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Have you ever wondered what all those geeky words mean? Here are a few definitions of some of the more common terms related to blogs and blogging.  Now you know what they mean!

Anchor Text- taking one of your main keywords and converting it into a hyperlink that goes to a page on your website

Blogger-one who writes a blog

Blogging-writing entries or posts in a blog

Blogosphere-a global community of blogs and bloggers

Blogorrhea-a whole lot of blogging about nothing

blogroll-a list of the bloggers favorite site displayed in a sidebar widget

Business Blog-a blog about a specific business or business in general

Comments- responses by readers to a post.  Comments are what separate a blog from a “normal” website.

Feed-a summary of the entries in a blog that is displayed in an aggregator or newsreader. A reader can subscribe to a feed and read when updates are posted.

Index Page-the home page of a blog or any website.

Link Love-a link from one blog to another.  Great for SEO.

Personal Blog-A blog that is similar in nature to a diary or journal or used to keep in touch with family and friends.

Podcast-a recorded audio program, in MP3 format and placed in a blog.

RSS-Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary.  Simply put a feed or a newsreader.

Sidebar-display content such as blogrolls, calendars, archives and other information. They can be place on the right side, left side or both.

Template-a set of design elements that are consistent through out the blog. Elements include colors, fonts or position of sidebars.

Theme-Similar to a template

Weblog-the formal name of a blog. weblog– we blog– blog

There are many more terms that can be listed here and in future posts I’ll add more.