Blogosphere

It’s amazing. MPs have voted against awarding themselves an above-inflation pay rise. And yet I haven’t seen a single blog post on this piece of news by any non-journalist come through my RSS reader. The blogosphere must be in shock.

It's easy to get lost in the blogosphere. There are thousands of lawyers publishing blogs, and new blawgs launch everyday, each elbowing each other for room in an increasingly more crowded market. Two services have recently launched to help keep it all straight. LexMonitor strives to be a comprehensive database of every blawg. It's organized by category, author, and tags, and is updated as freque

I came home last night to find that some traffic had come in to my site from an unfamiliar host that had one of my article names in its permalink. (If you’re not reading this on getmoneyenergy.com, this post has been stolen too.) I followed up on it to find that one of [...]

While going through my blogroll, I noticed that some folks are giving up on blogging. I've removed a few dead links from my list.It's an amazing thing, how one can get caught up in the idea of sharing oneself with the world like this. It's scary, especially when you make mistakes and the whole world is watching.Don't worry...I'm still here and not planning on going anywhere for a bit...sorry if

I am not usually an authority on everything going on in my little corner of the blogosphere. I tend to spend a lot of time on the computer working and less visiting than I’d prefer. Those wee hours that span the bridge between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning tend to be the exception [...]

I've pointed you to Andrew Dlugan's blog before, but today I want to mention his "Week in Review" Saturday posts that gather interesting content from around the public speaking blogosphere and plops them down all in one place.It's a great way to get caught up on valuable public speaking posts on a wide range of topics, and you know they'll be good because Andrew has done the filtering. I don't kno

Here’s the latest sampling of the real estate blogosphere in Orlando. Conway Blog: FCAT Scores Are In: Which Conway Schools Are Best Sand Dollar Realty Blog: Florida’s Brand New Foreclosure Fraud Law East Orlando Life: Florida Parents Not Doing Their Job Blog About Orlando Real Estate: Why Should Anyone Buy a Home In This “Down” Real Estate Market Orlando Realty [...]

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This past week was a busy one for this blog. I co-founded a new blog network with 4 other blogs, posted about how to find cheap gas, told people how to save money on their hospital bills, and talked about how important health insurance is. I even found the time to take a few pictures of the flowers that are popping up in our front yard. Below is a picture of one of our Hosta pretty flowering bus

The latest Shobha De Blog has this item about how Vijay Mallya (he of the failed Royal Challenger team in Indian Premier League, if you don’t know what this is, it’s the latest in cricketing follies... This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!

Father’s Day is coming up in T-16 days. Do you know what you’re getting your Dad or your baby’s dad? I’ve been asking Steve what he wants for Father’s Day, and he said everything he wants, we can’t afford. (He gives me the same answer EVERY year when I ask him what [...]

I am considering myself a business blogger - I blog all about business and entrepreneurship. To me, business blogger bears a great responsibility. You bluff and create a fairy tale about a business issue, your reputation is at stake, and you reader’s business decision based on your post is at stake. You offer solution, you are a life [...]

Interesting post from Steve Boriss on The Future of News, on the different effects the blogosphere will have on British and American media outlets.The Internet has caught American journalism flat-footed. Suddenly, there is a huge demand for opinion, and a newly resentful public realizing they have been deprived of it, if not lied to — that there is no such thing as an objective, right-down-the-m

Welcome to Dolphin Research Center's new web journal. This is an exciting new venture for us and we hope that it will be exciting for you, too. Now celebrating our 24th year, Dolphin Research Center is a nonprofit marine mammal education and research facility, located in the heart of the Florida Keys. Twenty Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (including three adorable one-year-olds) and a

What does the future hold for atheism in the United States? Will momentum build until even our harshest critics will acknowledge the reality of the atheist movement, or might our growing influence wane and further delay the goal of atheist equality? I'm no fortune teller, but I'll gladly speculate on what we might see over the next few years. This post focuses on the future of American atheism wit

As a fan of the current affairs and comedy output of Radio Four (along with the rest of my family) I've been thinking about the station's interactivity.BBC Listen Again, like the iplayer, is excellent. Unlike 4OnDemand, it requires no downloads and therefore can be used from any machine. I can use the iplayer while writing a blog post in the university library. I can't do that with 4OnDemand.Howev

"ReadWriteWeb published their definitive list of the top Twitter clients. The methodology for that list was watching the Twitter public feed and logging tweet sources. However, how does the list of clients people are using match up the list of the ones people are talking about? Using data from blog search engine Twingly, we decided to see which Twitter clients are getting the most buzz on blogs. T

Yes, it's true that anyone with access to a computer and some Internet savvy can have a blog up and running in no time. But not all blogs are welcome, especially in the fashion and beauty blogosphere. (The fact that my blog even took off as quickly as it did is remarkable to me!)Allow me to explain...When I entered the blogosphere last year, I couldn't contain my excitement. I finally had a cre

It's My 200th Day in the Blogosphere! Congratulations to me! lol Thanks to all who help me in this cruel online world. To all my blogging friends and also haters. Luv U all! Thanks to Googel for the continued love (PR2 to PR3) despite of all the Peydpost on this blog. (but i will not be surprise, if you retract that PR one of these days) Thanks to Makoy, i won his $50 review contest! I'm

It's My 200th Day in the Blogosphere! Congratulations to me! lol Thanks to all who help me in this cruel online world. To all my blogging friends and also haters. Luv U all! Thanks to Googel for the continued love (PR2 to PR3) despite of all the Peydpost on this blog. (but i will not be surprise, if you retract that PR one of these days) Thanks to Makoy, i won his $50 review contest! I'm

I haven’t been around for too long, but I do have the feeling that things are different now than they were when I started paying attention to the English language Asian & Taiwanese blogospheres around 3 years ago, and I have to say - I think there’s something great going on in our tiny Taiwan [...]

