blogroll

IPA/ˈblɒɡrəʊl/
IPA/ˈblɑːɡrəʊl/

blogroll — noun

  • blogrollsingular
  • blogrollsplural

1. a section on a website that gives readers links to blogs the owner follows or re

1.nounC2
Definition

a section on a website that gives readers links to blogs the owner follows or recommends.

Example

Noa added Priya's cooking blog to her blogroll on Friday.

pattern: add + blog to + blogroll

A short blogroll sat beside the diary posts on Yusuf's site.

common position: blogroll in a site sidebar

Common collocations
  • sidebar blogroll
  • update a blogroll
  • add a blog to your blogroll
  • blogroll links
Synonyms
  • link list

    broader; it can include any kind of website, not just blogs

  • directory

    suggests a larger and more organized set of links

  • reading list

    focuses on things to read and does not have to be a set of blog links

  • resource list

    broader and often used for useful tools, pages, or references

Grammar Patterns

a blogroll on + website

add + blog to + blogroll

update + blogroll

Usage Note

Often appears with verbs such as 'add', 'keep', 'update', and 'put on'. The word belongs to blog culture and can sound dated on newer social media platforms.

Common Mistakes

I put the recipe PDF in my blogroll.
I put the recipe blog in my blogroll.
a blogroll is for links to blogs or blog sites, not files.
Her page has blogroll with five art blogs.
Her page has a blogroll with five art blogs.
this noun is countable, so it usually needs an article.

Word family

Synonym discussion

Sense: noun/1

'Blogroll' is a special web word from the blogging world. It usually means a visible list of blog links that a site owner recommends, follows, or wants to share with readers. 'Link list' is broader and can include shops, news pages, or tools, not only blogs. 'Directory' often suggests a larger, more organized collection, sometimes with categories. 'Reading list' focuses on material someone suggests reading, but the items may be articles, books, or newsletters rather than blogs. So a personal food site may keep a small blogroll in the sidebar, while a library website may publish a directory of local history links.

blogroll ↗link listdirectory ↗reading list

Common collocations

Nouns

  • sidebar blogroll
  • blogroll links

Phrases

  • add a blog to your blogroll
  • update your blogroll
  • put a site on your blogroll

Prepositions

  • blogroll on
  • blogroll in

Etymology

English

Blogroll was formed in English by joining 'blog' and 'roll'. Here 'roll' uses an older meaning of a list or register. The word became common in the early years of personal blogging, when many websites showed a side list of recommended blogs.