Blog News Watch

Hola, folks - we’re back after a brief summer recess, with more link lovey-yummy-goodness and a new Monday schedule! On with the countdown roundup - eat up!

9:01AM: Bold pronouncement - “Blogging Enters The Mainstream“! Film at 11 . . . About Web Logs: Deb wants us to consider the poor underestimated blogroll . . . Better Blogging With Michael Martine: Michael teaches us some stuff using The Next Internet Millionaire Show as visual aide . . . Bloggers Blog: “Microsoft Launches Hackers Blog” . . . Blogging Basics 101: Full post versus excerpts in feeds . . . Blogging For Dollars Blog: Newsflash - meta blogging (blogging about blogging) gets boring after awhile (tell me about it, hon) . .. The Blog Herald: Has some great tips on a subject near and dear to any good blogger’s heart - protecting cornerstone (pillar, flagship) content . . . Blog-Op: A great how-to on fixing broken links and avoiding readership fatigue and frustration (always a good thing to avoid) . . . DoshDosh: “How to Easily Get More Members for Your Niche Community” . . . Fight! Not really - just a bonus bit of drama - start here for a Scoble rant, then proceed to rebuttals here (SEOMoz) and here (Social Media Maven) . . . Instigator Blog: New idea? Read this post from Ben Y. and take a deep breath before processing that feedback you’re getting . . . Lifehacker: Doing some investigative blogging and need access to banned sites? Try these tips . . . Lorelle on WordPress: “Understanding the WordPress Post Title and Post Slug” . . . Performancing: Explores the “one versus many” approaches in niche blogging . . . Problogger: Darren shares some productivity tips . . . Search Engine Roundtable:  Points us to a really interesting perspective on “life as a Google AdSense Publisher” from Webmaster World . . . Successful Bloggers: Liz’s SOB Business Cafe for 8/31/2007 is particularly interesting . . .

There you have it. Enjoy. Clean your plate when you’re done, ‘kay?

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This week saw the official week-after-official-launch-week of my new “Blawg In A Box” business, an hour-long conference call in which I tried to impart my hard-won (through trial and a whole lot of error) “blawgging wisdom” to other lawyers, and a freakin’ steamy week here on the coast. Any day where it’s hotter than Phoenix? Is HOT.

But the A/C’s on, and I’m digging my cushy indoor job right about now. Let’s round us up some bloggy goodness, whaddya say? (Oh - and I’m trying a new linking format with this post. Instead of using the descriptors as my anchor text, I’m anchoring to the blog name itself, but to the post - not the main page of the blog. There is one exception with the Blogger & Podcaster entry. Let me know what you think.)

9:01 AM: Want to get to Gen Y purchasers? Use blogs and online groups . . . About Web Logs: Deb’s gonna let you in on some secret blog-ninja stuff! “What the Probloggers Don’t Tell You” - shhhhh . . . Better Blogging With Michael Martine: Michael gave us a three part (so far) series on “How To Start a Business Blog” - check his home page for the other entries . . . The Blog Herald: Does anyone else find this deja-vu-ish? “UK armed forces banned from blogging” . . . Blogger & Podcaster: Shelly asked some pointed questions about a dust-up in the podcasting community over standards and representation in trade associations, and got a little flak in the comments for it, too (not to mention a call for disclosure, which was given in a later post) . . . Blogging Basics 101: “How do I add YouTube video to my blog?” BB101’s got the goods . . . Blogging For Dollars: Angela takes on the scrapers, who are at it again (or still) . . . Chris Garrett on New Media: “The Secret to Freelance Blogging” talks about blogging for pay for companies, and some questions each party should ask when negotiating this kind of arrangement . . . Copyblogger: A guest post by Ryan Imel talks about “writing everything down” (and has one of the most … interesting pics I’ve seen to date on this or any other blog) . . . DoshDosh: One of my secret obsessions is productivity pr0n, and this post comes close, talking as it does about “opportunity costs” and my favorite/most hated distraction, the boob tube (c’mon, though, TNT’s running two whole hours of Angel every morning - how am I supposed to pass that up?!) . . . Deep Jive Interests: Tony writes about VideoCafe and “pimp[ing] your blog” . . . I’d Rather Be Writing: Tom rethinks “the Importance of Screenshots, Diagrams, and Other Visuals” . . . Lorelle on WordPress: “Are You Risking Your Blog With an Unofficial Or Vulnerable WordPress Theme?” - discusses the “sponsored theme” debate . . . Performancing: Speaking of, Performancing announces that the September 2007 theme sponsorship is open for bids . . . Problogger: WHOA, Kitty! Darren’s got himself a blog makeover! I like it a lot. And here he writes about exploring your blog’s stats (part of his 31-day Project series) . . . Instigator Blog: Ben suggests linking to new blogs to get more readers . . . SEO Round Table: OK, I laughed like crazy at this title, sorry - “Google Deletes Own Blog After Mistaking It For Spam.”  Hee. HEE!

