Blog count: call for contributions

June 30, 2005 | Filed Under General | 10 Comments

It’s another new month which means time to start compiling a new blog count. The figures are getting better and July looks like it will be the best blog count yet, but before I go live with the latest stats next week if anyone would like to contribute any stats they are aware of please […]

It’s time for Google to act on Blogger

June 30, 2005 | Filed Under General | 14 Comments

Duncan Riley> One of the great things about blogs is that they’re easy to use, free to use in many cases and rank well in search engines. One of the worst things about blogs is that they’re easy to use, free to use in many cases and rank well in search engines.
An interesting statement […]

WordPress security update available

June 30, 2005 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment

The WordPress development team has annonuced the availability of WordPress 1.5.1.3, the latest update to the Strayhorn series that tackles an undisclosed security problem with the xmlrpc.php file.
No word on the problem as yet however the post encourages WP users to update as soon as possible. Download available here.

God under attack by former Communists: religous implications?

June 29, 2005 | Filed Under Snark | 6 Comments

Blog god Dave Winer is under attack from people unknown who reside in the former atheist Union of Soviet Socialists Republics (aka Russia).
Our father who art in Userland writes that the Ruskies are costing the church of Dave Winer the later day saint thousands in bandwidth costs and that he might need to call […]

Denton subject to content theft disguised as “Public Art”

June 29, 2005 | Filed Under News | 4 Comments

An anonymous blogger has launched an “Ad-free” version of Nick Denton’s gossip blog Gawker on Google’s blogger service, supposedly as “a piece of performance art meets media.”

According to Adrants, the blogger behind the project stated that “we wanted to see if we can draw viewership away from popular online blogs and news sites by removing […]

More cash for comment? this time its $300 per month via Craiglist

June 29, 2005 | Filed Under News | 3 Comments

Another cash for comment scam has emerged on Craiglist, this time offering exactly 73 bloggers $300 USD each per month to “help create buzz around new products and services.”
Bloggers are expected to write “whatever they like, as long as [they] mention the product or service” with payment of $5 per posting with 2 posting subjects […]

Video blogging making an impression

June 28, 2005 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment

The next wave of blogging development may be here in the shape of videoblog newscasts, according to a report in the Houston Chronicle which profiles up and coming videoblog Rocketboom.
For a commercial perspective though what differentiates Rocketboom from many other video blogging experiments is that Rocketboom includes paid staff in what I presume is […]

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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 | 2 Comments

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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