This is part of a series of posts (and a project-in-progress),
compiled as a glossary of terms and phrases used in blogging and social
media, that will continually be added to and modified.

Navigation (Nav): A menu of links or buttons allowing users to move from one web page to another within a site. Top navigation is what I use on this site. You will often see links as a footer on a site. That would be bottom nav or footer nav.

NetNewsWire: A free RSS news aggregator for the MAC

News Aggregator: A web-based tool or desktop application that collects syndicated content

NewsGator: An RSS company that provides us with FeedDemon, NetNewsWire,  its own web-based feed reader and powers the feeds in Microsoft Outlook.

Newsvine: An open source, community news service, which lets members customize the news viewed by "seeding" articles or posting for others to view and rate.

Ninnyhammer: An idiot. It’s also a term of endearment (my wife’s nickname for me).

NoFollow: An HTML attribute instructing search engines to not allow a hyperlink to a web page to be influenced in ranking by that link. Originally implemented to combat certain types of search-engine spam. There is a movement to NOT use the No-Follow on blogs, especially the comments area (See How to Remove No-Follow in Typepad Comments).

If you’ve suggestions, additions or modifications, add ‘em in a comment. Together we’re smarter.

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