Blogs are the fastest growing class of websites on the internet. No longer the sole domain of teenagers and the love lorn, blogs are now an established form of internet communication.
Most Companies Have No Employee Blogger Policies
Mega PR firm Edelman and blog portal Intelliseek just released a white paper on companies and the employees that blog them. The study titled, “Talking From The Inside Out: The Rise of Employee Bloggers,” takes a candid look at the relationship between employees and their employers and examines the challenges and opportunities this phenomenon presents.
Google’s Blogger Appears To Be Full of Spam
One of the growing complaints surrounding the blogosphere is the ever-growing threat of blog spam. Blog-spam normally appears in two forms: comment spam and content spam. Comment spam is much like a email spam because it comes from outside sources and tries to trick people into click-thrus.
Google Blogger: More Splog Than Blog?
Phillip of Google Blogoscoped did an unscientific study, in which 30 of 50 random Blogspot blogs were discovered to be spam, a 60% splog rate. I once hit the “Next Blog” button seven times before I could find a real blog.
Blogger Flags Hurtful Blogs
A new option that will let users immediately report “objectionable content” to Blogger works by clicking the Flag button.
Google/Blogger Launches Blogger For Word Toolbar
In an effort to reduce the amount of step between writing and publishing your latest blog entry, Google/Blogger has developed a new toolbar that was designed to do just that.
Terminated Google Blogger Now Simply Fired
Mark Jen, who ran afoul of Google’s policies on posting internal information and was terminated in January, encourages others to tell their fired stories and compete for a cruise.
Blogger.com Hijacked (Briefly)
What looks like a “just because we could” type of hack, Google’s Blogger.com was hijacked through the “Blogger Developer Network Blog” page. The hack allowed anyone administrator status and the priveledges that come with it.
How To Be A Blogging Idol Instead Of An Idle Blogger
Todd Mintz writes a very worthwhile article at How To Be A Blogging Idol Instead Of An Idle Blogger which I think is a must read for bloggers wanting to start out in ProBlogging.
Blogger Gives Incorrect Data About Podcasting At Microsoft
Here’s something that wasn’t reported very well: The Unofficial Apple Weblog: Blogcasting anyone?