In January of this year I made a bet with members of our team. The bet was that dollar for dollar the long tail and sponsored posts were a better advertising investment than display ads on an "A-List" blog. I knew what the performance was through our network and had seen what the "A-Listers" were charging for display ads. I decided to plunk down some money and see if I was right. I first tried to buy advertising on TechCrunch to prove my point, but when Mike Arrington declined I went looking for a comparable property. I thought about Mashable and even Calacanis.com, but we ultimately purchased a one month campaign on the ultra popular tech website ReadWriteWeb.com, of which I a personally a fan and consider to be "A-List" material . We decided to promote the t

I've finally landed in my hometown of Detroit, MI and am ready for some R & R (YES...I said Detroit). Therefore, I decided that I won't be posting any new content until Monday. However, this week was full of incredible articles for small business owners from some of the best in the blogosphere. So just in case you've missed anything, I've comprised a list of some must reads to get you through the weekend.1) Top 10 Strategies for becoming Uncommonly Successful-My favorite this week was an article written by Stacey Mayo over at Business Know How. Nicely written article that uses exerts from her new book. Re-iterates many things that we(entrepreneurs) lose sight of during hustle and bustle (some of which are mentioned in my post Why are You and Entrepreneur?).2) New IRS Campaign targets h

Raul Castro announced today that he is commuting all death sentences in Cuba (with the exception of 3 individuals charged with terrorism) to lesser sentences, citing humanitarian reasons. Cuba has faced pressure from human-rights activists to abolish its death penalty, which is still administered via firing squad. The commutations are the latest in a wave of populist reforms introduced by Raul Castro since his older brother Fidel Castro retired and handed him power. Over the weekend he announced he's raising pensions for retirees as well as salaries for some government employees, while earlier this month he lifted long-time bans on Cubans owning cell phones and staying in hotels reserved for foreigners. From the Miami Herald: The pay increases — which will affect almost one in five C

News Daniel of Blogging Tips has initiated RSS Awareness Day to take place 1st May. The objective - to get as many people as possible talking about RSS and its benefits. Read his blog for More details on how to get involved. If there is a web article that you do not have time to read [...]

If you all get a moment, check out the MASN Sports website and listen to the "Orioles Insider Roundtable". I heard it while on my break here in the office and both Steve Melewski and Dave Johnson interviewed Andy MacPhail.I like Andy's perspective on the team so far, and it seems that he's pleasantly surprised at the team's start, the job that Dave Trembley is doing, and how the talent he acquired are developing. While the Orioles are over .500, I'm going to be cautiously optimistic to see how things go -- especially during their road trip and see how the Orioles do.It is needless to say that the Orioles are doing very well.Then again, we are only about an 1/8 through the season.If Baltimore gets into a hole and starts slumping, expect the trade talks to start up once again with the usual

Bloggers subscribe to RSS feeds where they see only what they are interested in. With Twingly screensaver you get a stream of all blog activity, straight to your screen.Twingly screensaver helps in visualizing the global blog activity in real time.To use the screensaver a PC with Windows and a graphics card supporting OpenGL is very much required.I will advise all of my visitors to watch the beautiful youtube video below before downloading the screensaver.Please share your views about this post.For more tips subscribe to my feeds

I am very sorry that I have to write this because most of you are not in violation. In this instance it is a few rotten apples spooling the whole bunch. To Who It May Concern: I have one request and one request only. If you have a view that opposes my own by all means please comment on this blog. However I ask that you be civil and reasonable. I don't troll the sites of bloggers with political views other than my own so I can pile on and try to persuade them to be on my side or support my candidate. That's what my posts are for on my own blog. The same should be true on your end. By all means you can make a valid argument and get your comments posted. However trolling will not be tolerated. I've had about enough! Thank you!

As we are in the third week of the season, I know one thing -- this team is a lot better than that was last year and I'm upping my win total to 70 for the 2008 Baltimore Orioles.The law of averages may perhaps take over, but so far, it's been good.On Thursday night, the Orioles had their backs to a wall -- however, they fought back against Bobby Jenks (my god is he huge -- he needs to go a Nutri-System diet or something) as the Orioles scored two in the ninth and Adam Jones had a game-winning hit in the 10th inning to give Baltimore the win, 6-5.The bullpen, which has been a tad shaky this week, pitched four scoreless innings and got the win. Jeremy Guthrie was solid -- until the top of seventh inning where he gave back to back home runs to get the hook. He allowed four runs, three earned

BLOGOSPHERE I’m gone for a couple of days dear readers. I have to go to the Roadburn festival. Ofcourse i know you are all going to miss me very much, but unfortunately there is this tiny voice in the back of my head that keeps saying i must go to Tilburg this weekend. I will be back on Monday and ofcourse i will be posting some of your, soon to be, favourite music. Until that time you can go

