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blogola

noun

A form of payola in which a blogger is given money or other inducements to write favourably about a product or service.

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Meanings

nounblogola (uncountable)

InternetuncountableA form of payola in which a blogger is given money or other inducements to write favourably about a product or service.
An element more problematic […] in the move of corporate communications and practices online is the sometimes masked nature of such initiatives, for example through blogola and flogs.
2009, Nico Carpentier, Benjamin De Cleen, Participation and Media Production: Critical Reflections on Content Creation, page 33

Origin

From blog + -ola.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with blogola

Motorola Angola cola Pensacola viola lola Osceola canola hola Rolla gondola nola bola granola Tortola kola ebola mineola Iola mola Apalachicola gorgonzola areola payola

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APA

blogola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blogola

MLA

“blogola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blogola. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blogola,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blogola.

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