How To Write A Better Blog?

Guy Kawasaki, former Apple guru and Forbes.com columnist, interviews David Sifry, the founder and CEO of Technorati, on writing better blogs, manual pinging, tagging, etc. Worth a read.

Report: Spammers Shift to Blogs and IM

The increased effectiveness of spam filters for e-mail and the lack of any such filters for newer communication technologies, such as blogs and instant messaging, are part of the reason spammers have turned to new channels to distribute their messages, explained Paul Stamp, an analyst at Forrester.

V7N Technology Blog site

The V7N Technology Blog is more than just geek news about gadgets. It’s a blog about the very Internet. Laws that affect you as an Internet user; technology that affects you as an Internet user

Bluepulse Blogger widget

Developers at bluepulse have whipped up a Blogger widget for their mobile phone platform; here are a few details from their post about it:

• Supports HTML, so you can link to a site, another post, or another blog from your post
• Supports multiple Blogger blogs.
  
• Create a new post, or edit an existing post from the widget and republish it
• Save a post as a draft and then edit and publish it from the widget or your desktop later

Check it out!

Polluting The Blogosphere

Bloggers are getting paid to push products. Disclosure is optional.

OurStory

Go beyond blogging. Tell the your story and share in the journey and keep it forever.

Blogs, wikis, and Web 2.0 as the next application platform

IBM is planning to use Web 2.0 software like wikis as a foundation upon which to build so-called situational software.

Famed Microsoft blogger Scoble leaves for start-up

The world's most famous corporate blogger, Robert Scoble, credited with helping to break down a siege mentality at his employer, Microsoft Corp., confirmed on Sunday that he is leaving to join a recently formed Silicon Valley Internet media start-up.

Oh yes, about that media start-up...Pod Tech

Forbe video interview with Robert Scoble discussing value of business blogs.

Video bloggers ready to incite 'media revolution'

As Jordan Nealy blows out four candles on her birthday cake in South Carolina, Irina Slutsky interviews a technology executive in Texas, and Helene Cardona recites a poem from a train platform in Los Angeles. Read on here.

Can You Digg it?

Have you noticed while your are reading online you see a prompt to "digg" this story?

We have one on the bottom of each of our full page posts that looks like this: Digg

What is Digg?
It's is a technology news website that combines social bookmarking, blogging, and syndication with non-hierarchical, democratic editorial control. Read more.

Web 2.0 and Blogging

One of the most highly touted features of the Web 2.0 era is the rise of blogging. Personal home pages, personal diaries, and personal opinion, have been around since the early days of the web, so what is the fuss all about?

FeedBurner

Do you know where your feeds are? Do you know who is reading them?

Feedburner gives bloggers a simple way of finding out exactly how many people were reading your feed, how many of those people were clicking on items and which items they were following up on.

Read more

BlogPulse

BlogPulse is an automated trend discovery system for blogs. Blogs, a term that is short for weblogs, represent the fastest-growing medium of personal publishing and the newest method of individual expression and opinion on the Internet. BlogPulse applies machine-learning and natural-language processing techniques to discover trends in the highly dynamic world of blogs. BlogPulse is brought to you by Nielsen BuzzMetrics.

Liberals, courting bloggers, bow to Net's growing power

A new political movement is taking root this week at the first Yearly-Kos convention, a gathering of liberal bloggers bent on revolutionizing American politics through the power of the Internet.

Newspapers woo bloggers with mixed results

Plenty of papers are blogging. But mixing old-time news gathering with new "citizen journalism" isn't always easy.

Yahoo! Video Team Blog

As you may have read on today’s SearchBlog, Yahoo re-launched Video Search with a whole new look and a number of features, including improved comprehensiveness and search, uploading, and tagging and sharing of videos from across the Web. Check out the complete post to read more about what’s new.

More About Photo Blogging

How are digital cameras and photo sites changing photography and the Web? Andrew Long , editor of "Fotolog.book: A Global Snapshot for a Digital Age," and Adam Seifer , co-founder of Fotolog , were online to discuss the rise of photo blogging.

Photoblogs

Photoblogs.org is a resource designed to help people find all kinds of photoblogs. If you're not sure what a photoblog is, check out their FAQ.

