Archive for the 'Blogging' Category
Yahoo news is reporting that Face Book is tracking logged off users. The new Beacon ad service which many people on Facebook have condemned is apparently tracking everything it can even if the user declines having their activities tracked. This includes external sites. The Facebook ads platform has already set up many [...]
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December 5th, 2007 | Posted in Blogging, The Internet | No Comments
OoPrint is providing 100 Free blogger cards to promote your online blog in the real world. The Ooprint blogger cards are customizable with a tag cloud for your blog topics. These 100 cards are completely free except for shipping costs. You can view a full product catalog at the OoPrint web site [...]
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November 19th, 2007 | Posted in Blogging, The Internet | No Comments
I have said before that choosing the right web host is important and so is having a backup plan. Here is why:
Web Host NaviSite notified that service would be down for 12 hours for a server move. Well guess what. All of the 165,000 web sites were down for over 120 hours. [...]
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November 7th, 2007 | Posted in Blogging | No Comments
There is a new WordPress plugin out called the WordPress Super Cache. The .1 version of the WordPress Super Cache supposidly has increased features and functionality. Here are some of the main features:
1. Hook in other plugins to the cache
2. Places meta files into a seperate directory
3. Protected posts fix
4. Disables gzip compession
5. [...]
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November 6th, 2007 | Posted in Blogging | No Comments
Ah ha. I was right in my previous post. MySpace and Google issued a press release saying they are joining forces in the OpenSocial API system. This is largely thanks to the search and advertising contract MySpace has with Google. The press release has also added other sites to the list [...]
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November 1st, 2007 | Posted in Blogging, The Internet | No Comments
The ban on internet taxes was extended for 7 years by a unanimous vote by the Senate today. This is not quite as good as the permanent ban that everyone was looking for. The tax haven of the internet continues to foster growth and innovation and make the internet the place to do [...]
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November 1st, 2007 | Posted in Blogging | No Comments
Technorati Roars Back to Life
Technorati has come back to life and just now has completed a huge update of most of the blogs in the system. Maybe this has to do with the new President & CEO over at Technorati Richard Jalichandra. Richard Jalichandra has pledged increased stability and uptime. Technorati also [...]
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October 31st, 2007 | Posted in Blogging | No Comments
Technorati has had some major problems lately. It appears that the size of the blogosphere has finally caught up with Technorati. The service has been iffy at best with few updates and much loss of data. Titles and descriptions of blogs have been dissapearing and ranks and pings have stopped. Is [...]
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October 30th, 2007 | Posted in Blogging | No Comments
It seems like everyone these days finally knows what a blog is (or thinks they know what a blog is) or has at least heard of blogs. But let me tell you one thing my friend; a myspace blog or a free blog account is not a blog. And unless you are posting [...]
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October 27th, 2007 | Posted in Blogging, Blogging Monitization | No Comments
It looks like the Google page rank update is in full effect but only in the negative aspect. This means that only page rank reductions seem to be happening. Many large and popular web sites as well as small web sites have seen page rank reductions of 1-2 points. Unfortunately most of [...]
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October 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Blogging, Search Engine Optimization | No Comments