Tech Central Station> If you’ve read Weblogs for any length of you time, you probably already know that the “Blogosphere” is divided into two halves. There are those Weblogs that link to, and very often editorialize about, the news of the day; and then there are the more intimate — and therefore more personal — day-in-the-life diaries. read more>
Editors note: Look out for this great line: “More Bloggers than CNN Viewers”
New pay-for-listing by Yahoo sparks debate over search
channelnewsasia> The good news is that Internet search engines have finally figured out a way to make money. The bad news, at least according to some analysts, is that a new system of websites paying for inclusion in search results could compromise the integrity of Internet searches read more>
Blog No More: Two Dirty Little Secrets Of Blogging
WebTalkGuys> Let me let you in on two dirty little secrets of blogging. First, for every blogger, there is probably a handful of readers. That’s right. Just because you put a Web log in front of the hundreds of millions of people with Web access worldwide doesn’t mean that most, many or even some of them will read it. Hell, they may never know about it. read more>
Rabbit-crazed ladies make fine bloggers
Toronto Star>… I never thought blogging would amount to anything. Until I saw Variety.com start covering the phenomenon, which the magazine has been doing since last fall. If Hollywood’s must-read trade daily is now watching blogs, it must mean the form has finally climbed up from the underground. read more>
Clobbered by Globber
Blogalization via Craincavity> Brazilian bloggers continue to voice grievances against Blogger franchisee Globo.com, which operates Blogger Brasil — known by some as “Globber.”
The latest chapter is the experience of Alexandre Inagaki, author of the late great Pensar Enlouquece (“Thinking Makes You Crazy”) — nominated for this year’s iBest best blog award — who was booted from the service for exceeding the 10MB quota — even though his control panel showed a usage of only 7.28MB. read more>
The Way of Things
Lawn Greengrass> Before I get started on this one I do want to say that I could be wrong. I hope I’m wrong. It’s just a feeling I have. But with things going the way that they have been for the past week or two I must admit to growing more and more suspicious. I think that some of my theories are actually not so far out as I thought they were and are actually beginning to bear fruit. Theories? Fruit? What the hell are you talking about Greengrass? Out with it man. I’ll come straight to the point.
I think Blogging is coming of age.
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Local Political Observers Take to the Net
Connection Newspapers> Most people with opinions on local politics rely on meetings with elected officials, letters to newspaper editors, testimony in public hearings and the occasional newsletter to express themselves. In the last few months, however, Fairfax County political observers have caught on to a new way of spreading their message: weblogs. read more>
Nokia experimenting with TypePad
In a possible boost for SixApart, a number of sites are circulating stories that mobile phone giant Nokia is experimenting with TypePad for use on their mobile phones. If this is true the licensing deal for the Trotts could well and truly make the company on the international tech scene. More news when it becomes available.
Blogs: A New Communication Tool Or A Marketing Avenue?
WebProNews> We all know by now that the internet is the global communicator. We still haven’t dreamed of all the ways we’ll use it five years from now. But there are certainly indications that we’re going to have to be vigilant in recognizing the difference between honest business practice and the misuse of the net.
My case in point here is the exploitation of blogs. read more>
Hidden Angle: The Blogosphere: Boys ‘n’ Their Toys
Axis of Logic> Click around the blogosphere and you’ll see a lot of ideological diversity. Bloggers are posting from left, right and center, from perspectives that range from Libertarian to Marxist. And on the surface, that diversity extends to other arenas: Men and women, recent studies show, blog in roughly equal numbers. A notable exception: Women are responsible for as little as four percent of political blogs — “sites devoted to politics, current events, foreign policy, and various ongoing wars” — according to the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE). read more >
