Back from vacation, TechMeme has new ads, and the next ‘bubble’ is here..

September 29, 2006 | Filed Under News | 5 Comments

Just back from vacation - sitting on the couch with the wife and cat - it’s 9:04pm here as i wrote this, but my body says that it’s 6am Saturday and that I’m still in Paris.
In any event, looks like TechMeme has a new advertising system and that Podshow has picked up another $15m in […]

If a tree falls in the forest…

September 29, 2006 | Filed Under Hello, my post is, Just Plain Fun, Photos | 2 Comments

…does anybody hear?
If a tree falls in the forest does anybody hear?
Anybody hear the forest fall?
Adam wrote in suggesting that Canada plant some trees along the new Fence that the US is planning to build.
Maybe Canada should plant the worldâ€™s longest line of trees right along the inside of the border to hide the nasty […]

Google Reader gets revamped (also: Bloglines does as little as possible)

September 29, 2006 | Filed Under General | 2 Comments

Google have revamped their online RSS reader, called Google Reader, and weâ€™re talking totally! On a first glance it looks a lot better than the last time I checked out the service, but I really donâ€™t know since Iâ€™m not a Google Reader user. That might change, however â€“ I intend to give it a […]

Text Link Ads launches Feedvertising

September 28, 2006 | Filed Under Professional Blogging | 1 Comment

While nothing new, ads via RSS feeds arenâ€™t as widely used as regular ads on your site or blog. My guess itâ€™s because you donâ€™t really know how to handle it, itâ€™s a lot more of a bother to hack a RSS feed than just put some Adsense code in your sidebar.
Enter programs who do […]

Dead or Alive - The AdSense Wars

September 27, 2006 | Filed Under Columnists, eGonzoWeekly | 15 Comments

This week saw a very public battle (it’s still going on, I think) over the current state of AdSense.
AdSense is Dead … AdSense is Alive.
They wrote books about it (well eBooks - here for the dead part and here for the alive part).
We’ve had thousands of passionate words written, hundreds of comments and conversations, […]

Simplify your font selection

September 27, 2006 | Filed Under Blog Design | 5 Comments

I’m working hard on a CSS Tips and Tricks, Part 2 article but until then I’ll complain a little bit about a design mistake I see popping up.
Please…pretty please: stop using so many different fonts in the body of your website. As a general rule you should use exactly 2 fonts. If you’re […]

Blogosphere is bigger than John Evans thinks (also: blogs in UK political scene)

September 27, 2006 | Filed Under Blog Networks, New Media, News | 10 Comments

I just know John Evans will have some thoughts on this…
The Belfast Telegraph has an interesting piece on blogging (via: The Blogging Journalist) and how it is used to gain political favor from the masses.
All three main UK parties are falling over themselves to accommodate bloggers (see definition at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog) alongside the more traditional media […]

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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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