I blogged about this over at my other Blog, Chuck's Place.   Seems that the Liberal Moonbat, Faggot enabling, Village Voice has done a review of the Conservative Blogosphere.    The bastards didn't even include me, No worries, less of them idiot far lefties that I have around these parts the better.   Others on this: Little Green Footballs, Liberal Values, The Daily Dish, Althouse and The American Mind

American Airlines follows Delta and opens their own blog in order to provide news to their passengers. The blog is titled "AA Conversations", and not surprisingly the first post had to apologize for the 3,000 flights they had to cancel during April due to maintenance of their MD-80 fleet. Another web site that shows internal news and stories from American Airlines is "Tell Your AA Story", which was created by "a group of concerned American Airlines employees".

Made me laugh out loud. Iain Murray / The Corner: President's Global Warming Surrender: “It will be very bad” — We're hearing some very bad things about the President's likely unconditional surrender on global warming today. One senior source suggested that the last line of sound defense had been breached and that “It will be very bad.” Link Search: Ask, Technorati, Sphere, Google, and IceRocket + Discussion: michellemalkin.com, Macsmind and Balloon Juice – Discussion: Michelle Malkin: The enviro-nitwit-ization of the GOP is completeMacranger / Macsmind: Bush succumbing to Global Farce?John Cole / Balloon Juice: Bush's Surrender — I give you the straight talk. That is my job.

Die Webseitenoptimierung in sozialen Medien und Blogosphere unterliegt folgenden Kriterien: Die Inhalte werden oft erneuert Originelle Inhalte Thematische Inhalte Die Darstellung des Contents als Gesprächsthema und nicht als Enzyklopädie Die Fähigkeit des Autors die Inhalte für Webpublikum interessant zu präsentieren In der Fortsetzung erfahren Sie über SMM (Soziales Media Marketing). Olga

There's always going to be "projects" going on to test the response of bloggers in one way or another. Thus, this one came with no surprise. Name of "project": Million Blog List It is said that there are over 70,000,000 blogs in existence. (I suspect more.) Continue reading...

Steven Hodson over at Winextra is also having a great conversation about where the blogosphere is going. That makes two excellent conversations happening on a Sunday that are worthy of participating in if you have the time. The first one was ReadWriteWeb’s bit on digital information 250 years from now which we write about here. [...]

Here are the latest happenings in the blogosphere that I thought you should know. After Bryan Clark got back OneMansGoal from Austin late last year, he OneMansGoal is once again sold. This time, it was sold to Marc Galeazzi, who seems to be a total newbie. What’s unbelievable is that Marc paid Bryan a sum of US$10,000 to acquire the dying OneMansGoal [...]

The first casualty of the Conservative bloggers lawsuit has claimed an unlikely victim. The SaskBlogs Aggregator, run by Lance Levsen, has been taken offline due apparently to the likely threat of a lawsuit. The Aggregator contains Small Dead Animals as a member, and thus has stored posts claimed as libelous, even though they only LINK [...]

  37Signals founder charges that demo is ‘feature for feature’ copy of his company’s Campfire app.  Just a day after launching a preview version of its new Google App Engine, Google Inc. yesterday yanked one of the development product’s demo applications after a blogosphere brouhaha erupted over its origin. The move came after bloggers contended that the real-time chat demo application for [...]

The red hot Orioles won against last night as they beat the Mariners, 6-4. Luke Scott had a big night as he went 3 for 3 with 2 RBI, Melvin Mora had 3 hits, & Matt Albers got the win in relief after Adam Loewen left in the fifth inning.The Mariners homers, both two run shots from Jose Vidro and Jose Lopez; however, Baltimore took the lead in the fifth thanks to a base loaded walk and added another run in the seventh thanks to an Adam Jones sacrifice fly.George Sherill got his third save of the season; meanwhile, Miguel Batista took the loss for Seattle.***Well, after going to York, Pa., this afternoon, a bunch of baseball fans & myself were talking about the occasion this afternoon, and then the talk turned to the Baltimore Orioles.It was not good.For the most part, a lot of people

Here’s what’s going on in the Orlando real estate blogosphere. Condometropolis Blog: Metrowest Gets New Police Sub-Station Celebration Blog: Mary Poppins Has Great Advice for Home Sellers Orlando Condo 411: Auction for Solaire Condos Orlando Market Pulse: Pre-Foreclosure Pitfalls Orlando Sentinel Downtown Blog: The Metropolitan@Lake Eola The Upfront Mortgage Broker: Will the Fed’s Rate Cut Send Mortgage Rates [...]

I'll be looking forward to Sunday, as Erik Bedard returns to face his old team -- the Baltimore Orioles. He looked okay in his first start against Texas, and got shelled in Spring Training but; however, on Sunday, I think he'll be all business against the Orioles.Personally, I'll be rooting for Bedard (well not on Sunday). Not withstanding some of the media reports I have gotten about his surly behavior and whatever, I found him to be a little shy but quite polite at least when I crossed paths with him.He's an exceptional talent, I'll be rooting for him to do well. Unlike Huff, who disrespected the city and Millar rooting for the Sox, Bedard never openly dissed the city or said anything negative.Tonight, the Orioles play their second game of the season and let's hope Daniel Cabrera can kic

News Adobe PhotoShop has released a free online version Adobe PhotoShop Express. It is only available to the US as yet, which peeves me, so all I can tell you is that it is a cut down and simpler to use version of Photoshop. As you are given your own URL I presume you [...]

