http://www.blogospherenews.com Blogosphere News votes Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:40:16 PST en http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=What_Are_Six_Aparts_Plans_For_Vox-1 http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=What_Are_Six_Aparts_Plans_For_Vox-1 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:40:16 PST Blog Software http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=What_Are_Six_Aparts_Plans_For_Vox-1 So: is Six Apart taking its eyes off Vox? That service hasn't done too well, and it isn't based on the open follow social motif like Tumblr. The discussion here was actually about logging into Vox from New Zealand, but that is almost secondary to the perception that Six Apart isn't responsive.

131 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Announcing_the_Herald_Theme_for_WordPress http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Announcing_the_Herald_Theme_for_WordPress Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:22:01 PST Themes and Templates http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Announcing_the_Herald_Theme_for_WordPress Considered one of the premier sources of blogging news, commentary and information, The Blog Herald has gone through different iterations since its inception in 2003. Among the notable designs is Brian Gardner's grey-themed three-column layout released in 2008. The Splashpress Media design team, le

106 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Why_Lowering_the_Barriers_to_Blogging_is_a_Good_Thing-1 http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Why_Lowering_the_Barriers_to_Blogging_is_a_Good_Thing-1 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:59:48 PST Blog Software http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Why_Lowering_the_Barriers_to_Blogging_is_a_Good_Thing-1 During a recent conversation about WordPress with some fellow bloggers, the issue of WordPress' 2.9 features came up. Though I am a heavy WordPress user, running it on half a dozen blogs and writing for three other sites that use it, I wasn't particularly blown away by the feature list. Though s

94 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Official_Google_Blog_Displaying_the_best_display_ad_with_Teracent http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Official_Google_Blog_Displaying_the_best_display_ad_with_Teracent Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:59:48 PST Promotion, Marketing, SEO, Advertising, Monetization http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Official_Google_Blog_Displaying_the_best_display_ad_with_Teracent Can you spot the difference between these two sample display ads? Of course you can. However, the most important difference is not discernible to the naked eye.

93 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Should_WordPress_Buy_Pheedo-com_Or_Build_Something_Similar-1 http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Should_WordPress_Buy_Pheedo-com_Or_Build_Something_Similar-1 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:59:48 PST Web Services http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Should_WordPress_Buy_Pheedo-com_Or_Build_Something_Similar-1 One feature that I love about both Blogger and WordPress.org is that I can redirect my default RSS feed over to FeedBurner in order monetize my blog feed. While this option is available via plugin for WordPress.org fans and baked in for Blogger users (ever since Google purchased FeedBurner), Wor

82 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Blog%A0Subscriptions http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Blog%A0Subscriptions Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:59:48 PST Blog Software http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Blog%A0Subscriptions This is a very simple way for your readers to subscribe to your blog and receive updates by email. Anyone can subscribe, whether they have a WordPress.com account or not. All you need to do is add the Blog Subscription widget to your blog and then you and your readers are ready to go.

73 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=A_Blogging_Case_Study_Covering_a_Big_Event_in_My_Niche-1 http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=A_Blogging_Case_Study_Covering_a_Big_Event_in_My_Niche-1 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:59:48 PST Tutorials and Tips http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=A_Blogging_Case_Study_Covering_a_Big_Event_in_My_Niche-1 A couple days I tried an experiment in which I covered a big event in my niche. My blog is in the gaming niche. More specifically, I write about Magic The Gathering (MTG), a popular trading card game. MTG recently had their World Championship Tournament. This tournament happens once a year and t

72 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Five_Ways_to_Tweak_a_Wordpress_Theme http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Five_Ways_to_Tweak_a_Wordpress_Theme Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:59:48 PST Themes and Templates http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Five_Ways_to_Tweak_a_Wordpress_Theme But to set your blog apart, you'll want to tweak that theme- and when I say tweak, I mean make small changes here and there. To make these tweaks to your theme of choice, a tool like the Firebug extension for Firefox can be very handy- but, really, any text editor will do.

