How Do You Turn a Spark of an Idea Into a Blog Post?

June 13, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Editorial, Features, Guides and Tutorials, Passion, Social Media, research | 2 Comments

Recently, I wrote a series of articles offering tips and suggestions on a variety of research resources to help bloggers blog better. I’ve also written up many sources for blog content ideas.
In the early days of web publishing, the Slashdot Effect could bring a site to its knees, as Slashdot was a source for inspiration [...]

What Are Your Blog Resources?

February 29, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Editorial, Features, research | 7 Comments

Starting next week on Lorelle on WordPress, I will be sharing my blog resources with my readers. Your blog resources are the sites you visit frequently that help you blog. They are the bookmarks in your browser. The feeds in your feed reader.
While preparing my huge list of blog resources, I made some interesting [...]

Three Research Articles That Changed My View on Blogging

February 18, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging Academics, Features, research | 2 Comments

In the past two years I’ve read many thought provoking articles on blogging. Unfortunately many of these articles are hidden behind the great academic firewall. Researcher and blogger danah boyd explains how and why many academic articles are behind “heavy iron walls” in her blog post ‘open-access is the future: boycott locked-down academic journals.‘
While subscription [...]

Blog Writing with Keyword Map Searches

February 14, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Guides and Tutorials, Search, research | Leave a Comment

Earlier this week, I introduced you to the Clusty search engine, with tips on how it can be used to brainstorm and research blog content. Today, I want to showcase the KWMap, a visual keyword map search engine.
KWMap is different as it graphically charts out relationships to your search term or phrase. It’s invaluable for [...]

Using Clusty For Blog Content and Research

February 12, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Featured, Features, Guides and Tutorials, Search, research | 8 Comments

Google is not the end all and be all of search engines. There are actually some better and more efficient search engines out there, and there are different types of search engines worthy of your attention. Especially when it comes to researching and writing blog content.
Clusty is a cluster search engine. Carnegie Mellon computer science [...]

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 [...]

How Many Blogs Are There? Is Someone Still Counting?

February 11, 2008 | Filed Under Blog History, Blogging Demographics, Features, research | 8 Comments

The question of how many blogs are out there is currently buzzing in my e-mail inbox and in my (Dutch) feed list. Why do we even care about the total number of blogs? Carl Bialik from the The Wall Street Journal explained it as follows in 2005:
First, let’s step back and consider why we’re counting [...]

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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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