Are super-short posts good for your blog?

February 28, 2007 | Filed Under Blogging | 12 Comments

Almost two years ago, Darren Rowse posted an article “Frequent Short Posts - A Secret of A-List Bloggers Success” based on research into a handful of “A list” blogs. The conclusion drawn was that posts of 150 words or less are not only indexed better by search engines, but appeal to those with a shorter […]

WordPress Wednesday: WordPress and WordPressMU Upgrades, Powered by WordPress Companies, and Build More WordPress Blogs

February 28, 2007 | Filed Under Features, WordPress | 7 Comments

There is a lot of news about WordPress this week, especially about the recent upgrade and security patch for WordPress 2.1.1 and the news about the upcoming release of WordPress 2.2. WordPressMU 1.1.1 was released, I discovered a new Multilingual WordPress blog and community, and there are WordPress contests, challenges, and memes spreading across the […]

Canada joins web conversation with mesh

February 28, 2007 | Filed Under Bloggers, Blogging, Events | 3 Comments

People are talking about the web everywhere. In Geneva there’s LIFT, Paris has Les Blogs, New York boasts of BlogOn, and so on and so forth. Canada will also have one on May 30 and 31st this year called mesh (Canada’s web conference). It “officially” makes Canada part of the Web 2.0 converation.
The conference […]

The Story Behind One of China’s Largest Blogging Communities

February 28, 2007 | Filed Under Bloggers, Blogging, China, Features | 6 Comments

Not everyone in China knows Bullog, but anyone who knows Bullog clicks it everyday. When I first time clicked the site half a year ago, I said: “Wow! I can get access to almost every China’s famous blogger’s posts. With only one website!” Since the first time I opened it, I fell in love […]

Introducing (FINALLY) … One Shot!

February 28, 2007 | Filed Under General | 2 Comments

Well, its been a long, long, time coming, as we actually recruited him a few months ago. But I am very proud to announce the Blog Herald’s newest columnist, Wang Xiao, who goes by the English nickname of “OneShot” (sounds like Wang Xiao).
Oneshot used to be a pro-sports photographer, and is currently the photo-editor of […]

Hoover’s launches Bizmology blog

February 28, 2007 | Filed Under Blog Herald News, Bloggers, Blogging | Leave a Comment

Hoover’s, Inc., a D&B company that gives its customers a competitive edge with insightful information about industries, companies and key decision makers, announced the launch of its new business blog, Bizmology.
Hoover’s editors tap into their industry knowledge and analytical skills to post a new blog every weekday on wide-ranging business topics, resulting in a comprehensive, […]

How Are You Using Google Docs?

February 28, 2007 | Filed Under Features, Google, Technology | 5 Comments

Google Docs is more than just a free online word processor from Google. The service can be used for writing blog posts, converting documents from one format to another and more.

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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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