70 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=WordCamp_PH_2009_WordPress_in_the_Wild-1 http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=WordCamp_PH_2009_WordPress_in_the_Wild-1 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:59:14 PST Blog Software http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=WordCamp_PH_2009_WordPress_in_the_Wild-1 Back in September, I had the chance to talk about a technology topic I've always loved long before it became a household name - WordPress. If you recall in 2008, I was also at WordCamp Philippines and discussed Developing WordPress Plugins, this time around my talk was WordPress in the Wild: Deploy

72 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Is_Your_Blog_Bloated_With_Unnecessary_Stuff http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Is_Your_Blog_Bloated_With_Unnecessary_Stuff Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:47:47 PST Tutorials and Tips http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Is_Your_Blog_Bloated_With_Unnecessary_Stuff If you observe the business world, you'll often see companies releasing new products in a different sub-niche or niche. These products can be closely related to their existing products. For example, M&M's stayed in the food niche when they entered the ice cream market. Other companies will enter a

74 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Twitter_geotagging_Will_you_be_using_the_new_service http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Twitter_geotagging_Will_you_be_using_the_new_service Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:47:47 PST Web Services http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Twitter_geotagging_Will_you_be_using_the_new_service Do you Twitter from your mobile device while on the go, or do you tend to use the service from the comfort of your home computer?

14 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Twitter_says_business_accounts_will_arrive_this_year http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Twitter_says_business_accounts_will_arrive_this_year Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:47:47 PST Web Services http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Twitter_says_business_accounts_will_arrive_this_year Twitter says it will roll out commercial accounts before the end of the year, offering business users a package of tools and analytics in an effort to kick-start revenues for the microblogging firm. The company also hinted it could sign syndication deals with news outlets and media firms in the fut

15 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Are_You_Blogging_Like_a_Puppy http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Are_You_Blogging_Like_a_Puppy Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:47:47 PST Tutorials and Tips http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Are_You_Blogging_Like_a_Puppy Two months ago my wife and I welcomed home a shiba inu puppy. Saying it's been a life adjustment would be an understatement. He's flipped everything we know on its head. Each day is a rollercoaster. Whether we are on an up or a down on this doggy ride, it's evident that there are lessons to be lear

15 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Sunday_Morning_SEO_Optimizing_Title_Tags_Post_Titles_and_URLs http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Sunday_Morning_SEO_Optimizing_Title_Tags_Post_Titles_and_URLs Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:47:47 PST Promotion, Marketing, SEO, Advertising, Monetization http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Sunday_Morning_SEO_Optimizing_Title_Tags_Post_Titles_and_URLs As you write a post, it only takes a couple minutes to optimize the title tag, post title, and URL. The benefits are well worth it because you'll rank for more keywords, get more search traffic, and improve your click through rate on the search engine results pages (SERPs) and the RSS readers.

14 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Is_Automattic_Evil http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Is_Automattic_Evil Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:32:35 PST Blog Software http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Is_Automattic_Evil Stick around the WordPress community for a period of time and you're bound to come across a few folks who say Automattic is an evil company or Matt Mullenweg is evil in the way in which he runs WordPress.org. The more time I spend talking to Matt and with other employees of Automattic, the more I d

11 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=British_Press_Complaints_Commission_slammed_for_its_desire_to_regulate_blogs http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=British_Press_Complaints_Commission_slammed_for_its_desire_to_regulate_blogs Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:32:35 PST Blogging News http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=British_Press_Complaints_Commission_slammed_for_its_desire_to_regulate_blogs The last few days has seen an interesting standoff developing between the British press regulatory body, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), and the bloggers it may be seeking to regulate.

10 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Announcing_TypePad_Micro-1 http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Announcing_TypePad_Micro-1 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:32:35 PST Blog Software http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Announcing_TypePad_Micro-1 As part of our ongoing rollout of the NEW TypePad we are pleased to announce new social blogging features and the launch of TypePad Micro: a completely free level of TypePad focused on easy sharing of text, photos, and videos.

11 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=How_Blogging_Has_Changed_Over_The_Last_3_Years_Stats http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=How_Blogging_Has_Changed_Over_The_Last_3_Years_Stats Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:29:49 PST Blogging News http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=How_Blogging_Has_Changed_Over_The_Last_3_Years_Stats Reader engagement with blogs has changed dramatically over the last three years, primarily because of the rise of online social networks, according to new numbers released by analytics firm Postrank today. Postrank published an analysis based on metrics for signals like comments, trackbacks, shared

9 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Paul_Scrivens_Takes_Over_as_Splashpress_Media_Publisher http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Paul_Scrivens_Takes_Over_as_Splashpress_Media_Publisher Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:29:49 PST Blogging News http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Paul_Scrivens_Takes_Over_as_Splashpress_Media_Publisher Folks, let me introduce to you Paul Scrivens. "Scrivs" to most friends and acquaintances, this new media maven probably needs no introduction. He has founded a host of networks, blogs and other online properties that have met success, and are to-date thriving. Some have eventually found their way i

11 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Movable_Type_Monday_Gravatar_ooVoo_and_Farsi__The_Blog_Herald http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Movable_Type_Monday_Gravatar_ooVoo_and_Farsi__The_Blog_Herald Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:29:49 PST Blog Software http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Movable_Type_Monday_Gravatar_ooVoo_and_Farsi__The_Blog_Herald Happy Monday, folks! This week, we've got some new Movable Type plugins in the Plugins Directory. First, though, for those of you that want to keep up with the MT community, check out the excellent Twitter list assembled by Ken Edwards. Follow that list for constant updates from the MT crowd.

