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Don’t know your podcasting from your vodcasting? Confused as to the meaning of search engine optimisation? And what exactly is a blog? Or blogging? Or the blogosphere? Here for the first time, in our fabulous Online PR and Social Media Glossary (phew), are our slightly tongue-in-cheek definitions for all the latest buzzwords doing the rounds. (And writing them kept the immediate future team amused for at least a whole afternoon!) Any definitions you want to add? Email us at info@immediatefuture.co.uk | |
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| Term | Definition |
| Digg | Digg is a user generated content site where members submit (mostly techie) articles and news items they’ve found on the Web. The articles are then voted for and the most popular published on Digg’s front page. Can we Digg it? Yes we can! |
| Digged | To get digged is to have someone submit your article or news item to Digg. If it’s popular it will end up on Digg’s front page and drive traffic to your site or blog. ‘Hey, I digg you’. ‘Thanks, cool man’. |
| Directories | Unlike search engines, internet directories are lists of websites that have been organised and compiled by real human beings. A listing in the most important directories can help drive traffic to your site. Directories are a bit like The Yellow Pages. Only not yellow. |
| Disintermediation | Disintermediation means removing the middleman like distributors or retail outlets and allowing online businesses to sell direct to their customers. It’s also a great word that will amaze your friends and colleagues and win you loads of points in Scrabble. |
| Dooced | To get dooced is to lose your job because of something you’ve written on your blog about your employer. Named after Heather Armstrong (blog name Dooce) who was fired in 2002 for making fun of the company she worked for. No sense of humour some people. |
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MicroformatMicroformat is a data format which works alongside XML and HTML. Inserting microformat tags into your website or blog means the content can be more easily defined which helps the search engines do a better job. Small, unobtrusive but helpful, Microformats are a bit like The Wombles. More jargon-busting in our online PR glossary |