I had the pleasure of lunch with Tom Eblen a few weeks ago and was pleased to hear that he would be heading back out to the streets - to leave management behind and return to journalism. Congratulations, Tom. I hope you enjoy the return to your roots as much as I have mine. KSN&C will be watching. In fact, I've already noticed the nice look to his blog. KSN&C has gotta do something about its humble banner. Tom opens his tour of the blogosphere with an examination of Dudley's big plan for downtown Lexington.

Well, are you contented of your blog? Are you satisfied with your blog traffic? Don’t you want to make more money from it? Don’t you want more subscribers or a higher Google page rank, or a higher Technorati or a higher Alexa? I bet your answer is YES! You GREEDY BLOGGER! When will you ever be contented [...]

Conversations - the new marketing (or just the old marketing enabled by internet tubes?) You may remember that Joseph Jaffe used the power of the blogosphere to help market his book - "Join the Conversation" - and I helped with that endeveor by writing my review here. He called it "UNM2PNM" - Using New Marketing To Prove New Marketing. Another experiment was being conducted concurrently with Mr. Jaffe's efforts. Gavin Heaton and Drew McLellan leveraged...

Our compatriots at Greener on the Other Side compiled various opinions from across the blogosphere. My friends at Greener on the Other Side compiled a list of the preseason picks from various websites up in the link above. There are some picks that are interesting, including my selection of the Tampa Bay Rays to win the AL Wild Card. My picks were: AL East: Red Sox AL Central: Tigers Al West:

A big welcome to the blogosphere to Peter Hoots, Enterprise Architect extraordinaire at Sun, who starts his Sun blog, as I'm sure he means to go on, with a post about EA Framework 'Completeness'. Peter's blog can be found over at Good on you Peter, here's looking forward to more of your EA focused posts and wisdom already. N.B. Those of you with a keen eye will recall I've used this blog title before.

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Taylor Marsh says “this is a first” but it is not. The email sent to pro-Clinton bloggers by Peter Daou is just one more part of the Clinton campaign’s efforts to distort the record and attempt to distract attention from how dirty and dishonest their campaign has been. The email makes a bogus argument that it [...]

News Join in Conversation Week 2008, March 24-30 discussing the Top 10 Questions in the World Today… Pop Culture Heroines is a new multi author site dedicated to the promotion of strong female characters in popular culture. Writers from all backgrounds are invited to submit a request to write articles for the site. A [...]

According to a recent study by Techonrati, Japanese is the dominant language of the blogosphere. In this brief yet insightful video report titled "Blogging Japanese Style" by The Washington Post, click here to see how the Japanese blogosphere is both similar and different from its American counterpart.

Hi guys. I have been very busy the past week so I couldn’t make a new post. Although I do regularly read other blogs during classes at university. If anyone is interested in writing a guest post here at Technodorm, then contact me. Here are some nice reads from the past week from all over the [...]

The divisions in the blogosphere over Hillary Clinton can be seen in a diary by Alegre at Daily Kos which calls for a strike by Clinton supporters who are unhappy with how they are treated at the site. This is significant not because of being a dispute at one blog but because it demonstrates the [...]

Here are a couple of contests to keep you busy this Saturday afternoon:Her Accessories is giving away a rhinestone charm from Twisted Silver.Diane von Furstenberg wants to know about a woman that inspires you, and is giving away $5,000!Ralph Lauren is promoting his new perfume "Wild" and giving away a Vespa!Good luck!PS. Come back tomorrow because NY Spender is having her own contest... you will love it! :)And... coming soon... I'm finally coming out of the shadows and posting my pictures!

New York's Times Square military recruiting station.David Karnes, the hapless entertainment attorney from Los Angeles who was investigated – but cleared – of the bombing of the military recruiting station in Times Squares, serves as a cautionary tale for individuals who exercise their free speech rights, only to find themselves a target of a federal investigation and slandered in public. I say this is a cautionary tale because although the mainstream press reported on the investigation, then reported again that he was not linked to the bombing, conservative bloggers tarred and feathered him without acknowledging later his innocence. Karnes had the misfortune of timing. He wrote a lengthy memo to Democrats on the Iraq war and included a photo of himself in front of the Times Square rec

This is also one you have seen before … but I tried to do one and couldn’t … decided to use my energy instead to go say hi to a couple of you … it will take some while before I am back in full swing. Plum Sky, Digital © Diane Clancy I have mentioned the VAST [...]

This is a guest blog post by Mathe Baniaga Communication is made up of 20% spoken word, 10% para-language (tone, pitch, volume and speed of talking) and 70% body language. That is why someone thought of the adage “It is not what you say but how you say it.” In the Blogosphere, communication is only 20% spoken [...]

News Ad Lib Group Writing Project on Essential Strokes wowOwow (The Women of The Web) site is launching today 8th March - no idea what it is about but the current front page intrigued me - “If you could choose any women in the world, living or dead, which four faces would you put on [...]

