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The Medium Is/Is Not The Message

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When social media took hold - the early days of Blogger and Movable Type - it changed everything for me. Ev was behind that first Blogger platform. I'm hopeful that someone like Ev Williams can help us all figure out how to monetize content in a past-advertising model. . movable type. movable type.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup, Hawaiian Relaxation & More

Kikolani

Beginner bloggers vs. probloggers – when do you become an expert. How to get more comments on your blog. Elements of a distinctive blogger. How to quit being a quitter. How to get anchor text links without asking. 25 Twitter backgrounds of famous bloggers. How to check shortened URL’s.

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The information processing view of humanity

Buzz Marketing for Technology

In fact, many bloggers say that they write mainly for themselves, in capturing some of the interesting things they are seeing and thinking. Trevor Cook is just one example of a blogger who writes notes from all of the conference sessions he attends (including his reflections on our Enterprise 2.0 Six Facets of the Future of PR.

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Dear Blog Comment Spammer: I Think Your Comment Spam Tool is Broken

Bill Hartzer

Or, you simply you are so dumb that you do not know how to use it properly. In my opinion|Personally|In my view}, if all {webmasters|site owners|website owners|web owners} and bloggers. owners|website owners|web owners} and bloggers made {just right|good|excellent} {content|content material} as {you did|you.

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Micro Persuasion: Turn Gmail Into Your Personal Nerve Center

Buzz Marketing for Technology

How to turn Gmail into a massive personal database (Gmail + the Google Toolbar). How to get real-time news updates in Gmail (Gmail+ Google Talk + Twitter). How to automatically store your bookmarks in Gmail (Gmail + del.icio.us + Yahoo Alerts). How to blog from Gmail (Gmail + Wordpress/TypePad/Blogger + IMified).

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Blog Hosting, Domains and Blogging Platforms – What We Wish We Knew

ProBlogger

In terms of blog platforms – there is no right or wrong answer and while my personal preference is for your own self-hosted WordPress.org website (not to be confused with WordPress.com) the blog platform that one chooses needs to match with the blogger’s own preferences.

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5 Tools I Am Willing to Pay for [And Recommend] to Improve My Blogs

ProBlogger

Free tools range from hosted blog platforms like WordPress.com and Blogger through to a myriad of plugins and themes around the web that can make blogging a breeze. I bit the bullet early in my blogging and did this first by paying for my own hosting and moving from Blogger to Movable Type (and later to WordPress.org).

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