OK, I’m done now. Time for a nice, relaxing ice bath and a nap in the deep freeze walk-in. Til next week - stay cool, bloggers!

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Hola Campers and Camperettes! Let’s run down the bloggy goodness, shall we?

9:01 AM: Bratz Attack! My daughter cheers … About Web Logs: Deb wants you to be nice … Angela Booth’s Writing Blog: Mac Attack! Rounding up the best Mac apps for writers … Apple Gazette: More Mac Attack! 5 Free OSX Apps Every Blogger Should Have! … Better Blogging With Michael Martine: “Blogging doesn’t matter anymore” - Michael say what? (psst: read the comments, too) … Blog Herald: Here’s an inspirational tale for ya, if you don’t mind being shown up by some durned kid (oops - sorry - channeling grampa there for a sec) … Blogger & Podcaster: Why does iTunes make podcasters lazy? I give up - why? …  Blog-Op: Here’s a really good AdSense tip courtesy RT at Untwisted Vortex … Chris Garrett on New Media: Chris wants to know what kind of blogger you are … Copyblogger: Brian wants a story … DoshDosh: Need a blog makeover to attract an advertiser? … Google Blogoscoped: For those who’ve had enough of those three little letters … I’d Rather Be Writing: If you’ve got a technical post coming up, you really need to read this post from Tom … Lorelle on WordPress: Lorelle Greg Balanko-Dickson reminisces about what she’d do differently … Practical Blogging: Robyn asks if Vista’s ready yet … Problogger: Using MySpace to build your readership … Mashable: Two posts from Mashable - yep,  they’re just that good - first up, CMS Toolbox - 80 open source CM systems and second, 100+ tools to help you find your fortune online … SEO Roundtable: Once and for all - is cross-linking bad in the big book of Google? … Performancing: Matt wants to know what you’re doing to get ready for the Page Rank update - PAGE RANK UPDATE?! ZOINKS - I gotta run.

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Straight to it, right? Y’all have waited long enough:

About WebLogs: “Benefits of Blogging” … Bloggers Blog: The former prez Clinton is blogging! Awesome … The Blog Herald: Lorelle’s got some tips to keep your readers on your page … Blog-Op: Publicizing your blog? Gotta know how to leave comments … Blogger & Podcaster: “Information Does Not Always Want to Be Free” - it doesn’t? EFF will be surprised to hear that … BloggingPro: Thoughts on the massive Theme Viewer purge of aught-seven … Chris Garrett on New Media: “How Many Columns Should a Blog Have?” … Copyblogger: Two helpful tips on getting to the point quickly … DoshDosh: Maki’s got the skinny on something called “FoldSpy” which can help you with your efforts to design your blog for maximum profit … Google Blogoscoped: Google isn’t always disclosing ads … i’d rather be writing: how to tweak design so IE and Firefox both show it like it should be - complete with code examples … Instigator Blog: Ben wants you to write blog posts, not articles - not sure I agree 100% - I think articles have useful purposes on blogs - but I see his point … Mashable: Has a list of 30+ AJAX-powered WordPress plugins … Lifehacker:  How to upload photoshop images to Flickr using FlickrShop (Mac only) … Liz Strauss on Successful Blog: “Blogging in a Foreign Language?” … Lorelle on WordPress: Covers an equally good SEO post from Tom on i’d rather be writing, with some additional reading recommended … Performancing: I’ve been thinking lately about divesting myself of one of my practice blogs, so I can spend more time marketing the other side of my law practice, so this post on valuing your blog is really timely - note to Ahmed: what I really need now is a strategy for marketing the blog to potential buyers (hint hint)  … Problogger: “Alexa Releases Firefox Toolbar” - go get ‘em! … Slyvision’s Online Tips: SEO keyword selector tools … Web Worker Daily: I really love this site, mainly because of pieces like “5 Strategies to Web Work Without Distractions” …

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I’ve always loved Friday the 13th - it’s usually a pretty darned lucky day for me. What does that say about me, I wonder? … Hm. Best not to answer that. How about some lucky link love instead? On with the roundup!