Having a blog with Blogger has all sorts of benefits. It has everything apart from one very basic thing... and from the title, you can probably guess what it is. Yes, you guessed it, they lack good templates for its users. All the ones they provide are boring and useless. Unlike the ones provided by Wordpress, Blogspot templates are NOT stylish, bland and don't evoke the readers interest in your blog.Now you might say, "So what! Just look on the Internet, there are bound to be plenty there!" Well, there aren't plenty there. The majority of the templates on the world wide web are good, yet they all lack something very essential to make an excellent blog. It can be from the number of columns to the width of the main body, but there is always one thing!So to tackle this problem, I went on a l

Blogging While Female: 5 Conservative Women Bloggers Talk About Gender Issues And The BlogosphereExcerpt:"Pamela on feminism.I don't need equal rights....I'm already equal. I don't need somebody telling me something that's already a fact. All these women like Gloria Steinem, "Oh, we made it happen for you!" You didn't make it happen for me. That whole movement...is rooted in Marxist-Leninist propaganda....I'm not a feminist, I'm an anti-feminist. I think it has hurt women enormously.You've gotten a lot of flack for a bikini vlog that you did. Do you want to talk about that?Sure. It's interesting to me that would become such a point of conversation, derision, what have you, when it was really so innocent. You might say, "Oh, come on," but it really was. I was supposed to go to Israel and th

I know, I’m being a bit dramatic but for about a week it certainly felt like my blog had fallen off the face of the earth. It all started after my move from Blogger to Wordpress. The move seemed to have gone well until I realized my readers had dropped off. I didn’t notice at first [...]

Are you an A-list Bloggebrity? Check out your rating I made the B List but just take this as a bit of fun rather than something set in concrete. Reading An excellent article by Dosh Dosh (aren’t they all!) How to Become an Authority in Your Niche: Eight Content Development Tactics I recently posted on how [...]

Cujo (Signet) by Stephen King Cujo Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working: Rare Performances 1968-1978 You may have noticed a dash of semitic spice on the normally Cuban-flavored Asymmetric. It's our own little blogging blend that we like to call "Cujew." It's similar to "Mojo" in it's virile, magnetic je ne sais quoi but it's also an attempt at ecumenism- proof positive that nerdy people like Matt can peacefully co-exist with cool guys like me. Anyways, enjoy.Powered by b2evolution.

The Pepperjam Network has launched (or re-launched) with huge success and praised by bloggers. I reviewed Pepperjam on my blog about a month ago and have already earned 50$ just for referring bloggers to their service.Affiliates for BloggersWhat some affiliate programs lack is things for bloggers to promote. Those who blog about blogging, personal blogs, making money online, etc. Pepperjam offers affiliates like ReviewMe, Text-Link-Ads and SeoMoz.If that isn't your category there are tons of clothing, health, technology, computer, and men or women affiliates.Setting Themselves ApartTwo things, in my opinion, set apart Pepperjam from other companies.Number 1, their affiliate support is amazing. Several inquiries I have sent were answered within a day. Not only that you can Instant Message t

If you are up for scenes of snow, there is a very beautiful blog from Iowa City, called the Iowa Garden. Always nice pics, although today, its not the usual flowers, but the devil-awful snow we got again the other day. We usually don't get the deer coming quite that close, but we saw some branches gnawed quite high up the other day, and that was within about 8 feet of our house. I say that the deer usually don't come that close because Bear and Brandy do not allow foreign critters on Peyton land. Well, except for at night when they sleep.If on the other hand pomegranates are your thing, (nice transition yes?), Family Style Food, has some tips on juice extraction and and and, a very interesting and yummy looking recipe for Pomegranate Sorbet. Unfortunately I'm snowed in, and I'm thinking th

I've created a news feed of the latest blog posts relative to "call center technology". This feed will always be updated, so you can bookmark and come back here anytime. You can also add this feed into your feed reader, Google Reader is a recommended one.Email subscribers: you may have to come back to the web version of this post if your email client or RSS feed reader doesn't support JavaScript.

I have been blogging from last year. One of my many observations is the increasing number of hits to my blog from different companies like Google, Cisco, Microsoft, BP, Shell, Bell Labs, O&M etc through searches (E.g. Vodafone, Portugal in the inset picture). Interestingly, many bloggers gave the same feedback that there is a dramatic shift in the number of viewers from different companies of the world.Interestingly, Mark Collier raises an important question regarding companies being vigilant on blogosphere i.e. How many companies monitoring blogosphere take further action when something good/bad is being talked about?Staying with that topic, I'm quite unsure I have seen too many Indian companies coming to my site. Apart from me, talking to many bloggers have revealed the same state i

They are both all surrounding and encompassing.  Both are thin invisible layers that connect you and I and the world. Storms and swarms and streams. Energy, escape and velocity. What is the blogosphere’s equivalent of outerspace?