10 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Microsoft_brings_WordPress_onto_its_cloud_Automattic_blogs_will_go_Azure http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Microsoft_brings_WordPress_onto_its_cloud_Automattic_blogs_will_go_Azure Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:29:33 PST Blog Software http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Microsoft_brings_WordPress_onto_its_cloud_Automattic_blogs_will_go_Azure Microsoft is playing catchup in the cloud realm. Amazon (AMZN) and Google (GOOG) have both been running live cloud-computing offerings for over a year and have gained considerable traction with Internet companies and IT organizations seeking to avoid the limitations of physical servers, hardware ma

1 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Tim_Berners-Lee_and_W3C_Announces_New_Projects http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Tim_Berners-Lee_and_W3C_Announces_New_Projects Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:29:30 PST Blogging News http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Tim_Berners-Lee_and_W3C_Announces_New_Projects Of course you all know who we refer to as the father of the web, right? - The one and only Sir Tim Berners - Lee. Berners-Lee is set to go on a trip to Africa, particularly Kenya and Uganda, to meet with several government leaders, educators and development workers. Part of the discussions that wil

2 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=WordPress_2-8-6_Security_Release http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=WordPress_2-8-6_Security_Release Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:43:44 PST Blog Software http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=WordPress_2-8-6_Security_Release 2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges. If you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to 2.8.6 is recommended.

2 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Buy_Sell_Trade_at_the_Performancing_Marketplace http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Buy_Sell_Trade_at_the_Performancing_Marketplace Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:33:21 PST Blogging News http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Buy_Sell_Trade_at_the_Performancing_Marketplace The Performancing Marketplace is just another one of those things that had been put on hold when we made the big move from Drupal to WordPress. After some thought and tweaking (plus a bit of elbow grease), we're pleased to announce that the Performancing Marketplace is now back online.

2 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Twitter_How_much_is_too_much_information http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Twitter_How_much_is_too_much_information Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:33:21 PST Tutorials and Tips http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Twitter_How_much_is_too_much_information Even more than blogging, Twitter seems to be the ultimate way to say exactly what you mean, sometimes without thinking about the consequences, and sometimes not caring.

2 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Sunday_Morning_SEO_Stats_to_Consider_for_SEO http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Sunday_Morning_SEO_Stats_to_Consider_for_SEO Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:33:21 PST Promotion, Marketing, SEO, Advertising, Monetization http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Sunday_Morning_SEO_Stats_to_Consider_for_SEO One of the things I've been trying to do recently has been to combine my stats analysis with SEO. Stats analysis and SEO are both powerful marketing strategies so I thought combining them could definitely improve my blog. Most bloggers just look at their visitor count but if you dig a little dee

2 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=5_Copyright_Hazards_to_Avoid http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=5_Copyright_Hazards_to_Avoid Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:33:21 PST Tutorials and Tips http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=5_Copyright_Hazards_to_Avoid Most bloggers understand the importance and the value in creating original content. Most would be at least somewhat upset to their own writing used on other sites without permission or attribution and many actively track their work for misuse. However, there is more to being a good copyright cit

2 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Five_Blogging_Lessons_from_Julie_Powell http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Five_Blogging_Lessons_from_Julie_Powell Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:33:20 PST Tutorials and Tips http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Five_Blogging_Lessons_from_Julie_Powell I just finished watching the movie Julie and Julia as recommended by Juned in a previous post here in XFEP. Indeed it was a very inspiring movie - for writers and bloggers. Julie Powell may not be the best blogger in the world, but she definitely excels in one important thing that all of us blogger

2 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Learn_Business_From_Tony_Hawk_at_BizCrunch http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Learn_Business_From_Tony_Hawk_at_BizCrunch Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:33:20 PST Tutorials and Tips http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Learn_Business_From_Tony_Hawk_at_BizCrunch Earlier this month, The Business Insider talked to him and he shared 5 business tips that have helped him get where he is right now. Here are those tips:

2 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=6_Top_Mac_Apps_For_FREE_From_MacHeist http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=6_Top_Mac_Apps_For_FREE_From_MacHeist Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:30:12 PST General http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=6_Top_Mac_Apps_For_FREE_From_MacHeist MacHeist has released the nanoBundle, which consist of 6 popular Mac apps namely: ShoveBox, WriteRoom, Twitterrific, TinyGrab, Hordes of Orcs and Mariner Writer.