Apple thwarted in bid to unmask leaker

Apple Computer suffered a setback in its effort to plug an internal leak, after a state appeals court ruled that the computer maker can't immediately get its hands on records of who may have contacted an Apple enthusiast site with details on an unreleased product.

Tivo Fan's

For those who can't live without their Tivo, checkout their blog site.

Into The Wild Blog Yonder

The once-secretive Boeing opens itself up -- to employees, customers, and the public...via blogging.

Blog Links to Visit

Below are links related to blogging, courtesy of the New York Times:

• Linkology: How the 50 Most Popular Blogs Are Related
• The Early Years: A Timeline of Blogging
• Five Cool Blogs to Check Out Now
• Meet the Bloggers
• The Long Tail Theory: Why B-list Blogs Can Make It, Too

The Blog Establishment

Blogs to Riches

The first massively popular blogs—built from blood, sweat, and the democratically earned approval of tough-to-please Websurfers—were the kind of success stories everyone loves. But these days, a lot of aspiring Internet barons are discovering that the online aristocracy is about as tough to crack as any other.

Better Blogging Coming to Six Apart

"Do you have a blog?" Anil Dash, VP at blogging company Six Apart, kept asking as people came up to his booth at the Maker Faire. Some people did, some didn't. At least everybody seemed to know what blogs are. I have a TypePad blog (TypePad is Six Apart's paid blog hosting service), so I took the opportunity to say so and to complain about the ser... Read more

Marketers told to keep steadfast watch on blogs

Big companies' ad buyers are warming up to the likes of blogs, RSS and podcasts.

S.J. court to weigh blogger's rights

At PowerPage.org, a Pennsylvania blogger offers up a daily menu of passionate online dish about all things Apple Computer. It looks like just another run-of-the-mill site in the vast and exploding blogosphere -- advertisements, links and an introduction that says ``Publishing since 1995.''

Blogosphere suffers spam explosion

Boing Boing would allow its readers to leave comments and engage in a discussion on the wildly popular blog, if it weren't for spam.

Build Your Blog to Build Your Career

With 40,000 blogs launched each day, blogs have become an excellent way for you to build and promote your personal brand...

Blogging for Beginners

Welcome to Blogging for Beginners Series. The series is based largely upon the questions regularly receive from newer bloggers.

By the way - if you enjoy these posts and want to keep in touch with ProBlogger subscribe to their weekly email update and/or track them by their RSS feed.

A new Blog Book in Town

Creating a blog is extremely easy, and you don't need a web designer or any knowledge of HTML code. Wibbels compares the features of several popular bogging sites and provides a tutorial on creating and maintaining your blog.

Ajax

Ajax Blog is a blog site that focuses on Ajax technology, Web 2.0 design and advanced programming techniques.

Blog Design for Beginners

Design can add tremendous value to a blog. When it comes to making money with your blog, proper web design can make a huge impact on your bottom line.

Wal-Mart enlists bloggers in P.R. campaign

Brian Pickrell, a blogger, recently posted a note on his Web site attacking state legislation that would force Wal-Mart Stores to spend more on employee health insurance. "All across the country, newspaper editorial boards--no great friends of business--are ripping the bills," he wrote.

Do's and don'ts of corporate blogging

Know your audience, update your blog regularly, and cover your... rear. And don't expect a blog to turn around a failing company.

MyMoneyBlog: Personal Finance Blog

MyMoneyBlog, another "personal financial tracking blog", chronicles the progress and insights of Jonathan, 27 and married, with almost $90,000 in the bank. With posts starting in December 2004, MyMoneyBlog is a senior citizen in the world of personal finance blogs.

BlogBurst

BlogBurst is a syndication service that places your blog on top-tier online destinations. You get visibility, audience reach and traffic, while publishers weave the rich and diverse fabric of the blogosphere into their sites.

Publish and Prosper: Blogging for Your Business

Here's a blogging book due out in May of 2006.

Written from three businessperson/designer’s perspectives, this book details how businesses are blogging and why you should be blogging. Filled with practical information and a how-to approach, this book will provide all the in-the-trenches tools and techniques for blog business success.

