blogger, n. Computing.
Brit. /ˈblɒgəː/, U.S. /ˈblɑgər/
[‹ blog n. or blog v. + -er suffix1. Compare slightly earlier weblogger n.]
1. The author of a weblog; = weblogger n.
| 1999P. Merholz in peterme.com (Weblog) 28 May Blog coverage continues apace. Scott Rosenberg favorably contrasts bloggers to traditional journalists. 1999 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 24 Aug. Bloggers had to hand-code their pages each day and upload the files every time they added a new link or comment. 2002 U.S. News & World Rep. 13 May 48/1 By linking to one another's Web sites, the bloggers got more people to cast votes and reversed the numbers. |
2. In form Blogger. A software tool used in the production of weblogs.
| 1999 New Media Age 11 Nov. 14/1 Web site management specialists Pyra have created an automated weblog publishing tool called Blogger. It's a free toolkit for entering, archiving and catching [read caching] URLs, then using file transfer protocol (FTP) to move the posts to the user's Web site or server. 2000 Whole Earth Winter 54/1 Because it's so damn simple to use, Blogger is responsible for a number of ultra-low-grade weblogs. 2002 Salina Jrnl. b6/3 The free Blogger software tools allow anyone to set up diaries in a variety of professionally designed templates or set up more complex original blogs. |