About Web Logs: Deb’s got the skinny on Performancing’s new Legal Issues forum … Better Blogging With Michael Martine: Runs down 13 SEO optimizing Firefox extensions you must run down yourself … Bag and Baggage: Heard about Avvo yet? A lawyer rating service that’s raised a lot of questions about its reliability, earned a class action lawsuit within a week, and been widely heralded as a much needed consumer website - this is a company that knows how to work the web, at least! … The Blog Herald: I always have a hard time picking one article from TBH to plug in these roundups - they usually have a good baker’s dozen at least - but one it is, and this week, it’s “3 Reasons Why Blogging *is* Open Source Marketing” … Blog-Op: That Chris Lodge - even on vacation, he’s got you covered! What a guy … Blogger & Podcaster: Why social networks aren’t about to take over email’s primacy …  Blogging For Dollars: Angela tells you how to wrie a blog proposal - interesting proactive idea to get a blogging job … Chris Garrett on New Media: It’s Friday the 13th - are you scaring your readers away? … Copyblogger: Why be a good blogger when you can become a heroic one? … DoshDosh: “19 Ways to Get More Traffic To Your Site Using Google Images”… Freelance Switch: If you’re a freelance blogger/writer, FS wants you to take the 2007 Freelancer Survey …Google Blogoscoped: Web 2.0? That’s so five minutes ago …   I’d Rather Be Writing: Tom talks about “The Paradox of White Space” … Instigator Blog: The skinny on a possible contender to the Akismet throne - Defensio, for WordPress … Lifehacker: Mac bloggers, take note - try a download roundup from Lifehacker to make your computing life even easier (personally, I’m dying to try Camouflage - my iMac desktop is seriously messed up)  …  Liz Strauss at Successful Blog: Liz has an interesting announcement - a two-way conversation between blogs, on an ongoing basis - looking forward to seeing how this works out … Lorelle on WordPress: Lorelle has some good comments on content theft … Performancing: “Why Live Blog Stats matter” - with a solution recommendation from Ryan Caldwell …Performancing, part 2: How about an “ultimate AdSense beginner guide”? … Practical Blogging: Robyn has some tips on pricing advertising on your blog - good timing, Robyn, thanks … Problogger: Darren has a series called “What we wish we knew” - this one’s about finding readers … Quick Online Tips: “Buying quality blog comments”? In bulk? OxyMORON (the idiots who came up with this spamfest, not QOT, of course)… Search Engine Roundtable: Gives the lowdown on a Google AdWords Editor Team teleconference - some good tips in there!

That’s it for this week. Sorry I was late getting this up. There was a thing with the ladder, and a black cat, and a mirror … aw, never mind.

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It’s round ‘em up time, again! Pull the wagons in a circle and smoke ‘em if you got ‘em.

Better Blogging with Michael Martine: Paid stealth text links are blog suicide, says Martine, and I have to agree …About Web Logs: list makers will love Deb’s approach to increasing your link love …  The Blog Herald: Design tips for showing past stories that don’t show up on the home page - what an elegant little approach!  … Blog-Op: Mud Sticks, says Blog-op, and it’s a messy situation at DoshDosh that he’s talking about … Search Engine Roundtable: How to keep your Google AdSense account in good standing … DoshDosh: How to get that traffic up quickly for your new website …Chris Garrett: Why have a personal blog? … Copyblogger: Rock on - how to celeb it up in your niche …  I’d Rather Be Writing: countering the whole “must have categories” strategy … Lorelle on Wordpress: Roundup of copyright information and resources - bookmark this one … Liz Strauss on Successful Blog: Strategize your research approach … Practical Blogging: How to dig out from the social spam avalanche (seriously - one more homemade porn publisher wants to be my friend on MySpace, I’m doing something drastic) … Performancing: Showing the “related articles” list - good? Not so good? … Problogger: Son of Problogger speaks!

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Holy Feedburners, Batman. It’s time for the Roundup!

Angela Booth’s Writing Blog: Why web writing rocks - “you don’t need anyone’s permission” … The Blog Herald: Lorelle helps bloggers clean up their categories (seriously, now: “Some Blog Stuff”? Seriously??) … Blogger & Podcaster: “Social Networking the News” … Blogging Pro: Debuts a wicked cool new theme for Wordpress (seriously - love) … John Chow Dot Com: Tells us why he’s not an Amazon affiliate … Problogger: And Darren R. tells us why he is … Performancing: Raj Dash is “rethinking blogging as a [full time] career” and he tells us why with reference to Yaro Starak’s amazingly helpful (and free) Blog Profits Blueprint (about which, I have more to say later) … Lorelle on Wordpress: Now here’s a question for you: “How Much Crap Is In Your Blogging Bag?” (I’m scared to tell her I don’t even have a ‘blogging bag’) … Liz Strauss at Successful Blog: Way cool post highlighting 20 blog promotion guides “to inform your strategy” (I just get a shiver - 20! Strategy! How very entrepreneurial - makes me want to write a business plan and stuff) … Lifehacker: How to get your bookmarks via your mobile device … I’d Rather Be Writing: Features three ways to boost Google rankings for your blogs, and some SEO drawbacks (which not a lot of people are writing about, so kudos to Tom J.) … DoshDosh: “15 Feedburner Feedflares You Can Easily Use To Promote Your Content and Website” … Deep Jive Interests: Talks about branding for SEO purposes … Copyblogger: Using your content to attract prospects …ChrisGarrett on New Media: Also has some stuff on branding you should take a look at.