Mystro2B is not a new site, but a “new to me” site that I came across a couple of weeks ago.  Ken writes about all things music, education, and technology and is quite an active blogger.  His posts are well done and his content “many”.   He is an active elementary music specialist and the conductor of the Seattle Pacific Men’s Choir. Add his site to your blogroll, visit him today, and drop him a comment or two!Find the “Mystro2b” here:  and add his RSS Feed to your reader to keep on the latest from him!           ShareThis Scroll Down To Join our Conversation and Comment! Support Mustech.net -Buy us a cup of "band director's" coffee (it's not Starbucks)! Other Great Related Articles From Mustech.net!:*M

Open ID logins are now available for all blogspot blog comments- this is no longer just a feature of Blogger in Draft. For those of you using Blogger in Draft, new page elements are now available - one click subscription buttons to major feed reading sites, the ability to add Google Gadgets Add a search box A useful guide to creating a YouTube video - Winning Internet Videos from Strategic Profits. Were You There is a new social networking site with a difference. Its aim is to bring people together through shared memories and experiences. This covers a whole gamut of topics ranging from major world events, travel experiences and the more personal aspects of life, such as your first date. As well as posting about or replying to particular topics you can form/join groups, add friends and message others. The posting of images and videos is allowed. It is early days for this site but it promises to include some interesting content. RT Cunningham of Untwisted Vortex is asking for our he

Open ID logins are now available for all blogspot blog comments- this is no longer just a feature of Blogger in Draft. For those of you using Blogger in Draft, new page elements are now available - one click subscription buttons to major feed reading sites, the ability to add Google Gadgets Add a search box A useful guide to creating a YouTube video - Winning Internet Videos from Strategic Profits. Were You There is a new social networking site with a difference. Its aim is to bring people together through shared memories and experiences. This covers a whole gamut of topics ranging from major world events, travel experiences and the more personal aspects of life, such as your first date. As well as posting about or replying to particular topics you can form/join groups, add friends and message others. The posting of images and videos is allowed. It is early days for this site but it promises to include some interesting content. RT Cunningham of Untwisted Vortex is asking for our he

An Iranian student at a Canadian university has been accused by fellow bloggers of being a government agent and by the Iranian regime of being "the number one source of anti-Iran news from the Iranian blogosphere for the neo-con media" Nonetheless, Arash Kamangir says he has no intention of stopping.

Let’s Make Money Right Now by How To Make Money Online For Beginners. Introduction To Keyword Sniping by Court’s Internet Marketing School. Building Niche Sites by The Writer’s Manifesto Blog. Improving Your Blog Visitors’ First Experience by Vandelay Website Design. How to Develop the Habit of Writing Posts in Advance by Problogger. How to Value-Add Everything (Even the Little Stuff) by Skelliewag. Tweaking Blog Categories For Better Navigation by Wayne Liew Dot Com. Website Buying Tips and Insider Secrets by Blogtrepreneur. SEO Should Be Invisible, But Not Hidden by WPThemesPlugin. 2008: The Year to Take Action by BlogStorm. Why Reinvent The Wheel? Just Roll It The Other Way! by Blogging Fingers. Holiday Movie Treats by BetShopBoy. Here’s hoping that you all have a fantastic weekend and enjoy the above articles - you can definitely learn a lot from all those great bloggers. If you ever have something you’d like linked to or featured in the weekly

  Last week I was invited to a great holiday dinner hosted by MiamiBeach411.com at Tuscan Steak in South Beach. It was great to meet the crew from this popular Miami Beach info site: Gus Moore, Michelle Willett, and Mirna Arce. I know other people from their org were present, but the event was so well-attended that it was hard to maneuver around the room. So, I showed up only about 30 minutes late to find, like, half of the restaurant full of Miami bloggers. I am amazed and surprised that there is such a large contingent of Miami bloggers. I had NO idea. Truth be told, I was dragging a bit that day (Basel hangover) and had only planned on staying about 45 minutes, but I had the good fortune of sitting between Michelle Willett and Dan Renzi (yes, that guy from The Real World) and across from my friend, Lucas Lechuga, so the conversation was fun, and the hours zipped by. So here is a list of some of the Miami bloggers and their blogs for you to enjoy. I haven't been to all of

Happy Friday again! This week has been a good one here at Super Blogging, so I thought I’d pass around plenty of link love - enjoy these great articles and have a nice weekend! How to Keep Momentum Going By Building on Previous Posts by Problogger. An Equation for Explosive Blogging Growth: Content + Networking + Social Media by Vandelay Website Design. Building an Online Empire: 16 Types of Websites You Can Create for Profit by Dosh Dosh. How To Trash Your Blog’s Brand In 5 Easy Steps by Courtney Tuttle. Are Your Automated Plugins Doing More Harm Than Good? by Blogging Tips. Minor Blog Tweakings to Get Returning Visitors by Wayne Liew Dot Com. Make Your Blog Sticky And Start To Impress Others With These 10 Tips by Dott-Com. 5 Things to Make Sure Before Ordering a Review by TechnoMoney. Wordpress Themes: A Twelve-Step Program for Easy Installation by Blogging Experiment. The Basics of Wordpress: Download and Install by eXtra For Every Publisher. Make More Money with More Pa

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This award is dedicated to all the blogs which have been listed by me on the "Blogs I Love" and "My Favs". Thank you for all the joy in reading you!Ce prix est une dédicace à tous les blogs que j'ai mis sur mes listes "Blogs I Love" et "My Favs". C'est un plaisir de vous lire!Este prémio é dedicado a todos os blogs das minhas listas "Blogs I Love" e "My Favs". Obrigado pelos bons momentos que passo a ler-vos!Questo memme va dedicato a tutti i blog che si trovano sulle mie liste, cioè "Blogs I love" ed "My Favs". Grazie, leggervi é una vera gioia!ευχαριστο σε όλοι!

