Buzz
A highly intense and interactive form of word-of-mouth communication.
A no- or low-cost method of marketing associated with people
telling other people about a company’s products or services. Buzz marketing is based on people’s direct experiences with specific products or on the experiences others have related to them.
Spam is defined as unsolicited e-mail of a commercial nature; comment spam is unwanted comments that attempt to drive users to another site. Comment spam is typified by being completely off-topic and is often created by a program that automatically sends comments to thousands of blogs with
hundreds of comments each. Numerous anti-comment spam systems are in place, most of which rely on specific keywords that the spam originators use, which have to do with gambling, various
drugs, and a variety of illicit activities.
This acronym stands for Cascading Style Sheets, an advanced HTML technique that permits fine control and layout of a Web site and quick changes in formats across the site.
A publication to a blog, possibly containing text, images, and other media. An entry may also be called a post.
Critically rebutting a news article or essay point by point, usually by quoting and then commenting. The term is derived from the name of journalist Robert Fisk, whose stories have been frequently fisked in the blogosphere.
File Transfer Protocol is the mechanism that allows transfer of files and data from one computer to another.