Social Media Glossary Definitions: "T"
A tag cloud is a visual representation of the popularity of the tags or descriptions that people are using online. Popular tags are often shown in a large type and less popular in smaller type. So, on Flickr, the tag Party is shown large and the tag Hiking is small. Why are we not surprised?
Tags are the informal words that describe the content of websites, blogs, photos or videos. Tags contain keywords which provide a useful way of organising, retrieving and finding information. So a parrot playing golf on YouTube has the tags, Bird, Parrot, Golf and Funny. Funny? It’s hilarious!
Technorati is not an Italian raver but a search engine that indexes blogs, photos and videos. Technorati are currently tracking over 70 million blogs including the 175,000 blogs that start every day. Mamma mia that’s a lot of blogs.
Messages that have been posted on a blog or a discussion board as replies to each other are known as threads. By reading each message in the thread you can see how the discussion developed. Nice threads are what you wear out. Pronounced freds in London.
The tipping point: how little things can make a big difference by Malcolm Gladwell in 2000 describes the tipping point as being the dramatic second where something unique becomes common, the moment of critical mass where radical change is a possibility. Wow it’s all a bit Yoda.
This is how TrackBack works. I write something on my blog. You link to, or comment on, my article on your blog. And TrackBack alerts me (if both sites are TrackBack enabled) by sending a ping. TrackBack is also what you do when you lose your car keys.
The measurement of the amount of users visiting your website is known as traffic. Traffic is also what you get stuck in if you’re in the car and late for a meeting or trying to get somewhere quickly. Guaranteed.
Twitter is microblog where your mundane daily activities are posted on your twitter page via text messaging or instant messenger. Your messages can then be sent to your Twitter social network via text, or just be viewed online. So, what are you doing? Errr…nothing.
Unlike Blogger or Wordpress, TypePad is a paid-for blogging service - and the largest of its kind in the world. It’s the blog service of choice for many business blogs, large organisations and media companies. Sky News and the BBC use it. ‘oooh he’s just your type’.
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