Homeless man blogs about his experience

In a different time, Michael Brown's story might have gone untold.

But after Brown, 43, and his family were evicted from their northeast Greensboro home earlier this month, he turned to the public library and its computers for answers. Once online, he couldn't find what he was looking for: advice from someone who was homeless.

Blogging's rise causes workplace issues

Amy Joyce talks about how the number of bloggers continues to grow, but the number of workplace policies explaining the company's rules on blogging remains anemic.

Apple Junkie?

Here's a great blog site for those of you who are Apple junkies...unofficial of course.

Problogger

Yet another way of making a living from blogging.

The Top 10 interesting people in the Blogosphere in 2005

Blog Herald came out with a list of the top ten interesting people in the Blogosphere for 2005.

Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes

Blogs are often too internally focused and ignore key usability issues, making it hard for new readers to understand the site and trust the author. Jakob Nielsen offers his inputs to what you should consider when building your blog site.

Blog Sites of the Week: In the Category of Art

1-MoCoLoco:Modern contemporary design and architecture.

2-We-Make-Money-Not-Art: Blog tracking everything from art and architecture to gadgets, nanotechnology, robots, and trends.

3-Pongomania: A hangout for creatures made of Pongo clay.

4-Mail Art Postcard Exhibition: Features cards made entirely by hand as well as completely digital creations.

Alpha: The CNT Blog

Check out CNET's Alpha blog, covering everthing from camcorders, digital cameras,work technology...

Blogger Gains Following With Iraq Reports

He didn't have to go, it wasn't his job and nobody paid him to do it. But Michael Yon says he went to Iraq because he wanted to see for himself what was going on.

6th Annual Weblog Awards: The 2006 Bloggies

After being a few days late to post the finalists, the 2006 Bloggies are finally up and ready to be voted on. 9rules members up for an award:

* Drawn! for Best New Weblog, written by 9ruler John Martz.
* 456 Berea Street for Best Web Development Weblog, written by Roger Johansson.
* Particle Tree for Best Web Development Weblog, written by Kevin Hale, Ryan Campbell, and Chris Campbell.
* Girlspoke for Best Podcast of a Weblog, written by It looks like the Girlspoke girls are having some server troubles right now, so hopefully they make it back up to pick up some votes.

So get to votin’!

Blog Site of the Week

Diva Marketing Blog is an approach to marketing that's fun, bold and savvy...but always strategically aligned with your brands's objective.

Pick Your Community

9rules offers a community of blogs covering the best blogs and favorote topis to select, ranging from Apple, Design, Photography. Relationships, Web 2.0,...

New Blog Book in town

I recommend reading the newly published book: Naked Conversations by Robert Scoble/Shel Israel.


About the Authors:

Robert Scoble helps run Microsoft’s Channel 9 Web site. He began his blog in 2000 and now has more than 3.5 million readers every year. Scoble’s blog has earned acclaim in Fortune magazine, Fast Company, and The Economist.

Shel Israel played a key strategic role in introducing some of technology’s most successful products, including PowerPoint, FileMaker, and Sun Microsystems workstations.He’s been an expert on innovation for more than twenty years.

Venture Capital Blogs?

Bill Burnham was having lunch with a fellow venture capitalist at a restaurant in Mountain View, Calif., two weeks ago when the topic turned to secrecy.

Blogs put megaphone up to Sundance buzz

As befits its indie roots, the Sundance Film Festival has long played host to innovations that have spread elsewhere. Blogging is one of them. Personal blogs, millions of them, are spreading on the Internet like kudzu, from LiveJournal.com to MySpace.com. Professional blogs such as Gawker Media's gossipy Defamer.com draws some 270,000 page views per day.

Business blogging hits the road

Hurricane Katrina was a defining moment for Rachel Gradwohl, a frequent business traveler.

BorgBlog

Take a peek over Jim Borgman’s shoulder as he creates editorial cartoons for the Enquirer. Look here for notes, doodles and rough pencil sketches as he draws throughout the day… Borgman has been the Enquirer’s editorial cartoonist since 1976.

Web2.0 Workgroup

The Web 2.0 Workgroup is a network of premium weblogs that write content about the new generation of the Web. Combined, these sites reach a large readership of influential technology and media professionals.

