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microblog

A type of blog that lets users publish short text updates. Bloggers can usually use a number of service for the updates including instant messaging, e-mail, or Twitter. The posts are called microposts, while the act of using these services to update your blog is called microbloggingSocial networking sites, like Facebook, also use a microblogging feature in profiles. On Facebook this is called "Status Updates".

See "The History of Blogging" in the Quick Reference section of Webopedia.

Also see "Technology Terms to Know for 2009" in the Did You Know...? section of Webopedia.



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