Blog Herald makes Technorati Top 100 Favorites

February 28, 2006 | Filed Under News | 2 Comments

Duncan pointed out to me via email earlier tonight that The Blog Herald has made the Technorati Top 100 Favorites for the first time.
As much as we’d like to take credit for that here at BlogMedia, Duncan is the one that has built this site into what it is. And we look forward to […]

New Feedburner stats to combat spam blogs

February 28, 2006 | Filed Under News | 2 Comments

Feedburner are set to roll out a new stats package that they claim will help combat spam blogs.
The new features will help bloggers track those people who are republishing RSS feeds automatically, including both those who might be doing it legitimately with your permission - but also those who are not and who are writing […]

Google Testing Video Advertising on Blogs

February 28, 2006 | Filed Under General | Leave a Comment

Adjab reports that Google may be testing video advertising as part of it’s Adsense contextual advertising program. One such ad was spotted at the gossip blog The Superficial, it did not auto-play but required the viewer to select start to view it.

The Blog 50

February 27, 2006 | Filed Under General, Opinion | 1 Comment

A new blogger ranking blog, The Blog 50, has launched:
Here it is â€” the reason behind the creation. The source of the force. This is the debut of The Blog 50, a weekly chart listing the most influential/best bloggers in the blogosphere. If you need more information about the secret formula that goes into The […]

WordPress users reporting issues in WP 2.0.1

February 26, 2006 | Filed Under General | 5 Comments

WordPress users are reporting issues with the latest version of WordPress, 2.0.1, including time outs and 404 error messages when posting. More at WordPress support here.

BlogMedia, Inc. acquires The Blog Herald

February 25, 2006 | Filed Under General | 23 Comments

We’re pleased to announce that BlogMedia, Inc., a US based corporation, has acquired The Blog Herald from Duncan Riley.
Our official press release reads in part:

BlogMedia, Inc. has continued the growth of its online services division & blog network by acquiring The Blog Herald from Duncan Riley.
This is BlogMediaâ€™s first acquisition of 2006 after launching its […]

Welcome!

February 25, 2006 | Filed Under General | 2 Comments

If you’re reading this, you’re at the new Blog Herald site.
We’ll have a formal announcement up the next 48 hours along with our vision of the site. Duncan Riley will continue to blog here for the next two weeks as we transition onboard.
For those of you that have had link exchanges in […]

Keep Looking →

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 […]

Patrons

Recent listings from Blogger Jobs

Five Blogging Jobs
This quintet is courtesy of our sister site, Performancing.com: Tech Blogger — “You’ll have an eye for a interesting story and op [...]

Gawker Media Seeks Designer
Gawker Media is looking for “a highly creative, conceptual designer with experience and interest in advertising, branding, and web design to w [...]

Social Media Marketing Blogger Wanted
We got this email from Eric Thom: We are looking to hire a blogger that is fully immersed and experienced about the subject of Social Media Marketin [...]

Wanted: Media Blogger to Discuss Corporate Websites
We got this email from Corporate Eye: There are some very exciting things happening behind the scenes here at Corporate Eye. We’re soon going to [...]

Weekly Bloggers for Hire 36
Want your profile here? Read this earlier post for more info. Remember: please follow the instructions there. One-liners will be ignored and have be [...]

More at Blogger Jobs