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blogola
Last modified: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 

A slang term used in online marketing circles to describe the act of bribing or paying influential bloggers to create a buzz in the blogosphere about a specific product or technology in their blog.

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

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