Live Journal blogger has mother killed

November 30, 2004 | Filed Under News | 6 Comments

This is a story that has been floating around for a while in the blogosphere but we’ve been a little sceptical of its authenticity until an AP wire confirmed the story.
Rachelle Waterman, a 16 year old Live Journal blogger of Ketchikan, Alaska, has been charged with 1st degree murder following the killing of her mother, […]

Businesses finding blogs a useful promotion tool

November 30, 2004 | Filed Under General | 1 Comment

David Canton writes at CNews> “Blogging is now considered an innovative marketing tool that corporations can use to better service their customer, employee and supplier relations. It’s no longer perceived as merely a medium where computer savvy techies share their daily thoughts with others with similar interests.”
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Technorati Falling Down on the Job

November 30, 2004 | Filed Under News | 1 Comment

BL Ochman writes that Technorati is falling down on the job by only updating their links every week or so, and therefore risks be overtaken by competitors. She’s right.

America’s first Blog mogul?

November 30, 2004 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment

Nick Denton talks to the Independent’s Edward Helmore about the Gawker Empire, and they label him America’s first Blog mogul, which in itself is an interesting turn of phrase, given that Dictionary.com defines mogul as a member of the force that under Baber conquered India in 1526 or a Mongol or Mongolian, neither of which […]

The politics of blogrolls

November 29, 2004 | Filed Under General | 38 Comments

Duncan Riley> There was a great response to the post on “Building blog traffic for newbies” from last week both in comments, traffic and direct emails. The guide was purposely short and sweet and a number of things have been raised with me directly since, and I’ll slowly detail each one in the lead up […]

Blog gets Kitsap deputy chief in trouble

November 29, 2004 | Filed Under News | 2 Comments

The deputy chief of Kitsap County Central Communications in Washington State has been suspended from his job following posts on his Live Journal blog that included the following comments:
“[I am] disappointed in my co-workers, some of whom appear to be nothing more than self-indulgent, greedy bastards willing to lie cheat and steal to get ahead. […]

Has Orkut launched a blog?

November 26, 2004 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment

This in an email from Orkut
Today all of us here at orkut are pleased to announce the launch of orkut media, a weekly collection of writings and photos by our very own orkut members.
[Editors note: sounds like a blog]
When you land at http://media.orkut.com, you’ll venture into the realm of love and politics and beyond. [just […]

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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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