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Social Media key terms and concepts
Blog A blog is a type of web site that allows users (bloggers) to post entries on different topics and often allows readers to comment on these posts.
Blogosphere The world of blogs, bloggers and blog posts.
Bookmarking Saving the web address of a web page or web site so that it may be easily referred to.
Bookmarks can be managed with a browser, or with an online tool.
Chicklets In social media, chicklets are little buttons that makes it easy to share or save information using social media services.
Crowdsourcing Harnessing the skills, talents and ideas of a broader community, usually through social media.
Flog A fake blog is known as a flog.
Folksonomy Categorisation or taxonomy based on social media tags.
Microblogging The practice of sending brief text updates (usually, 140 – 200 characters), images as well as audio clips and publishing them online, either to be viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which can be chosen by the user.
Permalink A unique URL which points to the permanent location of a single blog post and its associated comments and TrackBacks.
Ping Packet Internet Groper - a utility that verifies a link or a connection to the Internet.
Social network In the online sense, this refers to a type of web site model where individual members become part of a broader virtual community.
Tag In social media, tags indicate or label what content is about.
Taxonomy Classification and division into ordered categories, usually hierarchical. In social media, taxonomy can refer to the categorization of content on the Internet.
TrackBack A mechanism used in a blog that shows a list of entries in other blogs that refer to a post on the first blog.
Vlog A video based blog, also called a video blog.
Wiki A simple web site that can be edited in real time by a number of users.
Blog A blog is a type of web site that allows users (bloggers) to post entries on different topics and often allows readers to comment on these posts.
Blogosphere The world of blogs, bloggers and blog posts.
Bookmarking Saving the web address of a web page or web site so that it may be easily referred to.
Bookmarks can be managed with a browser, or with an online tool.
Chicklets In social media, chicklets are little buttons that makes it easy to share or save information using social media services.
Crowdsourcing Harnessing the skills, talents and ideas of a broader community, usually through social media.
Flog A fake blog is known as a flog.
Folksonomy Categorisation or taxonomy based on social media tags.
Microblogging The practice of sending brief text updates (usually, 140 – 200 characters), images as well as audio clips and publishing them online, either to be viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which can be chosen by the user.
Permalink A unique URL which points to the permanent location of a single blog post and its associated comments and TrackBacks.
Ping Packet Internet Groper - a utility that verifies a link or a connection to the Internet.
Social network In the online sense, this refers to a type of web site model where individual members become part of a broader virtual community.
Tag In social media, tags indicate or label what content is about.
Taxonomy Classification and division into ordered categories, usually hierarchical. In social media, taxonomy can refer to the categorization of content on the Internet.
TrackBack A mechanism used in a blog that shows a list of entries in other blogs that refer to a post on the first blog.
Vlog A video based blog, also called a video blog.
Wiki A simple web site that can be edited in real time by a number of users.
