The long and the short of it
Two surveys published this month by Canadian research firm Sysomos looks at countries around the world and the percentage of people online who blog and tweet.There are some interesting metrics in each analysis age distribution and gender, for i...

Should Open Web Advocates Stay Independent?
When it was revealed Wednesday that developer and noted open web champion Tantek Celik was joining the Mozilla Foundation, a wave of congratulations swept across Twitter and the blogosphere. But not everyone was happy to learn that Celik the form...

Not Good: Human Spam And Dumb Bloggers Are Killing Comments And Trackbacks?
While bloggers may have won the war against spam bots via plugins like Akismet, WP-SpamFree and Sabre (not to mention a whole list of Movabletype plugins), it looks like these evil promotional companies have switched tactics by hiring desperate...

Facebook Opens Up to the Web Is That Good or Bad?
There has been plenty of talk about what Facebook would announce at the f8 conference this week, but the full magnitude of what the company has in mind didn t really hit home until after the keynote by CEO Mark Zuckerberg and a related presentation...

3 Ways to Attract Trophy Bloggers
No doubt you ve discovered either by exposure or experience, that guest bloggers can make your spot hot, and increase your visibility exponentially in the blogosphere.Done correctly, their words of wisdom and timely tips can do wonders for your...

The 3 Ps of Successful Bloggers
This is a guest post by Marcie Hill.With the explosion of blogs over the past few years, have you ever wondered why some blogs survive and others don t? What special ingredients do the owners of the top 100 blogs on Technorati offer their au...