How Do You Know If Your Blog is Banned or Blocked?

June 9, 2008 | Filed Under Blog News, Blogging, China, Editorial, Ethics, Featured, Features, Guides and Tutorials, Stress, World Blogging | 6 Comments

In Has Your Blog Been Banned or Blocked?, I asked if your blog has been blocked or banned and how you found out, and what you did about it, if you could do anything. I recently published How to Access Banned WordPress.com Blogs in response to WordPress.com blogs being blocked and recent problems I’ve had [...]

Has Your Blog Been Banned or Blocked?

June 7, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, China, Editorial, Featured, Features, General, Legal, SEO, Stress, World Blogging | 2 Comments

I recently published How to Access Banned WordPress.com Blogs, and a friend asked me how would she know if her blog is banned by a country, government, Internet Provider, company, school, or otherwise. Good question.
On Monday, I’ll be publishing a feature article on how to find out if your blog is banned and offer some [...]

NYT Launches Olympics Blog, Takes Interesting Approach

May 19, 2008 | Filed Under Blog News, China | 1 Comment

Without having read too much about it, I must say that I like the New York Times’ Olympics blog, called Rings. They have split the coverage in three main categories, which certainly feels like a smart way to go when it comes to the situation in China:
Culture
The Times’s culture critics and reporters in China cover [...]

Blogging the Olympic Games

February 11, 2008 | Filed Under Blog News, Blogging, China, Events, Featured, Features, News, World Blogging, research | 6 Comments

When the international Olympic Games begin, everyone has an opinion on who will win, who should have won, and anything and everything Olympic. As the Olympic Games get closer, I thought I’d research some information to help you blog about the upcoming games in China.
There are a lot of stories and angles to be found [...]

Freedom of Speech and Anonymous Blogging

December 24, 2007 | Filed Under China, Features, Legal, Opinion, Privacy, World Blogging, code of conduct | 3 Comments

The holidays are around the corner and some of us will be indulging ourselves in festivities. I thought this would be the perfect time to reflect on freedom within the blogosphere. I live in a relatively peaceful country where I can do or say whatever I want within the boundaries of the law. In the [...]

“Self-Discipline Pact” The End for Anonymous Blogging in China?

August 29, 2007 | Filed Under Blogging, China, Features, News | 2 Comments

The concept of ending anonymity by requiring bloggers to using their real names is going ahead in China, albeit with the deceptively soft practice of requiring companies to “self-discipline” themselves.
Yahoo and MSN, amongst other Internet companies, have agreed to new government guidelines that are “encouraging” such companies to register real names, addresses, and other personal [...]

Ni Hao! The Blog Herald China Launches!

July 16, 2007 | Filed Under Announcements, Blog Herald News, China, Features | 9 Comments

We here at the Blog Herald always look for ways to reach out to more people. Last March we launched the Blog Herald Japan. Considering that English may not exactly be the most prevalent language in the blogosphere today, I think it was a good move. According to Technorati, Japanese language blogs account for [...]

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UK companies aren’t clear on new “fake blogging” laws
July 4, 2008 | By Andy Merrett | Leave a Comment

British companies which pretend to blog as ordinary members of the public, or post multiple positive reviews as if from consumers, are now breaking UK law, yet many don’t know anything about the new legislation, according to Brands2Life.
Its director, Gareth Thomas, said that, “Most people don’t know about this law,” adding, “there is a misconception [...]

Berocca sends out Blogger Relief Packs
July 4, 2008 | By Andy Merrett | 2 Comments

The concept may not be that new, but a couple of weeks ago a colleague introduced me to Berocca’s Blogger Relief Pack. I signed up with one of my blogs, and yesterday received the pack.

While it’s not the complete answer to managing the stress of blogging, a tube of Berocca and a nice glass to [...]

ScribeFire 2.2.8 Released
July 4, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

ScribeFire is a popular desktop blogging application hosted in a Firefox extension. Version 2.2.8 includes fixes and some brush-ups. The extension is free to download from Mozilla Add-ons, and works with both Firefox 2 and 3.

Two New b5media Blogs Launched
July 4, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

Another two b5media blogs launched recently. Marye Audet edits Simply Home Remedies, which is about just that. This from the launch post:
For the past 20 years or so my family has lived without the assistance of commercial medicines or doctors, except for things like broken arms and emergency surgeries on retro-pharyngeal abscesses. You know, the [...]

Hitting the Frontpage of Digg
July 3, 2008 | By Matt Craven | 1 Comment

Skelliewag takes a look at playing the odds and trying to “win” with Digg - a great article with some fantastic tips on how to promote your site using Digg.
Most bloggers would love their content to hit the front page of Digg. Unfortunately, most of those bloggers are never able to experience the huge spike [...]

Firefox 3 Plugin Roundup
July 3, 2008 | By Matt Craven | Leave a Comment

Now that Firefox 3 has been out for more than a week - and has set a new Guinness World Record for the most downloads in a single day - several websites have begun recapping the plugin/addon situation for Firefox.
BSPCN outlines the 30 “Must Have” Firefox Extensions, including del.icio.us toolbar, Foxmarks, and Greasemonkey.
PC World looks [...]

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