A Blogger’s Guide to Branding with Social Media

Branding allows you to stand out from others in your niche and show your readers what you’re all about and why they should pay attention to you. There are any number of different methods that you can take for branding yourself and your blog, and social media is one of them.

Blogger of the week - Susan Scrupski

Susan Scrupski, is a people person. It was that passion for relationships that led her to create her indispensable blog, ITInsider, and it was her blog that propelled her into her current role as Web 2.0 Evangelist at nGenera.

Web Design Blogs

If you're looking for good 'web design blogs', check out these 14 blogs.

Want to get your blog up front on Digg?

The wow factor is what gets you DIGG and the first thing that people see is your title. The title gets you in the door and the content keeps you there.

Is a Magazine Theme Right for You?

When compared to standard blog themes, magazine-style themes are much more effective for traditional websites because of the presentation of content.

7 elements to make your blog look great

What makes one blog visually attractive, but makes another one ugly?

Blogger Help Group

If you are one of many using Blogger to stage your content, here's a great resources to help you address questions regarding how to's, layouts, templates, login issues, and more.

From Russia, with love

Blogger Gorshkov Will Dish Dirt on Russian Politicians — for a Price.

Doogie Blogger, M.D.

The founder of MacRumors quit his dayjob (as an MD) to take up blogging full time.

What;s in a design blog logo?

Everything. Says this blogger who surveys the scene.

The power of female blogging

Gina Garrubbo, executive vice president of BlogHer, claims to be the biggest online community for women who blog.

How to make money with blogs

b5 Media

b5media is a global new media network featuring more than 350 blogs on a wide variety of subjects ranging from entertainment and news to technology and sports. With content written by passionate people and dedicated Channel Editors from all over the world, the Toronto-based company’s blogs attract more than seventeen million unique visitors a month!

15 Desktop Blogging Tools Reviewed

Here's a list of 15 desktop blogging editors which can speed up the blogging process. Some are free and some cost a few dollars, but in the end any of these editors can greatly help a blogger, regardless of skill level.

SEC does YouTube? Ruling says blogs are OK for public disclosures

Securities and Exchange Commission catches on to the Web's existence, updating 8-year-old rules to allow publicly traded companies to publish info to the Web instead of in press releases. Video may be acceptable, too.

Blogger - Google Privacy Tips

A Small Design Study Of Big Blogs

Smashing magazine conducted a survey to take a closer look at blog designs, analyze them and find out which design solutions are common and which solutions are not used at all.

See the survey here
See the results here

Blogger showdown at Brainstorm Tech

Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference kicked off Monday night with sharp-tongued bloggers ripping into each other and the companies they cover.

Smarter Than Your Average Blog

Voxant, the New Media Network, offers free, licensed news content from a variety of top-notch sources - AP, Reuters, CBS, MTV, NHL, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times… and tons more.

With the aim of helping bloggers increase their blog’s quality and traffic, Smarter Than Your Average Blog is a Voxant-sponsored blog that offers blogging tips, tricks, and tools - join in the conversation.

538 Twitter Users that Blog

If you’re looking to connect with other bloggers on Twitter then this is the place to be because...

Bad blogging

There are countless articles floating around about becoming a better blogger, so here are 21 tips in sarcastic form to put kind of a fresh spin on these recycled blog teachings.

Blogspot.com cited as the No. 1 host for malware

According to a report out Wednesday, antivirus vendor Sophos says it detects one Web page with malicious content every 5 seconds--a trend that is up 300 percent from 2007.

Allfacebook - the unofficial Facebook blog

This is a blog that covers all news related to Facebook. It is not in any way affiliated with the actual Facebook site. Read More

Blog Business Summit

The Blog Business Summit is a conference and seminar series on business blogging that has been touring the country since 2004.

80 Graphic Design Links You Can’t Live Without

A nice collection of graphic design links and web design links. A list every designer should check out.

Do you comment on blogs?

30 Boxes is a great way to keep track of your web stuff and it allows you to easily maintain and share your identity (who you are and stuff you have on the web). When you comment on blogs that have Buddy Cards enabled 30 Boxes displays a nice pop up with information about you.

My Son, the Blogger: An M.D. Trades Medicine for Apple Rumors

For eight years, Arnold Kim has been trading gossip, rumor and facts about Apple, the notoriously secretive computer company, on his Web site, MacRumors.com.

Al Gore Cheers Bloggers At Netroots Nation Conference

It produced the first electric moment at the conference, the Netroots Nation, an ever-widening group of progressive bloggers whose major interests — the war in Iraq, the environment and technology — mesh well with Mr. Gore’s current pursuits. Indeed, many in the crowd — who are supporting Senator Barack Obama, the likely Democratic presidential nominee — were overheard saying they wished he were running for president.