Monkey Bites

Here's a great blog site from the people of Wired magazine. Everything you need to know about software that makes the web tick, and how you can put it to use on your own website and digital media projects.

When in Rome...or Beijing

Microsoft shuts down the internet journal of a Chinese blogger that discussed politically sensitive issues.

ComputerWorld Blogs

ComputerWorld has a great blog site covering such topics as featured blogs, security, Macintosh, and more.

Why Companies Monitor Blogs

In May 2003, the consumer advocacy group Ban Trans Fat sued Kraft Foods, demanding that the comestibles giant stop selling its Oreo cookies in California.

Who's There?

Seth Godin shares his thoughts about how to write better or how to follow the traditional conventions about formatting and building a blog. Here's the PDF file.

Buzz Marketing with Blogs for Dummies

This blog is the companion Web site for "Buzz Marketing with Blogs for Dummies," a book for business professionals looking for advise and solutions fir business blogging by Susannah Gardner.

Buy the book at Amazon

I'm Blogging This

A closer look at why people blog by People Blog. Bonnie A. Nardi, Diane J. Schiano, Michelle Gumbrecht, Luke Swartz. Check out their PDF file here.

The 3M's of Pro Blogging: Multiple Monetization Methods

Andy Hagan's blog site discusses his serach for new blog niches.

Tlog, a technology blog

Pedro Timoteo from Portugal has put together a very good blog site offering tips about blogging. He also shares his insights about Firefox, Google, and more.

Blog Site of the Week

Educational Weblogs is a home that stages a cluster of weblog sites built around the use of digital tools and weblogs in education.

So what is video blogging?

Here's another helpful vlog site to help explain the art of video blogging.

Vlogs are coming

Time was having a blog was the thing, now it's having a vlog that's that rage. Below are some vlogs to check out:

1. Wikipedia: Vlog
2. Vlog Blog
3. Momentshowing
4. Vloggercon
   

Blog Ladder

Blog Ladder is a combination forum/blog community. They emphasize a clean, lightweight and high quality approach to community blogging.

Ad dollars threaten bloggers' rebel reputations

When Anita Campbell started her Web log about small-business trends two years ago, she thought it would simply be a service for her clients and help her consulting business grow. However...

Squarespace

Here's an interesting blogging tool to help those mange all of their unique content right in one place.

Blog Site of the Week

This blog is one of the best ways to keep up on Madison Avenue's ups and downs.

More cool blogs

Here are some highly recommended additions:

• TEDBlog: TED + Blog = cool
• Presentation Zen: Fantastic know-how about being a better presenter, but much more than that, too, such as this post on Wabi-Sabi.

As Teens Embrace blogs, schools sound an alarm

Teens are among the most avid users of online journals and personal Web pages, but recent incidents at North Carolina State University and other schools should give them and their parents pause.

Blog Site of the Week: TED Blog

Blog site is TedBlog. This blog covers ideas that matter in technology entertainment and design.

Cliff Notes From the Blog World

Blog addicts overwhelmed by information may have found their savior.

Are Students ready for Blogging 101?

"It's part of my life," says one high school sophomore. And increasingly, it's also part of the curriculum. Read about it here.

Blog Site of The Week

Anita Campbell delivers a well-written and informative, with an international flair. Good mix of news and opinion. Check out RFID Weblog

Blog 100

So many blog sites, so little time. Hows does one find the ones worth reading?
CNET has the answer.

Blog Site of the Week: SimpleBits

SimpleBits is a small web design studio located in Salem, Massachusetts and founded by web designer and author, Dan Cederholm. Over the years, this site has evolved into a collection of design work and publications, reported by a popular notebook that covers standards-compliant web design, technology and life.

Blog of the Week

jkOnTheRun

James Kendrik's jkOnTheRun looks at the world through a mobile filter. Providing sometimes in-depth reviews of mobile technologies, this blog is clearly the work of someone with both knowledge and passion about the needs and interests of mobile users.

