I’m talking about the terminology here.
It’s sort of a pet peeve of mine when I read other bloggers refer to one of their posts and to be specifically speaking about that one post and refer to it as “this blog”. To my way of thinking it isn’t “this blog” you are referring to, it should be “this blog post”.
If you are referring to the entire body of work consisting of all the posts that have been written on that person or group of people’s blog then it is the blog but not the individual post. The individual post should be referred to not as “this blog” but as “this blog post”
I think it confuses blog readers who may not really understand how blogs work and that blogs exist past the home page to include all previous postings written by its contributors, generally in chronological order. I’ll try not to sound condescending but the reality is that there are large percentages of the Internet reading population that don’t understand these concepts let alone that they can search for previous posts or how to navigate to previous day’s blog posts by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking on the previous posts link.
Anyway, maybe I’m wrong but didn’t know where else to turn for the correct term.
From where I sit a blog post is a “blog post” and the entire body of work is a “blog”
So if I were referring to this blog post I would never write something like this- “When I set out to write this blog”. I would write ” When I set out to write this blog post”
I’m 98% certain that I’m right but I see some very popular bloggers who actually have larger readerships than GMG make this mistake. Unless of course I’m wrong. Where do my fellow bloggers fall on this and is there a blog governing board that could clear this up for me.
I’m pretty sure for Journalists there some AP guidebook that tells you the right terminology for stuff like this but I’m not sure it exists for the blogging world.
Joey Ciaramitaro
http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com
An example of it being used in what I would be considered the wrong way is here on my favorite blog other than GMG, Barstool Sports-
http://boston.barstoolsports.com/random-thoughts/and-the-pussification-of-america-continutes-keene-basketball-coach-fired-for-calling-a-player-a-lazy-piece-of-shit/
Mike Lindberg
Paul Morrison & RD
Thom Falzarano
Alicia
Manuel Simoes
Joanne
blackswanbeth
Marty Luster
patrickr
The Roving Home
E.J.
Vickie & Peter
Fr Matthew Green
Kim Smith
dawntheresa
edacollard
I totally agree Joey. A blog is the website, or vehicle to which all post wiether daily or by multiple author s write about.
Daniel D
I know its not a huge deal, it just drives me nuts.
From, Dictionary.com
NOUN
1. a Web site containing the writer’s or group of writers’ own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other Web sites.
VERB(used without object)
2. to maintain or add new entries to a blog.
The answer to Joey’s excellent question almost answers itself when one understands that the terminology “blog” is just shorthand for “web log”.
If one were referring to an old-fashioned written log, a particular entry would be just that: an “entry” in a log. Not the whole log iself. Similarly, a “post” in a “web log” (or “blog”) would refer to just the “post”, not to the whole “blog” itself.
Congratulations on your blog. It is wonderful!
The guy at barstool has been staring at too many silicone breasts. You’re right. Many blog posts make a blog.
An example of how to correctly use the word blog and blog post:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31747_7-57333994-243/ipad-3-rumor-roundup/
Used four times in the first 500 words in several iterations. A blog post on a blog and a blog is corrected.
What Stan said.