A blogstorm is a word used to describe a large and sudden influx of visitors to your web site caused by bloggers writing about your website and putting links to your web site in articles on their blog.

If you do not have enough web hosting capacity, a blogstorm can have a negative effect because so many people are trying to look at your web site that the server becomes overwhelmed. In this case, many of the visitors would not be able to access the site.

The term blogstorm have its origins in the word maelstrom which is a type of whirpool or strong current with the power to pull you under.