Twitter

Twitter seems to be the latest thing that everyone is talking about. Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question.  Quite simply put, you update what you're doing via the method of your choice. Those who care, use a tool to read it. Developers can use the API to make Twitter tools of their own.   
  
In order to use Twitter you will need one of these things: an internet connection or a mobile phone. 

Update in myriad ways:

• from your phone
  
• from IM
  
• from your logged-in home page
  
• from m.twitter.com.
  
• from any of the third party applications on Twitter Fan Wiki, made by the talented folks who've utilized our API.
  

You can actually install it by using the gadget in your layout.

Follow this link for even more possibilities.

http://twitter.com/downloads

  

Social Bookmarking: Chicklet

Chicklet is a term that is used to describe a small icon or small picture that is usually besides a posting on a blog, an article, or a web page. 

An example of one would be the orange one that you see about everywhere to indicate an RSS feed.  A chicklet tells people   that information can be obtained by clicking on the chicklet. 

Social book marking sites use chicklets. They allow you to save sites on their websites like you would on your browser's favorites list. 

Social bookmaking web service  allow you to store share and do searches for social bookmarks that you might be interested in. 

Technorati is a blog site that you can join. They group like blogs together. Chicklets are pretty simple  to use.

 Here are some sites to check in to.

Digg

Delicious  

Stumbleupon 

Yahoo MyWeb 

Reddit: 

Newsvine 

Lookmarks 

Blinklist 

The Flag Button

Have you ever noticed that in the bar on the top of your blogger blog, there is a bar with useful stuff? Blogger has added a search box, a link to your dashboard, and a link that says "flag blog".

 

According to Blogger;

What is the "Flag" button?

 

• The Flag button allows the blogging community as a whole to identify content considered objectionable.
• Click the Flag button only if you believe a blog requires human review.

The Flag button is not censorship and it cannot be manipulated by angry mobs.  

This feature is called "Flag As Objectionable"  and it allows the blogging community to easily note questionable content, which in turn helps blogger take action when needed. Blogger says " we're relying on you, the users, to be our eyes on the web, and to let us know of potential issues that are important to you." Has it ever been a problem? I have never heard of a problem, but, there are all kinds of people.

 

Why Blogger Created "Flag As Objectionable"

"It is our strong belief that blogs help make the Web an important medium of self-expression; Blogger has given a voice to millions of people. Our users gossip, joke, rant, publish, share, and on occasion might post potentially objectionable stuff. We generally do not review the content posted through our service but our responsibility extends beyond Blogger users to casual readers of Blog*Spot.

The "Flag?" button is a means by which readers of Blog*Spot can help inform us about potentially questionable content, so we can prevent others from encountering such material by setting particular blogs as "unlisted." This means the blog won't be promoted on Blogger.com but will still be available on the web — we prefer to keep in mind that one person's vulgarity is another's poetry. Or something like that.

For more serious cases, such as spam blogs or sites engaging in illegal activity, we will continue to enforce our existing policies (removing content and deleting accounts when necessary).

Here's How It Works

When a person visiting a blog clicks the "Flag?" button in the Blogger Navbar, it means they believe the content of the blog may be potentially offensive or illegal. We track the number of times a blog has been flagged as objectionable and use this information to determine what action is needed. This feature allows the blogging community as a whole to identify content they deem objectionable. Have you read The Wisdom of Crowds? It's sort of like that.

Special Case for Hate Speech

When the community has voted and hate speech is identified on Blog*Spot, Google may exercise its right to place a Content Warning page in front of the blog and set it to "unlisted."

Note: users may click the "Unflag" button if they change their mind.

Backlinks

Backlinks display other webpages that link to your posts.

To enable backlinks on your blog go to your Settings|Comments tab and select Show
Backlinks enable you to keep track of other pages on the web that link to your posts.

 For instance, suppose you write  a blog entry that your friend finds interesting. Your friend can then go  to his own blog and write  a post of his own about it. He can then link  back to your original post. Now your post will automatically show that your friend has linked to it. Your post   will provide a short snippet of his text and a link to his post. 

 

The backlinks setting can be found under the Settings | Comments tab, and consists of a single, simple option to turn it on or off:

Blogger terms

 
Blog client -  is software used to write, post, and edit your blog. 
Blogger-Person who writes a blog. Blogger is also the blog service name used for the Google blog system.  

Blog feed - The RSS/Atom or XML based system of displaying information aboutthe latest blog posts soon after they happen. An easy way to update readers. 
Blog hopping or Surfing- Following links from one blog to another using the links within the blogs.    
Blogosphere- The entire blogging community.If you blog, congratulations, you're a member.
Blogroll- Listing of blogs on a blog complete with links to the blogs. Sort of like of a promotional link to your friend's blogs. 
Blog site -The web location (URL) of a blog.
Collaborative blog -A blog  on which multiple users  post.  
Comment spam-  Robot “spambots” flood a blog with advertising in the form of bogus comments.  
 Flog-   A blog that's ghostwritten by someone, such as in the marketing department.
  Hits -Number of users to a blog.   
Linkroll-A list of  bookmarked links with brief descriptions.    
Permalink
Permanent link./Permalink- The unique URL of a single post 
Photoblog -A blog  containing photos.
Ping-The alert in the TrackBack system that notifies the original poster of a blog post when someone else writes an entry concerning the original post. 
Podcasting-  Posting audio and video material on a blog and its RSS feed.
Post- A Blog entry 
RSS-Really Simple Syndication is   feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries.
RSS aggregator-Software or online service allowing a blogger to read an RSS feed.( Also called a reader, or feedreader.)
RSS feed-The file containing a blog’s latest posts. It is read by an RSS aggregator/reader.
  Subscribe-The term used when a blogs feed is added to a feed reader and allows readers to receive notification when there are new posts in a blog.  
TrackBack- A system that allows a blogger to see who has seen the original post and has written another entry concerning it. The system works by sending a 'ping' between the blogs. 
Vlog-A video blog; a vlogger is a video blogger  

What is a permalink?

Permalinks are important to bloggers. They help you and visitors locate old posts. They are essentially "permanent links" to blog posts.

If you use Blogger, these tags are already present in your default templates.

Why do you need permalinks?

Because blogs tend to be frequently updated. This means that entries that you may find on a weblog's homepage one day may not be there the next. A permalink is the permanent identifier to a specific weblog post or article.