April Advertiser Wrapup

April 30, 2006 | Filed Under General | Leave a Comment

We’d like to thank some of the advertisers that took the time to sponsor The Blog Herald during the month of April:

Text Link Ads
Ad Reporting
BlogAds
ReveNews

Interested in advertising with us? Visit our Advertising page or our BlogAds page.

How about four figure blogging?

April 30, 2006 | Filed Under General | Leave a Comment

Last year, Darren Rowse and Andy Wibbels published an e-learning course entitled Six Figure Blogging, which was focused on how to earn a six figure income through blogging. The course was highly successful and gathered alot of great feedback.
But was a six figure blogging course too much for some bloggers? Perhaps it’s easier […]

Maine blogger sued by Ad Agency and why there are two sides to every story

April 29, 2006 | Filed Under General | 4 Comments

Lance Dutson, who blogs at Maine Web Report was sued this week by Warren Kremer Paino Advertising for reporting that Dutston had posted to his blog about the Maine Office of Tourism.
Lance writes about the core of the story:
Hereâ€™s the ad theyâ€™re suing me for showing, an ad I pulled from the Maine Department of […]

Friday Blogs: Minneapolis, MN

April 28, 2006 | Filed Under Friday Blogs, General | Leave a Comment

This is the first of our new Friday Blogs series that will highlight relatively unknown or interesting blogs from around the blogosphere.
This Friday’s Blogs feature focused on Minneapolis, MN - the hometown of BlogMedia, Inc. and our own network of blogs.
Minneapolis is well-known as a liberal bastion in the upper Midwest. The newspaper, the […]

Apple case against bloggers continues

April 27, 2006 | Filed Under General | 1 Comment

The Register reports on Apple’s attempts to compel bloggers to reveal their sources for stories related to a future Apple product. The case is currently before a US Court of Appeals.
Under current case law, journalists have wide discretion to protect their sources. This has been challenged in recent years though, at least in […]

Technorati Banned in China?

April 27, 2006 | Filed Under News | 5 Comments

Hot on the hells of Google being banned in China, reports across the blogosphere today are commenting on the apparent ban of Technorati from web surfers in China.
This snippet from Technorati’s own blog:
We’ve received a number of reports today that users in China can’t get access to the Technorati site. Of course, we’re taking these […]

Technorati Top 100 back to normal

April 26, 2006 | Filed Under General | 1 Comment

As Dave Winer points out in Scripting News, the issues we referenced a few days ago in regards to the Technorati Top 100 appear to have been resolved:
I hate to spoil the fun, but Scripting News is back in the Technorati 100 at position 88. Sorry. Hehe

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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 | 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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