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Blog Search Traffic Picking Up

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

You can get a decent amount of traffic from blog search, provided that you write about popular subjects. With more obscure keywords, there's no reason to expect great success. But if your write about a subject that generates a lot of interest, you can expect pretty decent numbers ...

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Bloggers are not the masses

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

More proof that the bloggers have power, but don't really represent the masses. Snakes on a Plane had a tough opening, despite the major publicity the movie received in the blogosphere. A much bigger crowd had been expected, due the online interest: But filmmaking-by-Internet committee has its limits. Industry ...

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Looking for bloggers and SEOs to interview

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Right now, there are two ongoing interview series on the Blog Republic. This is a way for 1) people to learn more about the field and 2) allow the blogger or SEO to gain some exposure. The SootleDir 6 Question SEO Interview Series is brand new, with only a few ...

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Finding information in the blogosphere

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

Despite the fact it should be easy to find information in the blogosphere, I'm finding it takes quite a bit of work. Technorati is no help, mainly because they user a primitive ranking algorhythm. You'd have a hard time finding the side of a barn with them, frankly. Some ...

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Bloggers go to war

Friday, July 21st, 2006

When you read a title like that, you probably think: "Handbags at dawn, ladies!", because he phrase "bloggers going to war" generally means two sissies are about to insult each other in their comment's sections. The folks at Pajamasmedia are where the actual fighting is. With full-time editors ...

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Microsoft to move Spaces blogging service to Live

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Microsoft is looking to migrate their blogging service Spaces to Windows Live. It's part of an ongoing effort by them to integrate some of their services into Live, which would allow them to leverage loyalty with a consistent user interface. Live has been a bit of a dud, ...

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