Happy Friday, and I hope you enjoy all of these great articles written by some great bloggers! I usually find the posts I link to either because I am subscribed to the blog in my RSS feed, or because I check the sites of the people who leave me comments - and if I find an article you’ve written interesting enough, I’ll link to it! Do you think I should subscribe to your blog? If it’s new on the scene or if I maybe haven’t heard of it before, drop me a comment and let me know - I’m willing to check out any cool site there is! Creating An Authority RSS Count + Secret RSS Booster Tip by Courtney Tuttle. Secrets Revealed: How I Pick Domain Names by MeAndMyDrum. Make Your Website Linkable by Vandelay Website Design. Why Traffic, Your Subscriber Count, and Money Doesn’t Matter at Skelliewag. 10 Messages That Will Send Your Readers Away by Wayne Liew Dot Com. Top 10 SEO Tools by EricSocia.net. Avoid Competing Against Yourself for SEO at Blogging Tips. Al

Helloooo everyone? Miss me?? hahaha.. I doubt you guys did. After all, I've been gone, what.. 3 days? Well, the reason I went missing for a couple of days was due to the "sick" state of my PC. Remember how my PC has been crashing all the time when I opened certain applications or crashed after every 3 blogs I visited? Remember? I've only mentioned it some 5 million times before.. LOL! Anyways,

What Should Individual Investors Do With All the Fear in the Stock Market Right Now by David @ Money Ning. Invest in Yourself by Learning Things of Value by MBH @ Mighty Bargain Hunter. Idiots Who Cause Car Accidents and Block Traffic Cost You $18 Million A Year by Nick @ Punny Money. A Visual History of the Stock Market From 1996 - 2007 by Jeremy @ Generation X Finance. Making A Break With The Past - Changing Habits And Thinking Long Term About Personal Finances by NCN @ No Credit Needed. Eight Quick Takes on an Icy December Day by Trent @ The Simple Dollar. How Much Are You Really Saving With Holiday Deals? by Ben @ Money Smart Life. Performance of My Defensive Stocks by Sun @ The Sun’s Financial Diary. The Lies That (Some) Financial Advisers Tell by Nickel @ Five Cent Nickel. Is Software Development Slowly Killing Me? by Lazy @ Lazy Man and Money. How To Find The Perfect Gift For The Lady In Your Life by SVB @ The Digerati Life. 7 Irresponsible & Fun Ways To Spend Your Ho

It’s Friday again, and apart from that, we’re getting ready to go into December. I find it shocking how quickly a year has went by, don’t you? But no matter the date, I’ve collected several great articles here for you to read to launch you into a great weekend, so enjoy them! Use Images From Flickr For Your Blog by John TP. How To Be A Happier, Healthier Blogger by ProBlogger. Google Makes Paid Link Stance Official by Courtney Tuttle. Writing for Multiple Blogs by Vandelay Website Design. 24 DoFollow Social Bookmarking Sites That Actually Work by Caroline Middlebrook. 6 Ways To Make Your Blog Stand Out by Dott-Com. Use Your Drawing Skills to Drive Traffic! by TechnoMoney. 10 Variables of Article Readability by Wayne Liew Dot Com. Why You Should Use StumbleUpon by Marco Richter. How to Write About What Everyone Else is Writing About by News Notion. 6 Ways To Help When Your Blog Is Down by Pro Blog Design. 13 Excellent Visual Styles For Windows XP by Brown Baron.

Brad The Blogbee, who lives at Polliwog's Pond has been buzzing around the blogosphere with his circler smile and big button nose, giving out the "Good Buzzz Blog Award" created with the help of Mike Wheeler at Things By Mike.According to Brad The Good Buzzz Award is: "The Good Buzzz Blog Award is for blogs that have generated a happy hum in the blogosphere. Whether it be for their blog in general, one outstanding, unusual or controversial post, or for something cool the blogger has done. Or even for recognizing some promising, brand-new blogs."Now, that is the nicest bee buzz about a blog a blogger could hope for, and I'm honored he's buzzed about A Nice Place In The Sun. Thank you Brad The Blogbee and give Polli a buzz for me, (that means thank her too!)Here are the blogs I believe are making a buzz around the blogosphere and I think Brad would agree. If you don't see your name for this award I have nominated you for another award that I haven't posted. I'm soooo behind on

Nice post from ReadWriteWebWritten by Alex Iskold / November 28, 2007 / 42 comments In 2004 Chris Anderson wrote an influential book called The Long Tail. In it, he argued that the future of business is to sell less of more. The main premise is that collectively, things that are in rather low demand can amount to quite large volumes. This is because there is a large number of people who belong to the long tail and they encompass a wide rage of tastes. A classic example of successful long tail sales is Amazon. A substantial subset of the book sales for the largest online retailer comes from obscure books. Amazon itself could afford to stock up on rare books as well as offer these via numerous online partners. The net effect is that a lot of book sales occured in the long tail. This phenomenon is captured nicely in a quote from an Amazon employee: "We sold more books today that didn't sell at all yesterday than we sold today of a

Award per HannaFrom Rawang Selangor Malaysia to Forli-Cesena Italy. In appreciation of our friendship inside this blog cave, I present to you this award:CONGRATULATION!Questo è l'esempio di comunicazione e di sviluppo delle comunità ed amicizie all'interno della blogosfera, che non presenta contorni o limitazioni.Un supporto simpatico!GRAZIE ZUBLI!

