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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 |
| Tag Cloud | 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 | 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 | 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. |
| Thread | 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. |
| Tipping point | 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. |
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Plug-insPlug-ins are small software modules that add multimedia functions to an application. Web browsers use plug-ins such as Flash to expand the type of formats they can see such as video, music or animation. Plug-ins are also what guys get when they’re going bald. More jargon-busting in our online PR glossary |