That’s it until (hopefully) tomorrow, when I’d like to catch you all up on the continuing saga of Blog Launch Aught-Seven!

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Golly geewhillikers. Friday already? Let’s hop to it!

It’s the BNW weekly roundup, social networking edition! Practical Blogging: “Social Bookmarking - What Have You Done For Me Lately?” Sounds like a song … Blog-Op: “Stumble Upon Friends Are Your Best Friends” - why SU is the cherry on the ice cream sundae of social networking sites … Blogger & Podcaster: “Social Networks: As the World Turns” (are you sensing a theme here?) … Blogging Basics 101: Plain English vid for RSS feed explanation - yay for the non-geek-speaking bloggers among us! We all rejoice (end of theme! that was fast)… Blogging for Dollars Blog: Asks the question “how often should you post to a blog?” I’ve been asking myself that very question lately and feel a post of my own comin’ on …. The Blog Herald: Lorelle’s penned a thoughtful piece on apologies and bloggers (I did one of my own on this theme a while back that I think all should read, and not because I wrote it) … About WebLogs: Deb has some great ideas to drawn non-blogger readers to your site … Yaro Starak’s got a new “mentoring” program called “Blog Mastermind” - check it out (it ain’t free but it’s cheaper than it will be later) …Problogger: Darren teaches you how to increase RSS subscribers with “10 Techniques” …  The Renegade Writer Blog: They want to know who to contact “in case of emergency.”

Have a super weekend, kids.

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Week-end rounkdup time, boys and girls. Here we go:

9:01 AM: Blogger releases Blogger in Draft, and though it may not quite yet be ready for prime time, it’s good to play with, they say …. About Weblogs: Deb Ng has some good points about how group-think needs to evolve into individual content … Angela Booth’s Writing Blog: Angela found a nice post from Brazen Careerist Penelope Trunk with some good points about avoiding the slush pile via blog (via Problogger) … Blogger & Podcaster: More media maven how-tos with Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty … The Blog Herald: Lorelle VanFossen runs down some of her fave portable apps for bloggers, just in time for summer vacations … Blog-Op: Scott Adams is (one of ) Chris Lodge’s heroes… Blogging Basics 101: They’ve got the 411 on how to make some cool sig files for your favorite blogging platform  … Chris Garrett on New Media: Chris started an email newsletter and talks about it here… Fadtastic: 25 ways to improve your site today (via BloggingPro) … Copyblogger: Take away the object lesson in when to stop with this catchphrase, which is totally going up on the bulletin board above my desk: “You had me at fish.” … Deep Jive Interests: Tony thinks offshore blogging is the next big scandal … DoshDosh: She wants to know if you’d like her to read your blog …. FreelanceSwitch: My favorite post of the week teaches us how to make lazy work for you … I’d Rather Be Writing: Tom’s got the easy-peasy (he swears!) ten-step lowdown on installing Mediawiki … Successful Bloggers: Liz starts a new feature that I rather like called ‘In Case You Missed It’ … Practical Blogging: Google banning mystery solved! Damn hackers … Performancing: Tips on positioning your search form on your blog.

Have a sublime Friday - and happy blogging!

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And awaaaaaay we go…

9:01 AM’s got your stats on a bloomin’ mobile web revolution …. Deb at About Web Logs was talking about niches too … Blog Herald has a kick-butt guide to web browsers for bloggers … Blogger & Podcaster is looking for scoopage, and a few good men and women in the streets, it seems … Blog-Op has a tale of woe and a cautionary lesson for bloggers of all stripes … Blogging Basics 101 has the ABCs on favicon creation … Angela Booth’s Blogging for Dollars has the rundown on a home/blogging project … Blogging Pro has a run down on Movable Type 4 … Chris Garrett asks the musical question, “Are you lazy enough working too hard?” … Copyblogger’s got some tips for when a thesaurus just isn’t enough …Dosh Dosh has the “Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Adsense Link Units Optimization” - big title, big wisdom … Liz at Successful Blog writes about half brain and whole brain, one of my favorite topics (synthesize!!) … Performancing has the rundown for code-phobes on how to use your blogroll to manage text ads … Practical Blogging got banned from Google and I have to admit - I share her confusion ….

That’s it for this week! Y’all have a blessed weekend - blog well.

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