BlogHer confab draws Macy's, not Google

At the women bloggers conference, attendees are surrounded by the mainstream-brand advertisers that the Internet media industry has clamored to attract for the last 10 years.

For she-bloggers, does it take a village to profit?

Just three years ago, Lisa Stone was one of "three chicks with credit cards" trying to form a consortium of female bloggers.

Blog site of the week

Vicki talks on her blog about how all moms have one thing in common, BUSY lives...and looking for ways to SIMPLIFY them.

Blogging and bringing home the bacon

As many as 3,000 women are at this year's BlogHer Conference to talk about their lives, businesses, and blogs; and in some cases, they're all one and the same.

Are You Overwhelming Your Readers With A Cluttered Blog?

Wordpress has become one of the most popular blogging platforms and a large part of that reason is the sheer number of plugins available to add to blogs. But many of these plugins, especially when combined with an obsessive amount of advertisements, tend to overwhelm readers with an abundance of clutter in both the sidebar and at the end of the posts themselves.

ScribeFire

ScribeFire was originally founded to be the top blog editor for FireFox which it has done with over 1.5 million downloads to date. To take the tool to the next level ScribeFire added a talented team of Internet marketers and technologists to build a next generation tool that makes monetizing websites simple. They've built a simple way for bloggers and website owners to add optimized ads to their sites.

Jason Calacanis’ First New Email Post

Jason Calacanis announced that he was retiring from blogging. There was a very mixed reaction to the news, with most believing it to be a publicity stunt. Jason said in his farewell post that instead of blogging, he would instead be posting to a mailing list made up of his followers, capped at 750 subscribers.

Most Corporate Blogs Are Unimaginative Failures

Many businesses have launched corporate blogs in an effort to better communicate with customers and capture a little Web-2.0 mojo. But Huffington Post they ain’t: Not only are these corporate blogs boring as paint, but the businesses behind admit they don’t have much value.

Architecture blogs in Romania, Spain and England

Most blogs devoted to architecture cover the whole of Europe through their importance, often even the whole world, by not limiting themselves to the presentation of this set of themes exclusively within the author’s country of origin.

Wine Brands

A journey through wine brands.

107 year oldwoman starts a blog

You're never too old to start a blog.

10 Articles All Bloggers Should Read (at least once)

Many new bloggers are often not familiar with the details of blogging software (e.g. the screwy video embed issue with WP) or they don't know much about the art of blogging (other than writing about the blog's topic).

Unobtrusive Sidenotes

Unobtrusive Sidenotes is a simple mix of Javascript and CSS that makes it ridiculously easy to incorporate sidenotes into your web pages or blogs. It even includes a handy set of colors (all set in CSS and tweak-able) to create that oh-so-subtle correlation between the sidenote and the relevant text.

McCain hares bloggers

In a December 2007 town hall meeting John McCain discussed his views on various media. During this discussion, he expressed a disdain for 'the bloggers.' It is uncertain who McCain is targeting with this statement, as there are nearly three million blogs on the internet.

30 Most Popular Blogs | June 2008

There are many blog popularity-ranking services on the web, but unfortunately, they all rely on only one piece of data for their rankings. Either link popularity, RSS feeds or some sort of traffic-ranking service.

Metabloggers

The time has come for blogging to become just a regular job. The only irregular thing about it are rare big paychecks.

How to Write Good Blogs That are Not Boring

What makes the difference between a good blog bland a bad blog on the Internet? What makes someone keep going back to a blog or never go back again?

How to Use Blogging as a Terrific Source for Online Income

Do you want a good online hobby, as well as an extra source of income?

Rick Steves: Blog Gone Europe

Hitch an online ride with Rick this spring as he researches guidebooks, films new TV shows — and shares what’s on his mind!

Chinese bloggers evade censors by writing backwards

You have to hand it to Chinese bloggers - they are determined to get the truth out, no matter what.

Gallery: Japan's Leading Celebrity Bloggers

If you go to Japan and tell people you're a blogger, they might assume you're a celebrity. While blogs are making incredible headway as a source of credible information in the United States, in Japan they are mostly thought of as high-profile diaries.

Golden rules for corporate blogging: introduction (1/3)

Once your Corporate stakeholders have understood why Web 2.0 is more than a fad and why its marketing could benefit from it (read our 12 golden rules for Web 2.0) and once they have established how their 2.0 strategy should be articulated (refer to our interactivity matrix), quite a few questions remain: how to create a professional looking blog and how to make it known?

