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.