- With this new Amazon.com technology, you’ll be able to have your own plog with personalized content to suit your interests.
plog
noun; blending
A weblog (list of thoughts, commentary, or announcements posted on a website) that is tailored to highlight websites, products, and information that may be of interest to the particular reader; Each Amazon.com customer will be given a plog when he or she This word was coined to create propriety and ownership over the concept of the personalized weblog on the shopping website Amazon.com. The have a strong interest in coining terms to describe their services so that they may obtain ownership over that concept, providing them a pronounced competitive advantage over other online shopping websites. It is part of their leading business strategy.
Etymology : p(ersonalized) from Latin persona, 'person' + we(blog)
Source : Amazon.com intern recruiter
Last modified: 10 June 2008