When a new user uses blog then it is very important to know the meaning of some important weblog terms, which are generally used in working with blogs. Unless you know the meaning of the popular terms used in the world of blog, you would certainly face difficulties maneuvering the arena. So let’s discuss the meaning of some of the widely-used weblog terms.

Blog: Blog is a medium in which an author writes a journal-style Website with provisions for readers to respond. These Web logs are becoming quite valuable in the software community for sharing ideas.

Blogger: A person who writes and post blog entries is called a Blogger.

RSS: RSS is a standard for publishing regular updates to web-based content. "RSS" stands for Really Simple Syndication. Each and every blog has the ability to syndicate blog articles written in HTML via RSS protocol to directories, which aggregate RSS feeds, search engines and personal RSS readers used by quite a large number of people. To use RSS it is not necessary to get a vivid knowledge, but requires an online version with the browser, which is free.

Atom: Atom is an XML based file format. Atom shows a list of weblog or news information, known as feeds, to become available for syndication. The information may be viewed as headlines only or it can be headlined with contents.

Ping: Ping is a protocol that enables one weblog to send a message to another weblog.

Trackback: Trackback is a remote commenting system between various blogs. Generally this system is used when an individual reads an entry in someone’s blog and chooses to write about that entry in his/her own blog. When trackback is used, a ping will be sent to the origination of the post, so the user will know who to be blogged about his/her blog entry.

Blogroll: A blogroll is a collection of links to other weblogs that are found on most weblogs. So Blogrolls are nothing but presentation of connection between Weblogs. People have a tendency to keep their essential things in a special way so as to extract them as and when required, and the solution is Blogroll. A Blog user keeps the required Blog in a link by creating Blogroll. Thus in other words Blogroll can be defined as a collection of links to the other weblogs.

Permalink: A permalink is the permanent identifier to a specific weblog post or article. While working with blogs it is often encountered that while one day there may have several entries or posts listed on the homepage of the blog, on the next day all such posts or entries are gone. This is mainly due to the frequent updating of the blog. Here comes the utilization of permalink, which provide an easy way to capture specific references to posts or articles about which bloggers are writing.

Aggregator: Aggregator is a weblog program/tool, which enables a user to read blog or site containing updates using RSS feeds. Web based aggregator allows weblog user to sign up for the service and read their feeds online on just one site. There is no need to download or install any program.