2 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=How_to_Address_Complaints_Posted_on_Blogs_and_Social_Media http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=How_to_Address_Complaints_Posted_on_Blogs_and_Social_Media Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:30:09 PST Tutorials and Tips http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=How_to_Address_Complaints_Posted_on_Blogs_and_Social_Media When you run a business, image has a big role in whether you succeed or not. You spend money for building goodwill among your existing clients. You spend money for marketing in the aim of getting new customers. But sometimes, one wrong move might prove to be disastrous, especially if word about cer

3 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=How_to_Get_User_Generated_Content_for_Your_Blog http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=How_to_Get_User_Generated_Content_for_Your_Blog Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:20:56 PST Tutorials and Tips http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=How_to_Get_User_Generated_Content_for_Your_Blog One of the things that's fascinated me is how blogs can get their readers to create content for them for free. It doesn't take a genius to realize that user generated content (UCG) can be a great boon for your blog. UCG allows you to have more content for less work. Once you start getting submis

2 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Performancing_Hive_Get_your_free_membership http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Performancing_Hive_Get_your_free_membership Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:20:56 PST Promotion, Marketing, SEO, Advertising, Monetization http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Performancing_Hive_Get_your_free_membership Get a free membership to Performancing Hive, which usually costs $10 per month, so you can be part of this budding community.

2 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Facebookrsquos_City_of_Eternals_Game_Breaks_Social_Gaming_Norms http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Facebookrsquos_City_of_Eternals_Game_Breaks_Social_Gaming_Norms Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:20:56 PST Web Services http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Facebookrsquos_City_of_Eternals_Game_Breaks_Social_Gaming_Norms City of Eternals, unlike other Facebook social games will feature synchronous play - live gameplay where movement and action are constantly moving. In case you haven't noticed, most Facebook games available today are asynchronous in nature. Hence, game progress is slow and user engagement on the a

2 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=5_Tips_for_Free_Wordpress_Theme_Authors http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=5_Tips_for_Free_Wordpress_Theme_Authors Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:20:56 PST Themes and Templates http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=5_Tips_for_Free_Wordpress_Theme_Authors Many web designers and developers like to create free Wordpress themes. It's great for your portfolio, offers good practice, and- perhaps best of all- lets you flex your creative muscles without all the limitations a client project has. Here are five things to keep in mind when creating your free W

2 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=10_Things_You_Need_to_Know_About_WordPress_2-9 http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=10_Things_You_Need_to_Know_About_WordPress_2-9 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:01:24 PST Blog Software http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=10_Things_You_Need_to_Know_About_WordPress_2-9 Grnentlemen, start your engines! WordPress 2.9 is just around the corner. Unlike WordPress 2.8, which Mark Jaquith describes as the Snow Leopard of WordPress since most of the basis of the WordPress 2.8 upgrade was complete rewrites and optimization of the infrastructure that ran WordPress instead

2 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Murdoch_considers_Google_ban http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Murdoch_considers_Google_ban Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:01:24 PST Blogging News http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Murdoch_considers_Google_ban Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, has said he is likely to remove his newspapers' stories from Google's search index once his company has established a system to start charging for online content.

2 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=LinkedIn_works_with_Twitter_and_vice_versa http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=LinkedIn_works_with_Twitter_and_vice_versa Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:01:24 PST Web Services http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=LinkedIn_works_with_Twitter_and_vice_versa Today we're announcing a partnership between LinkedIn and Twitter - and new features that we think are going to make both Twitter and LinkedIn more powerful for you.

2 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Microsoft_Bing_Gives_WiFi_Users_Free_Search http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Microsoft_Bing_Gives_WiFi_Users_Free_Search Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:01:24 PST Blogging News http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Microsoft_Bing_Gives_WiFi_Users_Free_Search Microsoft's Bing and JiWire will announce Monday an advertising campaign, along with the results, that lets consumers gain free WiFi Internet access at participating hot spots in exchange for one search on the engine.

2 Vote(s) http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Movable_Type_Monday_MT5_Release_Candidate_Event_Calendars_Melody_Update_and_More http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Movable_Type_Monday_MT5_Release_Candidate_Event_Calendars_Melody_Update_and_More Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:01:24 PST Blog Software http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Movable_Type_Monday_MT5_Release_Candidate_Event_Calendars_Melody_Update_and_More Happy Monday, folks! Well, after several rounds of beta testing, the first release candidate of Movable Type 5 is here.

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