A Google-Skype partnership would make sense on some levels because the companies have teamed up on some major issues.Google and Skype, together at last? At least on some blog posts they are.The rumor that Google might acquire Skype was started Monday in a blog on the U.K.'s respected Guardian and since then, the report has taken on a life of its own at investment firms.Like many Google rumors there is no solid basis for any such speculation (remember the Google phone?). But it persists because there are some logical reasons for the two companies to establish a deeper relationship."Currently in favor around London's webbist community is the rumor that Google has been in negotiations to buy Skype," wrote Guardian blogger Jemima Kiss. "Google bases all of its mobile projects in London, so this is the fitting place for such a rumor.A Google-Skype partnership would make sense on some levels because the companies have teamed up on some major issues. For instance, the two companies partnere

I hope all you American readers out there had a merry Thanksgiving yesterday, and now you can kickstart your great weekend with a roundup of some even greater articles! I am proud to present the largest roundup this blog has ever experienced, so please do enjoy it! Keep writing such great content as well. What to Do When You’re Feeling Hopeless and Thinking to Quit by TechnoMoney. Ways To Write Traffic Boosting Prediction Posts by Wayne Liew. Are You Sabotaging Your Social Stories? by Blogging Experiment. How to Write the Perfect ‘About’ Page (by Numbers) by Skelliewag. How I Make Money Blogging by ProBlogger. Use Images To Get Your Best Posts Noticed By Your Visitors by JohnTP. Respond to Your Readers by Marco Richter. How NOT To Monetize Your Blog by Blogging Tips. Who Would Have Thought the Idea of a Thank-You Could Illicit Such an Abusive Response? by Caroline Middlebrook. Popularity vs. Real Life - Bloggrrl. Del.icio.us: An Underrated Link Building Tool from V

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Friday is here again along with another batch of great articles. But apart from that, you might notice my weekly roundups have gotten yet another makeover (click here to view the last roundup). There is a new ‘The Best’ badge that will be here to stay for at least a couple months, and also I didn’t include post excerpts this time. I like to spice things up every now and then. Do You Have A Blog Commenting Strategy? 5 Mistakes I’ve Found In A Lot Of Blogs 99 Resources For Web 2.0 Design 5 Reasons Why You Will Fail At Blogging Comment Smart! The 10 Most Effective Ways To Increase Blog Traffic 10 Reasons You Are Not Getting Comments Get New Readers For Your Blog By Guest Blogging The Fine Art Of Saying “No.” Series: How To Refuse A Link Cross Blog Conversation I hope you enjoyed the articles. If you would like to have a chance at being included in next week’s roundup, starting writing some great content and bring it to my attention by c

Although John Chow has never been to a sex video like Paris, he has been to a lot of scandals and controversies. Like Paris Hilton who became successful after her sex scandal was exposed, John Chow thrived and became famous from the scandals and controversies he created and he has been involved to. Paris Hilton and John Chow seem to share the same passion as well… expensive cars, fine dining and publicity. Guess what, both of them earn money from the publicity that they get. Need more proofs?Paris Hilton is famous for her frequent violations of laws and regulations, the same reason that led her to spend 22 days in jail. John Chow on the other hand has blatantly violated Google's rules and regulations leading him to be demoted in Google's search result for his own name. Quite surprisingly, both John Chow and Paris Hilton manage to get away from their misdemeanors and are still beloved by many. Essentially we ask ourselves, why are these two evil icons still successful despite all t

Hey there, fellow bloggers! Once again I’ve been sifting through my Google reader to find some very interesting reads to make your Saturday even better! I hope you enjoy this week’s roundup of fantastic articles. Don’t miss any of them! 5 Reasons I Used To Suck At Social Media: “In the last few months, I’ve gone from getting almost no social traffic to regularly having 3,000+ visitor spikes. Here’s what I was screwing up before my breakthroughs. …” Who is the Focal Point of Your Design?: “Sometimes we try very hard to create an impressive visual appearance. Other times too much priority is given to designing for search engines. While an attractive design and search engine optimization are both important, ultimately the design should be created for the user. …” Image Hosting, What is the Best Option?: “Not only do images spice up your posts it also allows you to depict in a visual way what you want to explain to your readers.

Brand-new web start-up Pijoo (pijo.com) have launched into the blog community with the open beta of their new social networking site for bloggers. Brought to you by the team behind UK start-up, Gizfolio ltd, Pijoo looks similar to other blog networking services, but adds an easy to navigate layout, super slick (if a little wide) widgets to track your blog visitors, and over-all a very nice feel to the site. Literally only a few days old, the community looks in urgent need for early adopters, but sign-up is free, so there’s really no reason not to add your blog before it gets over-crowded. They have a selection of widgets to suit your blog, with more to come as the site grows, although my only peeve with this beutiful site is the size of the widgets, make me a thinner one please! For the ’serious blogger’, there is an optional sponsor account for a one-off payment of $30 - which I’ll be signing up for, if only to try the extra features, such as detailed statistic