Read Part 1: Golden rules for corporate blogging: introduction
Read Part 2: Preliminary questions
Read Part 3: Do's and Dont's

Using Blogs to Your Advantage

Blogs are solidifying their spot on the internet very quickly due to the many advantages they provide. You can easily start a blog with very little money, and you can publish content easily to your audience.

Best of the Blog Widgets

Stephan Spencer share his thoughts about his favorite blog widgets.

Google releases string of beta Blogger updates

Google announced on Friday the release of a number of updates to its Blogger publishing platform--well, sort of. The updates have gone into Blogger in Draft, the service's beta platform, with the expectation that they'll eventually become full features.

Tech + politics=?

Bloggers gather to discuss how technology could change the face of politics.

Beginner Blog Search Engine Optimization Tips

Search engine optimization can be a formidable subject for bloggers. Following is an interview with an SEO expert, Gab Goldenberg, to help bloggers learn some of the basic steps to take to optimize their blogs for keyword searches.

10 Ways Bloggers Can Use Twitter

Twitter is a fun and useful way to promote your blog and drive traffic to it. While it might seem that micro-blogging through Twitter might just be a fun thing to do, you can actually use Twitter to grow your blog.

Read about the 10 ways here.

Now More Than Ever: 50 More Excellent Blog Designs

Designing blogs is easy. Designing blogs in a unique way is hard. Whatever blog engine you are using, there are literally thousands of templates available which you can apply directly, without any significant code modifications.

The Homeless Guy

Kevin Barbieux is chronically homeless, having experienced several episodes of homelessness since the age of 21 - spending about half his adult life on the streets. On this blog he write about his experiences, and his opinions and knowledge of homeless life.

15 Entrepreneur Blogs Worth Reading

The best entrepreneur blogs — and often the most successful ones — do more than just promote the entrepreneurs or their projects. Star power can draw attention, but it won’t sustain it if the blog doesn’’t “give.”

BlogTalkRadio

Founded in August 2006 by Alan Levy and Bob Charish, BlogTalkRadio is the leading social radio network. Create your own live talk show which can be heard around the world without the need for fancy equipment or downloads. Freedom of speech meets social networking.

Blog on top of your blog with Viviti

The blog host lets you edit and manage your content right on the page. There's still a simple WYSIWYG editor, but all you have to do to edit and change content and the look and feel of the site is to click and drag the bits and pieces around. Users of Ning will feel right at home.

Like other hosted blogging tools there are a tons of customization options. You have your choice of a handful of ready-made templates that come with their own fonts, spacing and backgrounds. You can also drop in your own custom HTML or CSS file that will be hosted on Viviti's servers. Check it out.

Inside the War Against China's Blogs

Vengeful bloggers? Flaming posts? PR firms help global brands navigate the country's perilous Web.

Bloggers learn to avoid lawsuits

Miami real estate agent Lucas Lechuga began blogging to share his knowledge of the local market. He didn't bargain for a $25 million defamation lawsuit when he wrote that a Miami developer had gone bankrupt decades ago.

Business Cards of Bloggers

Want your business card on the blogging community?

Blog Site of the day

NY Donut Report!!

Now this is my kind of blog! If you love donuts, check out this blog where you're informed about great [and poor] donut places in New York.

New to Blogger?

If you're just starting out building your first blog on Blogger, here's a great place to start.

100 Awesome Webmaster Blogs by and for Women

Where are the women in the Web? In April 2007, Jeffrey Zeldman bemoaned the lack of women in the IT force, the lack of women speakers at conferences (including his own An Event Apart), and the lack of any information at all on the Web design industry.

Read the article here.

So You Want to Be a Blogging Star?

Tips on becoming a blogging star.

Diablo Cody's Tips for Blogging Your Way to Hollywood Success

Screenwriter Diablo Cody is a force on the front lines of the Writers Guild of America strike, an up-and-coming scribe who's making waves in Hollywood.

Designers Who Blog

At DWB you’ll discover people sharing thoughts, ideas and creativity about their industries. You’ll also find off-the-rack blogs amongst well designed, amazing sites.

The Real Blogger Status

Great blog to find out about the things Blogger won't tell you.

Blogger Tips and Tricks

Tips and tricks for those using Blogger (blogspot) for their blogs. Many tips are also relevant for those using other blogging services.

Another Blogging TV site

Bloggingheads.tv was started in the fall of 2005 by Robert Wright, Mickey Kaus, and Greg Dingle. Wright and Kaus, both journalists, had long been attracted to the idea of pontificating on TV, but so far few if any TV producers had seen merit in this aspiration. Wright and Kaus wondered whether the new economics of the Internet—which had already turned thousands of not-very-good writers into print pundits—could turn two not-very-telegenic people into video pundits.

