Blog Terms - definitions of blogging terms - Make money with your blog

BLOG TERMS

Ever wonder what some of the common blogging terms mean.  I do so I compiled a list of some of the common blogging terms.

Anonoblog – by an anonymous blogger
Blammer- Blog spammer
Blargon - Also called Blogssary. Blogging slang and glossary
Blawg – blogged by lawyer / related to legal stuff
Blego - Blog+Ego. Measuring blogger worth
blog -  a website that is often updated with content called “blog posts”
Blog Carnival – Links to other articles covering a specific topic
Blog Day – 31 August - Find 5 new Blogs that you find interesting and tell them
blog hop - groups of bloggers that post links so readers can hop from one blog to the next
Blog of Note – a recommended blog
Blog Tipping – Compliment 3 blogs on day 1 of every month
Blogathon - update your website every 30 minutes for 24 hours straight. Maybe collect sponsorships
Blogcasting - the blog and the podcast merged into a single website
blogger - a person who blogs
Blogger bash - a blogger party
Bloggerel – the same opinion posted repeatedly on a blog
Bloggies- Annual blogging awards
Blogiday- you get fed up and take a holiday from blogging
Blogoholic - addicted to blogging
Blogophobia – Fear of blogs and blogging
Blogopotamus - A long long blog post
Blogorrhea - unusually high output of articles
blogoshere - the online community of all blogs
Blogroach - A commenter who rudely disagrees with posted content
Blogroll - list of links to other blogs in your sidebar
Blogspot - free Blogger hosting blog at name.blogspot.com
Blogsnob – refusing to respond to blog comments from “not-friends”
Blogstar- blogger running a popular blog
Blogstipation - writer’s block for bloggers
Blogstorm – a large amount of blogosphere activity due to particular controversy. Also called Blog Swarm
Blogther - a fellow blogger
BlogThis - a function allows a blogger to blog the entry they are reading
Blogvertising - Also called blogvert. Advertising on a blog
Blook - a book created from a blog
Celeblog – focused on a celebrity
Celebriblog – maintained by a celebrity
CEOBlog – run by a chief executive officer
Kittyblogger – writing about cats.
Klog - used by company knowledge workers
Metablog – a blog about blogging
Metablogging - writing articles about blogging
microblog - blog with very short posts - mini posts
Milblog - a military blog
Moblog - A blog posted and maintained via mobile phone
Movlogs - mobile video blogs
niche blog - blogs that talk about one specific topic - like "make money" or "dogs"
Photoblogging - a blog predominantly using and focusing on photographs and images.
Plog - a project blog. Also for Amazon.com personalised weblogs 
Problogger - professional blogger
Progblog - A progressive blog
splog - spam blogs - blogs with no real content, just advertising
Spomments- Spam comments
Vlogging - blogging with videos

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Make Money with your blog with Adsense keywords - SEO traffic

 Google adsense is one of the best affiliate sites to use.  Whenever anyone clicks on a link at your site, you get paid.


The appearance of your ads can affect the amount of click throughs you get. You can choose the color and borders of your ads to fit right in with the color scheme on your site if you wish, but it’s worth experimenting with having no borders at all around your advertisements since this makes them blend in with your content more seamlessly and may encourage more click in a subtle but effective manner.

Even when you integrate Google Adsense into your current blog or website, there is  a limit to the amount of money you can make from one site. If you get tons of people visiting your site then you can expect to get a good income.  If don’t get a big number of visitors you will need a separate strategy to try and up your numbers.

In this case you can go to the advanced level of Adsense income and think about starting several sites, all based around a different yet popular subject. You will find that you can get lots of traffic to a site but people aren't clicking on the ads.  You then place a different kind of site and notice more results.  It will take experimentation on your part.

Remember, even if you are not get clicks on your ads, you can direct the traffic you are getting from that high volume site to one of your other sites that is performing better.  5% CTR is considered to be very good.



Types of google ads:

• Google AdSense for Content - A variety of size and shape ads for placing in your content are available. These can be text or image ads or both - you specify what you'll allow. Ad units are full ads. Link units are simply a strip of text links that your visitors might want to click. Google allows you to put up to 3 Ad Units and 1 Link unit on each page of your Web site, provided you follow its policies - both for AdSense and for Webmasters.
• Google AdSense for Search - This places a search box on your Web site. When a user enters a term and conducts a search, a search results page opens, that hosts more pay-per-click ads. You can customize the color scheme of the search results page to harmonize with your web site.

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Ten Rules for Better Blogging - blog Etiquette

American Dietetic Association Times publication: Ten Rule for Better Blogging.
A must-read, indeed. And here’s what ADA author Jacqui Cook suggests to bloggers:

1. Pick one topic and stick to it

2. Update early and often — followers want material at least once daily, and internet traffic is highest in the morning and lunch time hours.

3. Keep it short. Posts longer than 400 words lose reader’s attention.

4. Link early and often — link to resources, allowing them the in-depth explanation

5. Tag and categorize your posts.


6. Don’t get too cute. Search engines cannot recognize humor, so it’s best to keep the cute to a minimum

7. Encourage comments.

8. Respect your host

9. Have realistic expectations. The more you blog, the better chance you have at building an audience.

10. Take the plunge. Just do it! Blogging is a wonderful outlet for leisure, learning, friendship, and beyond!

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