Google Blog Search

Blog Search is Google search technology focused on blogs. Google is a strong believer in the self-publishing phenomenon represented by blogging, and they hope Blog Search will help their users to explore the blogging universe more effectively. Whether you're looking for Harry Potter reviews, political commentary, summer salad recipes or anything else, Blog Search enables you to find out what people are saying on any subject of your choice.

It's del.icio.us

A social bookmarks manager. Using bookmarklets, you can add bookmarks to your
list and categorize them.

Want to know what your neighbors are blogging about?

Check out Blogdigger.com to see what your friend and neighbors are writing about on their bog sites.

Guide Aims to Help Bloggers Beat Censors

A Paris-based media watchdog has released a free guide with tips for bloggers and dissidents to sneak past Internet censors in countries from China to Iran.

Here's the guide in PDF.

Psst: Want to Know My Net Worth?

Elizabeth Harris for The New York Times wrote this interesting article about Jim Wang, a software engineer, who used his blog to document his quest to save for a down payment on his first home.

New Search Engines Help Users Find Blogs

In a recent article out of the Wall Street Journal, there's a race on to become the Google of blogs.

Web logs, online diaries written and published by everyone from college students to big media companies, are being created and updated at an astonishing rate. A handful of closely held startups see an opportunity: Build a search engine that can track the information zipping through blogs, nearly in real time.

Check out the list here:
Bloglines
DayPop
Feedster
Ice Rocket
Technorati

Sun Explains Why Weblogs belong in Your Business

Use blogs to cut through the media clutter and connect more closely with customers, say Sun innovators-and avid bloggers-Simon Phipps and Tim Bray.

Bloggers journal Katrina destruction

As Hurricane Katrina tore across the Gulf Coast on Monday, the Web provided some of the most vivid, first-hand accounts of the storm's destructive path in the form of blogs, online photo galleries and discussion forums.

Build a Better Blog

Here's a helpful blog site on various tips and tricks for creating a professional business blog.

Dell: In the Bloghouse

A PC-owner's Web diary of complaints about customer service has yielded heavy traffic and some near-contrition from the maker.

Article courtesy of BusinessWeek

Yahoo! Health Blog For Hope

Yahoo! and the American Cancer Society are breaking new ground in an effort to connect individuals in the fight against cancer. In a 30-day Blog for Hope event on Yahoo! Health, celebrities from every walk of public life will share the triumphs, insights, and personal stories of how cancer has affected their lives. Join these bloggers and millions of blog readers around the world as we unite to raise awareness and bring an end to cancer.

As blogging blooms in China, firms aim to cash in

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Blogging is blooming in China as the country's vast pool of Web users clamor to make their mark online and ambitious local start-ups battle foreign heavyweights for a piece of the market.

Corporate Blogging and the CIO - Yahoo! News

Blogging began as a few individuals keeping online journals and now has become an industry unto inself, replete with its own terminology (blogs, bloggers, blogosphere), data formats, software applications and servers. Not unexpectedly, blogging has evolved from personal diaries to a method of corporate communication among management, employees and end-users.

WSJ on Marketers Reading Blogs

The Wall Street Journal has a look at marketers who look to blogs for discussions of their brands. This is a trend a lot of us are familiar with, but the specific examples are very useful.

Measuring the Effectiveness of Corporate Blogs - Yahoo! News

Executives at Microsoft write them and so do chief-level people at Sun Microsystems. Blogs (a name derived from combining the terms "Web" and "log") have drawn a great deal of attention over the past several years. The reason blogs are so popular is in part due to their seemingly unscripted format and the ability of users to post comments.

One in six Americans visiting blogs | CNET News.com

A new report out by a leading Internet research company has revealed that fully 30 percent of American Internet users visited blogs during the first quarter of 2005.

Blogging As You Go Belly Up

Check out this BusinessWeek article [by Stephen Baker] about blogging as one goes belly up.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Blog tool wins innovation prize

A team of students who created a location-aware blog tool have won the UK finals of an innovation competition.

One Blog Created “Every Second”

The blogosphere is continuing to grow, with a weblog created every second, according to blog trackers Technorati.

Fifth Annual Weblog Awards

Here are the results of the Bloggies on 'best-designed weblog':

winner
Loobylu

Karen Cheng
Jason Santa Maria
Brookelyn.org
ShaunInman.com