BlogTV

Founded in June 2006, blogTV.com is a leader in online video and live broadcasting, and is a new and popular web location where viewers from all over the world can come share their personal talents and opinions; LIVE! Unlike some of its competitors, blogTV.com is extraordinarily easy to navigate, which means that no matter who you are or where you come from you will be able to use and enjoy all of blogTV's features.

Dilbert

If you like Dilbert, you like the blog.

I'm Blogging That

I'm Blogging That covers all the topics you want to know about: SEO, Internet Marketing, Social Networking, WordPress News, PageRank, Google, and so much more.

SheGeeks

SheGeeks is a social technology blog. Here you can find the latest news on social networks, social media, twitter, friendfeed, rssmeme, web applications and more.

A Secret to Blogging Success - Build Upon What You Build

Build Upon What You Have - starting with what you’ve got - begin to build from that place rather than being distracted by what others are building in their blogging.

How Do I Get a Professionally Designed Blog?

First of all let’s identify the goal behind this question: to have a professional looking design. The reader is specifically asking about avenues to find designers, but that is not a necessary step to achieve the goal.

Senate Race in Minnesota Shows Power of Bloggers

Read this great article about the power of bloggers.

Top 10 Tools to Get Blogging Done

Writing your blog should be a fun way to stretch your mind and stay connected to trends, friends, and the greater world, not another computer task that takes far too long to get done. But that's exactly what it can feel like if it takes you more time to find your post ideas, tweak your markup, and make everything look right than to actually get your thoughts down. Here are a few tools and tricks that make our posts go faster and smoother.

Popular blogger ignites uproar over Twitter harassment

Blogger Ariel Waldman spurred a lively debate when she claimed that Twitter didn't abide by its own terms of service. She said it refused to take down an account that harassed her.

Beyond Blogs

Three years ago Businessweek's cover story showcased the phenomenon. A lot has changed since then.

Using Blogs to Your Advantage

Blogs are solidifying their spot on the internet very quickly due to the many advantages they provide. You can easily start a blog with very little money, and you can publish content easily to your audience.

Military Report: Secretly 'Recruit or Hire Bloggers'

A study, written for U.S. Special Operations Command, suggested "clandestinely recruiting or hiring prominent bloggers."

Designing blogs is easy

Designing blogs in a unique way is hard. Whatever blog engine you are using, there are literally thousands of templates available which you can apply directly, without any significant code modifications.

Adding Google adSense to a Blogger Blog

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Blogger exposes life on the Underground

Annie Mole's blog about the London Underground rail system began as a New Year's resolution to teach herself how to make an Internet Web site and has blossomed into a popular slice of commuter life. The criticisms, witticisms and daily observations posted on her "London Underground's Blog" www.london-underground.blogspot.com

Time.com's First Annual Blog Index

From millions of blogs about nothing, Time selected the 25 best about something—from politics and global affairs to shopping and sports. And, yes, there are a few about nothing, too

Pirate Bay Launches Uncensored Blogging Service

The Pirate Bay has now launched an uncensored blogging service, called Baywords. The service is intended to be a safe haven for bloggers who want to be able to write whatever they want, without being afraid to get shut down by their blog host.

Blog 'influence' tracker BuzzLogic to acquire Activeweave

Activeweave's BlogRovr technology will be worked into BuzzLogic's "Conversational Targeting" ad service so that clients can find out where their ads will be most relevant.

In 24/7 Web world, some blog till they drop

They work long hours, often to exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece - not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home.

Six months in, and 600 posts later...

Erick Schonfeld talks about his whirlwind of nonstop blog posting, little sleep, and a growing addiction to news feeds, Techmeme, and my Blackberry.

Busting a rogue blogger

Troll Tracker has been unmasked as a patent lawyer for Cisco. Now they're both facing litigation.

Firms that actually pay bloggers (a bit)

Increasingly, Web content sites are finding ways to organize and syndicate writers' content - one even sends them a check up front.

By Richard Siklos, editor at large at Fortune magazine.

CNN fires producer for writing a blog

Ever wondered what CNN was really like? Check it out.

Geek's Blog

There is a misconception that geeks are a marginalized set of people. In reality, everyone is a geek. By definition, a geek is a person who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by technology and imagination, or other fields of interest. A geek is someone who is passionate about his interests, whether these be technology, gadgets, cars, literature, or just about anything.

Geeks Blog is all about passionate people and all about these things that one can be passionate about.

The Blogging Czar of Moscow

How American Andrew Paulson is building a growing Internet empire in Russia.

Professional Tips For How To Increase Blog Subscribers

It would seem most bloggers are only concerned with the traffic they get and fail to study and take advantage of their blogs subscriber loyalty. Here is a great article on how you can increase your reader loyalty.