Making sense of Google “Florida” changes

November 29, 2003 | Filed Under General | 3 Comments

Although mainly affecting non-blogs more than blogs, the recent major changes to the way Google does search, dubbed “Florida” is causing a large stir. Search giant Google servers over 60% of all searches on the net every day, and has been favourable to blogs in the past, providing traffic to many in the blogosphere including […]

Microsoft set to enter Moblogging market

November 28, 2003 | Filed Under General | 2 Comments

After much speculation, it seems that Microsoft is about to enter the moblogging field with this from the Microsoft Windows Mobile Communities:
“Get Ready for Moblogs
Turn an ordinary blog into a moblog by including pictures from your Pocket PC or Smartphone. Check back here in December to learn how to create yours. “

MovableType security hole exploited by spammers

November 27, 2003 | Filed Under General | 5 Comments

Zopenewbies reports that spammers have discovered a hole in MT which they have used on MT weblogs to send chunks of spam to AOL over the last few weeks. The hole relates to mt-send-entry.cgi, and they recommend disabling it or running one of the patches listed on the site.
UPDATE SixApart has responded by releasing […]

You could be next: legal action extends to Blog Comments

November 26, 2003 | Filed Under News | 2 Comments

A disturbing report from Tech Central Station that discusses libel and blogs, with the news that Justene Adamec has been threatened with legal action over comments made by third parties on his blog. A must read article for anybody blogging on corporate or personal issues.
The Next Litigation Battleground | Tech Central Station
“discourse in the […]

An Invitation to contribute and a thanks to Star

November 26, 2003 | Filed Under General | Leave a Comment

Some 213 posts ago (at entry 19) The Blog Herald made its first appeal for contributors. Back then, a long long time ago (well April) we were a little known Blog lost in a sea of other blogs. Not suprisingly, no one came forward. Move forward to November and we receive multiple unsolicited media releases […]

Top 10 Dangers of Living in the Blog Space

November 26, 2003 | Filed Under Snark | 20 Comments

Star C. Foster1. You think everyone cares about your opinions: They don’t. They care about mine.
2. You stop having normal experiences: Every event you participate following your initial blog post will be constantly interrupted as you simultaneously live the adventure and write the corresponding blog post in your head.

Moblogging your christmas wishlist

November 26, 2003 | Filed Under General | Leave a Comment

Out shopping and see something you’d like for Christmas but the credit card is maxed? TextAmerica, the ever innovative moblogging site has launched a new service for moblogging Christmas wishlists: point your phone at your dream presents, TextAmerica lists it, and then all your friends can go out and purchase the goodies for you!
Well maybe, […]

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News

Google Closes Hello (What’s That Anyway?)
May 9, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

I’m reading that Google is closing Hello, which apparently was (and is, as I’m writing this), a photo sharing service that came with Picasa. I guess they feel it doesn’t fill a purpose anymore.
This from Hello.com:
We originally embarked on a mission to make photo sharing easier and more fun with Hello. We plan to keep […]

Colleen Coplick Talks PR over at BloggerTalks
May 9, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 1 Comment

I recently interviewed Colleen Coplick about taking over Buzz Networker, and there I said that an interview with her focusing on PR was due on BloggerTalks. Well, it is up now, and Colleen shares her views on paid reviews, PR agencies sending out samples, getting famous in the social sphere, how to write a great […]

MyBlogLog Adds More Stuff
May 9, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

MyBlogLog have added some new stuff, since the obviously get that we’re not monogamous when it comes to online apps and social networks.
Specifically, whenever you:

post a question to Yahoo Answers
share an item on Google Reader
post a video on Seesmic

MyBlogLog will post those events and make them part of your New with Me page.
All you […]

SOBCon08: A Conference Experienced in the Moments
May 8, 2008 | By Lorelle VanFossen | 1 Comment

We do not remember days; we remember moments.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Successful and Outstanding Bloggers Conference (SOBCon) in Chicago last weekend was a collection of moments I will remember for a long time.
Throughout the weekend, people kept asking what was different about this conference from all the other conferences they go to. It was clear […]

Blogger To Add Star Rating System To BlogSpot?
May 8, 2008 | By Darnell Clayton | Leave a Comment

It looks as Blog*spot users will soon be able to insert a ratings system in their Blogger blogs which will allow readers to rate an individual post from one star to five.
Unfortunately it seems as if they launched the feature prematurely, and the Google team has currently disabled the feature–at least for now.
(Blogger Status) Some […]

Perez Hilton to Release Clothing Line
May 8, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 1 Comment

Celeb gossip blogger Perez Hilton, aka Mario Lavendeira, is set to launch his own line of clothing, to be sold exclusively in the Hot Topic chain of stores, as well as online.
“2008 is all about expanding the Perez Brand,” the blogger explained. “I talk about clothes all the time on my website. I have a […]

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