Things to know before you start a blog

§ These are the terms which are used on blogging and their meanings,

§ Visitor = A person who have visited your blog

§ Hit = A single amount of visitor

§ Unique visitor = A person who have visited the page once in 24 hours

§ Page view = Number of pages viewed

§ Traffic = Visitors/ Hits etc

§ Search Engine = Google, Yahoo etc

§ SEO = Search Engine Optimization, The strategy behind a successful site

§ URL = Web address

§ Monetize = Money making strategy

§ Social Bookmarking = Adding a URL in social sites

§ RSS/ Feed = Really Simple Syndication

§ Backlink/ Linkback = A page linked from another site/ page

§ Blogroll = A list of blogs/ sites on a page

§ Front page = The main page of a blog

§ Sidebar = The side that contains links etc

§ HTML = Hyper Text Markup Language, The code behind a site

§ Java Script = Code written in Java language

§ Widget = Web gadged

§ Podcast = Audio blog

§ Vblog/ Vlog = Video blog

§ Rank = The position of a website in serch engines

§ Posts= The single article on a blog