a tag may be a more specific classification beneath that. For example a blog about Apple Pies may have a category of baking and a tag of pies.
CMS (or platform)
This is short for content management system. It is a software program that allows you to add content to a website more easily. HubSpot for instance has a CMS through which you can manage your website pages, landing pages and blog
Comments
The opinions of your readers left in response to a blog post.
This is a useful way for you to connect with your audience.
It’s recommended to freely give users access to and make it easier for them to connect, which usually means not monitoring comments for approval and only deleting truly offensive comments.
If negative comments come up use this as an opportunity to proactively share your knowledge and respond back positively.
CSS/Stylesheet
This is short for Cascading Style Sheets. Written in HTML this is commonly used to style web pages. Styling options including page layouts, colors and fonts are typically preset to help control cohesiveness and an overall professional look and feel for your website and/or blog
Directory
A blog directory is a website that lists blogs, usually ranking them by their popularity and ordering them by subject or category.